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How PointStack works, in short. Keyboard reference at the bottom.

Instant rooms

Start a room in one click. No team needed.

Link it to a team later in room settings.

Rooms vs teams

A room is one estimation session.

A team groups people and rooms and sets shared defaults, like the deck.

/rooms lists the rooms you started.

Decks & settings

Pick a deck (fibonacci, t-shirt, etc.) in room settings (the gear).

Toggle options like auto-reveal, the round timer, and who may join.

Creators can edit settings any time.

Voting, reveal, finalise

Pick a card. The moderator reveals all votes at once.

Then finalise to lock an estimate.

The finalise default is the mode, the most common vote.

Revealed vs estimated

A revealed round keeps its votes until finalised, so switching stories never loses data.

Estimated means a final point was locked in.

Vote breakdown

Click the chevron on a backlog story to see who voted what.

Click a story status chip for its timeline (created, activated, revealed, finalised).

Everyone can see these.

Reactions & chat

React to a seat with an emoji.

Use chat for quick discussion. It is ephemeral, last 200 messages.

Spectators

A spectator sees everything and does not estimate.

Become a spectator or a voter at any time from the room controls.

A moderator can be a spectator and still run the room.

Spectators are listed at the bottom of the table and counted in no vote total.

A room can turn spectators off, so everyone in it estimates.

Moderators

Promote, transfer, or kick participants.

Kicking a moderator requires demoting them first.

Room settings are visible to everyone and changeable by any moderator. The room’s team is the owner’s to set.

Presence

A participant inactive for 10 minutes shows as idle on the table.

Guest vs account

You can play as a guest.

Signing in keeps your rooms and history across devices.

Capacity

A room holds up to 20 seats.

Sharing a room

Every room has a unique URL. Share it to invite anyone.

A room set to team only lets in the people on its team, and nobody else.

Keyboard shortcuts
  • Vote by point value19
  • Clear your votesame key
  • Reveal (moderator)R
  • New round (moderator)N
  • Toggle the details drawerD
  • Collapse / expand sidebarCmdB
  • Open the in-room shortcuts dialog?
  • Close any open dialogEsc

Still stuck, or missing something?

Report a bug or ask for a feature. It reaches the person who builds this.