diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 25bd331..8a558fc 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ Environment variables:
                                  warns, moves are never blocked.
     KANBANTE_AGING_DAYS          Days in the same column before a card is
                                  flagged as aging (default 7; "stale" at 2x).
+    KANBANTE_WEBHOOK_SECRET      Shared secret for the Gitea webhook
+                                 (POST /webhooks/gitea). When set, the
+                                 X-Gitea-Signature HMAC is enforced.
+    KANBANTE_SYNC_LABELS         "1" (default) = mirror intermediate
+                                 columns to Gitea labels named kanban:<col>.
 """
 
 import os
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
-APP_VERSION = "0.3.0"
+APP_VERSION = "0.4.0"
 
 
 def _env_bool(name: str, default: bool) -> bool:
@@ -81,6 +86,8 @@ class Settings:
     sync_gitea: bool = True
     wip_limits: dict | None = None
     aging_days: int = 7
+    webhook_secret: str = ""
+    sync_labels: bool = True
 
     @property
     def auth_enabled(self) -> bool:
@@ -104,4 +111,6 @@ def get_settings() -> Settings:
         sync_gitea=_env_bool("KANBANTE_SYNC_GITEA", True),
         wip_limits=_env_wip_limits("KANBANTE_WIP_LIMITS"),
         aging_days=_env_int("KANBANTE_AGING_DAYS", 7),
+        webhook_secret=os.getenv("KANBANTE_WEBHOOK_SECRET", ""),
+        sync_labels=_env_bool("KANBANTE_SYNC_LABELS", True),
     )
diff --git a/app/gitea_client.py b/app/gitea_client.py
index 4db55be..64ed967 100644
--- a/app/gitea_client.py
+++ b/app/gitea_client.py
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ class GiteaClient:
     def _cache_clear(self) -> None:
         self._cache.clear()
 
+    def invalidate_cache(self) -> None:
+        """Drop every cached list response (called on webhook events)."""
+        self._cache.clear()
+
     # ── API ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     async def ping(self) -> bool:
@@ -221,6 +225,65 @@ class GiteaClient:
         r.raise_for_status()
         return r.json()
 
+    # ── Labels (kanban:* column mirroring) ─────────────────
+
+    async def get_labels(self, owner: str, repo: str) -> list[dict]:
+        return await self._get_all_pages(f"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/labels")
+
+    async def create_label(
+        self, owner: str, repo: str, name: str, color: str
+    ) -> dict:
+        r = await self.client.post(
+            f"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/labels",
+            json={"name": name, "color": color.lstrip("#")},
+        )
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        return r.json()
+
+    async def ensure_label(
+        self, owner: str, repo: str, name: str, color: str
+    ) -> dict:
+        """Return the repo label with this name, creating it if needed."""
+        key = f"{owner}/{repo}"
+        cache = self.__dict__.setdefault("_label_cache", {})
+        if key not in cache:
+            cache[key] = {l["name"]: l for l in await self.get_labels(owner, repo)}
+        if name not in cache[key]:
+            cache[key][name] = await self.create_label(owner, repo, name, color)
+        return cache[key][name]
+
+    async def add_issue_label(
+        self, owner: str, repo: str, number: int, label_id: int
+    ) -> None:
+        r = await self.client.post(
+            f"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{number}/labels",
+            json={"labels": [label_id]},
+        )
+        r.raise_for_status()
+
+    async def remove_issue_label(
+        self, owner: str, repo: str, number: int, label_id: int
+    ) -> None:
+        r = await self.client.delete(
+            f"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{number}/labels/{label_id}"
+        )
+        r.raise_for_status()
+
+    # ── Milestones ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    async def get_milestones(
+        self, owner: str, repo: str, state: str = "open"
+    ) -> list[dict]:
+        key = f"milestones:{owner}/{repo}:{state}"
+        cached = self._cache_get(key)
+        if cached is not None:
+            return cached
+        milestones = await self._get_all_pages(
+            f"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/milestones", state=state
+        )
+        self._cache_put(key, milestones)
+        return milestones
+
     async def create_issue(
         self, owner: str, repo: str, title: str, body: str = ""
     ) -> dict:
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 0af7536..73c1c32 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ FastAPI backend serving HTML + JSON API.
 
 import asyncio
 import base64
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+import json
 import logging
 import secrets
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import httpx
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Form, Request
-from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, Response
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, Response, StreamingResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, select_autoescape
 from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
@@ -119,7 +122,9 @@ class AuthMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
     """
 
     async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
-        if request.url.path == "/api/health":
+        # /api/health: liveness for Docker. /webhooks/gitea: authenticated
+        # by its HMAC signature, not by Basic auth (Gitea cannot log in).
+        if request.url.path in ("/api/health", "/webhooks/gitea"):
             return await call_next(request)
         settings = get_settings()
         if not settings.auth_enabled:
@@ -158,6 +163,37 @@ class AuthMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
 app.add_middleware(AuthMiddleware)
 
 
+# ── Live updates (SSE hub) ─────────────────────────────────
+
+class LiveHub:
+    """Fan-out of Gitea webhook events to connected browsers (SSE)."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._subscribers: set[asyncio.Queue] = set()
+
+    def subscribe(self) -> asyncio.Queue:
+        queue: asyncio.Queue = asyncio.Queue(maxsize=50)
+        self._subscribers.add(queue)
+        return queue
+
+    def unsubscribe(self, queue: asyncio.Queue) -> None:
+        self._subscribers.discard(queue)
+
+    async def broadcast(self, payload: dict) -> None:
+        for queue in list(self._subscribers):
+            try:
+                queue.put_nowait(payload)
+            except asyncio.QueueFull:
+                pass  # slow client: it will resync on its next load
+
+    @property
+    def subscriber_count(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._subscribers)
+
+
+hub = LiveHub()
+
+
 # ── Templates ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 _tpl_env = Environment(
@@ -311,12 +347,13 @@ async def dashboard(request: Request):
         COLUMN_LABELS=COLUMN_LABELS,
         COLUMN_COLORS=COLUMN_COLORS,
         active_window_days=get_settings().active_window_days,
+        metrics=get_metrics(window_days=30),
     )
 
 
 @app.get("/board/{owner}/{repo}", response_class=HTMLResponse)
-async def board(request: Request, owner: str, repo: str):
-    """Kanban board for a specific repo."""
+async def board(request: Request, owner: str, repo: str, milestone: str = ""):
+    """Kanban board for a specific repo (optionally one milestone)."""
     full_name = f"{owner}/{repo}"
     all_items = await gitea.get_repo_issues(owner, repo, state="all")
     issues = [i for i in all_items if _is_issue(i)]
@@ -329,8 +366,47 @@ async def board(request: Request, owner: str, repo: str):
     for number in changes["closed_numbers"]:
         log_event(full_name, number, "closed", to_column="done", source="gitea")
 
+    # Milestone view: filter the board to one milestone (sprint-style),
+    # with its deadline and completion progress.
+    milestones: list[dict] = []
+    selected_milestone = None
+    milestone_progress = None
+    display_issues = open_issues
+    try:
+        milestones = await gitea.get_milestones(owner, repo)
+    except Exception as exc:  # milestones are decoration, never fatal
+        logger.debug("milestones failed for %s: %s", full_name, exc)
+        milestones = []
+    if milestone:
+        def _in_milestone(issue: dict) -> bool:
+            ms = issue.get("milestone") or {}
+            return bool(ms) and (
+                str(ms.get("id")) == milestone or ms.get("title") == milestone
+            )
+
+        display_issues = [i for i in open_issues if _in_milestone(i)]
+        selected_milestone = next(
+            (
+                m for m in milestones
+                if str(m.get("id")) == milestone or m.get("title") == milestone
+            ),
+            None,
+        )
+        if selected_milestone is None and display_issues:
+            selected_milestone = display_issues[0].get("milestone")
+        scoped = [i for i in issues if _in_milestone(i)]
+        total = len(scoped)
+        closed_count = sum(1 for i in scoped if i.get("state") == "closed")
+        milestone_progress = {
+            "total": total,
+            "closed": closed_count,
+            "pct": round(100 * closed_count / total) if total else 0,
+            "due_on": (selected_milestone or {}).get("due_on"),
+            "title": (selected_milestone or {}).get("title", milestone),
+        }
+
     board_state = get_board_state(full_name)
-    columns = _merge_issues_with_board(open_issues, board_state)
+    columns = _merge_issues_with_board(display_issues, board_state)
 
     labels: dict[str, dict] = {}
     for issue in open_issues:
@@ -356,9 +432,13 @@ async def board(request: Request, owner: str, repo: str):
         labels=sorted(labels.values(), key=lambda l: l["name"].lower()),
         notes=get_notes(full_name) or "",
         repo_info=repo_info,
-        ages=_card_ages(full_name, open_issues, board_state),
+        ages=_card_ages(full_name, display_issues, board_state),
         wip_limits=settings.wip_limits or {},
         aging_days=settings.aging_days,
+        milestones=milestones,
+        selected_milestone=selected_milestone,
+        milestone_progress=milestone_progress,
+        milestone_param=milestone,
     )
 
 
@@ -429,6 +509,117 @@ async def focus(request: Request):
     )
 
 
+# ── Webhooks + live stream ─────────────────────────────────
+
+def _apply_external_transition(
+    full_name: str, number: int, target_column: str, event_type: str
+) -> str:
+    """Apply a close/reopen that happened in Gitea itself.
+
+    Idempotent by construction: when Kanbante's own API made the
+    change, the local row is already in the target state and this is
+    a no-op — so our own webhook echo never double-logs.
+    """
+    board = get_board_state(full_name)
+    current = None
+    for column, cards in board.items():
+        if any(c["issue_number"] == number for c in cards):
+            current = column
+            break
+    if current is None or current == target_column:
+        return "noop"
+    if event_type == "reopened" and current != "done":
+        return "noop"  # locally open already: nothing truthful to apply
+    move_issue(full_name, number, target_column)
+    if event_type == "closed":
+        log_event(full_name, number, "closed", to_column="done", source="webhook")
+    else:
+        log_event(
+            full_name, number, "reopened",
+            from_column="done", to_column=target_column, source="webhook",
+        )
+    return event_type
+
+
+@app.post("/webhooks/gitea")
+async def gitea_webhook(request: Request):
+    """Receive Gitea webhooks: verify HMAC, apply external close/reopen,
+    invalidate the read cache and push a live event to browsers."""
+    settings = get_settings()
+    raw = await request.body()
+    if settings.webhook_secret:
+        signature = request.headers.get("x-gitea-signature", "")
+        expected = hmac.new(
+            settings.webhook_secret.encode(), raw, hashlib.sha256
+        ).hexdigest()
+        if not signature or not hmac.compare_digest(signature, expected):
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"ok": False, "error": "Invalid webhook signature"},
+                status_code=401,
+            )
+    try:
+        payload = json.loads(raw or b"{}")
+    except ValueError:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"ok": False, "error": "Invalid JSON payload"}, status_code=400
+        )
+
+    event = request.headers.get("x-gitea-event", "")
+    action = payload.get("action", "")
+    full_name = (payload.get("repository") or {}).get("full_name", "")
+    issue = payload.get("issue") or {}
+    number = issue.get("number")
+
+    handled = "ignored"
+    if event == "issues" and full_name and number:
+        if action == "closed":
+            handled = _apply_external_transition(full_name, number, "done", "closed")
+        elif action == "reopened":
+            handled = _apply_external_transition(
+                full_name, number, "backlog", "reopened"
+            )
+
+    gitea.invalidate_cache()
+    await hub.broadcast(
+        {"repo": full_name, "event": event, "action": action, "issue": number}
+    )
+    return {"ok": True, "handled": handled}
+
+
+async def sse_event_stream(request: Request):
+    """Yield SSE frames for one subscriber until it disconnects.
+
+    Split out of the route so it can be unit-tested directly:
+    test clients cannot reliably tear down an infinite HTTP stream.
+    """
+    queue = hub.subscribe()
+    try:
+        yield "retry: 5000\n\n"
+        while True:
+            try:
+                payload = await asyncio.wait_for(queue.get(), timeout=25)
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                if await request.is_disconnected():
+                    break
+                yield ": heartbeat\n\n"
+                continue
+            if await request.is_disconnected():
+                break
+            yield f"event: gitea\ndata: {json.dumps(payload)}\n\n"
+    finally:
+        hub.unsubscribe(queue)
+
+
+@app.get("/api/stream")
+async def live_stream(request: Request):
+    """Server-Sent Events: browsers reload softly on Gitea activity."""
+    return StreamingResponse(
+        sse_event_stream(request),
+        media_type="text/event-stream",
+        headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache", "X-Accel-Buffering": "no"},
+    )
+
+
 @app.get("/activity", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def activity(request: Request):
     """Activity feed: the latest entries of the event journal."""
@@ -517,6 +708,38 @@ async def api_move(
                 exc,
             )
             result["gitea_sync"] = "failed"
+
+    # Mirror intermediate columns to Gitea labels (kanban:<column>) so
+    # the workflow state is visible in Gitea itself, not just here.
+    result["label_sync"] = "skipped"
+    if settings.sync_labels and from_column != to_column:
+        try:
+            desired = (
+                f"kanban:{to_column}"
+                if to_column in ("todo", "in_progress", "review")
+                else None
+            )
+            issue = await gitea.get_issue(owner, repo, issue_number)
+            current = [
+                label for label in issue.get("labels") or []
+                if str(label.get("name", "")).startswith("kanban:")
+            ]
+            for label in current:
+                if label.get("name") != desired:
+                    await gitea.remove_issue_label(
+                        owner, repo, issue_number, label["id"]
+                    )
+            if desired and all(l.get("name") != desired for l in current):
+                label = await gitea.ensure_label(
+                    owner, repo, desired, COLUMN_COLORS[to_column]
+                )
+                await gitea.add_issue_label(owner, repo, issue_number, label["id"])
+            result["label_sync"] = "ok"
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Label sync failed for %s#%s: %s", repo_full_name, issue_number, exc
+            )
+            result["label_sync"] = "failed"
     return result