Retro Meeting

Create Retro Session

Session Name

Retrospective Format

Anonymous Items

How to Run a Sprint Retrospective

Create and configure your session

Click Create Retro Session, give it a name like Sprint 24 Retrospective, pick a format (Standard, Sailboat, 4 Ls, Start/Stop/Continue, or Custom), and optionally enable anonymous mode to encourage candid feedback.
Invite your team

Copy the generated session link and share it with your team via Slack, email, or any messaging tool. Participants join instantly in their browser with no account or installation required.
Collect and reveal items

Team members add their thoughts to each category in real-time. The facilitator can set a timer for the input phase, then reveal items one by one or all at once to guide the discussion.
Vote, discuss, and export action items

Participants vote on the most important items to prioritize discussion. Once the team has agreed on action items, export the full session as Markdown, CSV, or Excel for follow-up in your next sprint.

When to Use Retro Meeting

Sprint Retrospectives

Run structured end-of-sprint retrospectives with your Scrum team. Use the Standard or Start/Stop/Continue format to identify what worked, what did not, and what to change next sprint.

Project Post-Mortems

After a major release or incident, gather honest feedback from every team member using anonymous mode. The Sailboat format helps visualize what drove progress versus what created risk.

Remote Team Check-Ins

Distributed teams often miss the nuance of in-person discussions. Share a session link across time zones and let everyone contribute asynchronously before the live discussion begins.

Workshop Feedback Collection

Use the 4 Ls format after training sessions or workshops to capture what participants liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. Export results to improve future sessions.

Why Use Retro Meeting?

Retrospectives are essential for continuous improvement. Our tool makes it easy to gather honest feedback from your team, identify patterns, and create actionable improvements - all in real-time without any signup required.

Sprint retrospectives are the engine of continuous improvement in agile teams. This online retrospective tool lets you create a real-time collaborative board where every team member can share feedback, vote on priorities, and walk away with clear action items. Choose from five built-in formats including Standard, Sailboat, 4 Ls, and Start/Stop/Continue, or define your own custom categories to match any workflow.

Unlike paid alternatives, everything runs directly in your browser with peer-to-peer connections. No data is stored on external servers, no account is required, and there are no per-user fees. Anonymous mode encourages candid feedback, while the facilitator controls the reveal flow to keep discussions focused. When the session ends, export results as Markdown, CSV, or Excel for your sprint documentation.

Pair this tool with Story Point Poker for estimation sessions, Sprint Capacity Calculator to plan your next sprint's workload, or Pomodoro Timer to time-box your retro discussion. For teams tracking technical improvements over time, the Tech Debt Register is a natural complement to capture and prioritize the technical action items that surface during retrospectives.

How it compares

Most retrospective tools on the market, such as EasyRetro, Retrium, and Parabol, charge between five and twenty-five dollars per user per month. They require accounts, store your data on their servers, and lock advanced formats behind paid tiers. Our Retro Meeting tool offers all core features: multiple retrospective formats, anonymous submissions, real-time collaboration, voting, and full export. Retro items travel directly between participants over encrypted WebRTC connections rather than being stored by us. Setting a session up does rely on the public PeerJS broker to introduce the browsers to each other, and where a direct connection cannot be made, PeerJS relays the traffic.

For teams that already use sticky notes on a whiteboard or a shared spreadsheet, this tool provides the same simplicity with added structure. You get timed input phases, one-by-one reveal for focused discussion, and exportable summaries that a spreadsheet cannot match. Combined with the rest of the FindUtils agile toolkit, including Story Point Poker and Sprint Capacity Calculator, you have a complete sprint ceremony suite without switching between multiple paid subscriptions.

Tips for Effective Retrospectives

Enable anonymous mode for the first few retros with a new team to build psychological safety and encourage honest feedback.
Use the built-in timer to keep the input phase focused. Five to ten minutes is usually enough for a team of six to eight people.
Reveal items one by one rather than all at once. This gives each topic dedicated discussion time and prevents groupthink.
Limit action items to three per sprint. Teams that commit to fewer changes are more likely to follow through on all of them.
Rotate the facilitator role each sprint so every team member practices leading the discussion and gains a fresh perspective.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is my data secure?

Yes, retro items are transferred directly between participants over encrypted WebRTC connections and nothing is stored on our servers. Joining a session goes through the public PeerJS broker, which introduces the browsers to one another and can relay the connection when a direct one is not possible.

How many people can join?

The tool supports teams of any size. Each participant connects directly to the host.

Do I need to create an account?

No account needed. Just create a session and share the link with your team.

What happens when the session ends?

Data is stored locally in your browser. You can export it before closing, or it will be available next time you open the tool.

What retrospective formats are available?

We offer five built-in formats: Standard (Good/Bad/Actions), Sailboat (Wind/Anchor/Rocks/Island), 4 Ls (Liked/Learned/Lacked/Longed), Start/Stop/Continue, and fully Custom Categories where you define your own columns.

Can I use this tool for remote teams?

Absolutely. Share the session link with anyone, anywhere. All participants connect in real-time through their browser with no software installation needed. It works perfectly for distributed and hybrid teams.

How does anonymous mode work?

When anonymous mode is enabled, participant names are hidden on all submitted items until the host chooses to reveal them. This encourages honest, candid feedback without fear of judgment.

Can I export the retrospective results?

Yes. You can export your entire session as Markdown, CSV, or Excel. The export includes all items, votes, categories, and participant names, making it easy to share with stakeholders or archive for future reference.

Is there a time limit for sessions?

Sessions have an optional built-in timer that the facilitator can set. When the timer expires, input closes automatically. You can also manually open or close inputs at any time.

How is this different from paid retrospective tools?

Unlike tools such as EasyRetro or Retrium that charge per user per month, our retrospective tool is available with no usage limits. Data transfers peer-to-peer, so nothing is stored on external servers, giving your team better privacy.

Run it from code

$ curl -X POST \
  api.findutils.com/api/tools/retro-meeting/execute \
  -d '{"name":"Sprint 42","date":"2026-08-14","items":[{"category":"went_well","text":"Release on time","votes":5}]}'

$ claude mcp add findutils \
  --transport http https://mcp.findutils.com/
# then call findutils:retro_meeting

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