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Kanboard: free and open source Kanban project management software

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Re: Kanboard: free and open source Kanban project management software

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Post by huimang »

slabity wrote: post #5

I've been looking for a new Kanban system ever since Restyaboard has slowed down. Does anyone know how this compares against Taiga or WeKan?

Kanboard is featureful, simple to use, and very fast to load. Hosting wekan was a pain and the UX just sucked compared to Kanboard.

I highly recommend Kanboard or Gitea’s kanban issue boards if you’re already using that.

Re: Kanboard: free and open source Kanban project management software

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Post by justinmayer »

The README in the GitHub project repository says:

> “This application is in maintenance mode.”

Source: https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard

I think there are better open-source kanban-style applications out there that are also actively maintained. For example:

https://opensourcealternatives.org/project/planka/

Re: Kanboard: free and open source Kanban project management software

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Post by justinmayer »

flakiness wrote: post #8

Tangential: What are popular options for self-hosting project management tools these days? There used to be Trac or Redmine but people seemed to move on and have settle on hosting solutions (which makes sense). But there must be some self-hosting alternatives. Maybe GitLab? Any tips are welcome.

I use and really like Gitea: https://gitea.io/

You could also have a look at a recent Gitea fork, with a very unfortunate and cumbersome name: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo

Re: Kanboard: free and open source Kanban project management software

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Post by Helithumper »

justinmayer wrote: post #14

The README in the GitHub project repository says: > “This application is in maintenance mode.” Source: https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard I think there are better open-source kanban-style applications out there that are also actively maintained. For example: https://opensourcealternatives.org/project/planka/

I wouldn't say this is a detractor, based on the comment below what you quoted:

> The author of this application is not actively developing any new major features (only small fixes) > New releases are published regularly depending on the contributions made by the community > Pull requests for new features and bug fixes are accepted as long as the guidelines are followed

So it's more that no new features will be added by the main dev however it is still maintained. Other software like this exists (Miniflux for example) and they work well.

A Project doesn't need a constant influx of new features to be useful or even maintained.

EDIT: Turns out it's made by the miniflux dev which I respect.

Re: Kanboard: free and open source Kanban project management software

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Post by melx »

justinmayer wrote: post #14

The README in the GitHub project repository says: > “This application is in maintenance mode.” Source: https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard I think there are better open-source kanban-style applications out there that are also actively maintained. For example: https://opensourcealternatives.org/project/planka/

Maybe it's my age (after certain number one becomes super lazy..), but self host anything that requires me to install something is too much of an ask. Provide a binary that I can drop on my /remote/ machine and I may consider using it.
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