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Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban

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Re: Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban

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Post by [deleted] »

mbreese wrote: post #17
thinbeige wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you want to selfhost Trello? Are you afraid that somebody at Trello might steal your secret cards, todos, specs, etc. and sells them? I know self hosting is actually better but it is also work and is the typical information which people put on Trello confidential enough to justify self hosting? IDK and again Trello is free.

There are legitimate reasons for wanting/needing to self-host. For example, in a regulatory environment, I could see managing PHI data (not for clinical treatment, but maybe tracking clinical research). In this case, Trello would either need to sign a BAA or you'd need to self host something. There are many reasons why self-hosting is the only viable option for some use-cases. And then there are also data longevity i…

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Re: Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban

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Post by jasondemeuse »

diafygi wrote: post #12
thinbeige wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you want to selfhost Trello? Are you afraid that somebody at Trello might steal your secret cards, todos, specs, etc. and sells them? I know self hosting is actually better but it is also work and is the typical information which people put on Trello confidential enough to justify self hosting? IDK and again Trello is free.

Well...yeah. Trello is free, and the expectation is that if you're not paying, you're the product.

> the expectation is that if you're not paying, you're the product.

What are you talking about? In what way are Trello users 'the product'? Are you just repeating a catch phrase that people say about other companies or do you actually know this to be the case?

I don't use Trello myself, but unless something has changed there aren't ads being shown to users (the reasons for the 'you're the product' saying for services like Google or Facebook), I'm not sure what data they could sell that would be worthwhile for a to-do app. What else would make the users 'the product'?

AFAIK they make all their money from their premium services, and since being bought by Atlassian I doubt revenue is at the top of their priority list anyway. Atlassian is full of premium services and Trello seems like a way to introduce all of those users to Atlassian's suite.

Re: Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban

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Post by Numberwang »

nulagrithom wrote: post #16
Numberwang wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trello has been super stagnant for years. It's a dying product. No swim-lanes, no nested boards, No proper time-stamps. All basic features on several of the competitors.

Also recently bought by Atlassian. Not sure about the other stuff, I love Trello, but that purchase gave me pause.

Yes that's another thing in the negative column. Confluence and JIRA are even worse in their own magnificent ways.

Re: Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban

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Post by NickRRau »

nsebban wrote: post #5

While I like the idea of having open source alternatives to the popular applications, this one is a pure and simple copy of Trello. This is a bit too much IMO.

Funny cause in the past wekan did get into trouble over the use of a similar logo and stylesheets taken from Trello (iirc).

They've come a long way since and I think with time they can really shape up to become a strong competitor to Trello.

Side note: When I was working in a corporate environment I was able to setup an instance myself to help organize my tasks. Had I used Trello it would've been against our policy if I potentially left sensitive data on there and hard(read: impossible for me alone) to get permission to use Trello officially.

Re: Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban

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Post by gregoriol »

tadfisher wrote: post #11

If you want to do Kanban right, double down on making it possible to design actual Kanban workflows. Pretty ticket UI with checklists and GIFs must be secondary to this goal. Things that most actual Kanban flows have that no one has built into a decent product[0]: - Nested columns in lanes - Rows for class-of-service - WIP limits (per lane, per column, and per class-of-service) - Sub-boards for meta issues The actual…

Maybe YouTrack from JetBrains, these folks got some things right.

Re: Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban

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Post by The_Fox »

tadfisher wrote: post #11

If you want to do Kanban right, double down on making it possible to design actual Kanban workflows. Pretty ticket UI with checklists and GIFs must be secondary to this goal. Things that most actual Kanban flows have that no one has built into a decent product[0]: - Nested columns in lanes - Rows for class-of-service - WIP limits (per lane, per column, and per class-of-service) - Sub-boards for meta issues The actual…

The product I've been working on the last few months has all the things you listed, mostly: http://cwkanban.com/ . It's been a huge help to my own team's workflow.

But it's not general-purpose like Wekan or Trello; it's focused on workflow for managed IT and at the moment only pulls ticket data from ConnectWise, software for managed services providers.

Re: Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban

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Post by repeek »

tadfisher wrote: post #11

If you want to do Kanban right, double down on making it possible to design actual Kanban workflows. Pretty ticket UI with checklists and GIFs must be secondary to this goal. Things that most actual Kanban flows have that no one has built into a decent product[0]: - Nested columns in lanes - Rows for class-of-service - WIP limits (per lane, per column, and per class-of-service) - Sub-boards for meta issues The actual…

Have you tried LeanKit[0]?

[0] https://leankit.com

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