[HN Gopher] Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project ma...
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Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project management
software
Author : thunderbong
Score : 258 points
Date : 2023-05-23 17:39 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| justinmayer wrote:
| 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/
| xet7 wrote:
| Planka https://github.com/plankanban/planka changed license
| from MIT to AGPLv3.
|
| There is MIT license based fork at:
|
| https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards
| Helithumper wrote:
| 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.
| melx wrote:
| 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.
| bachmeier wrote:
| Installing in this case means copying files to your web
| server.
| larrywright wrote:
| Docker containers solved this for me. I can't remember the
| last time I installed a web app.
| babuloseo wrote:
| Kanboard just works, and doesnt distract you with shiny new
| "features", I will definitely start using the docker and it again
| internally. It's just so lightweight.
| cjbprime wrote:
| Nice! For a less bare bones OSS Kanban board, I like
| https://www.taiga.io/
| sneak wrote:
| This functionality is also built in to Gitea if you already self-
| host that.
|
| Tiny benefit is that Gitea is written in Go (and does other
| stuff) and this is a PHP app.
| packetlost wrote:
| This is by the same person who made miniflux! It's a fantastic,
| minimal (just the right amount of functionality to be _good_ )
| RSS feed reader. It's how I got here :)
|
| https://miniflux.app/
| quaintdev wrote:
| It looks fantastic but I think they should have chosen sqlite
| over postgres in this case since it aims to be minimal
| packetlost wrote:
| Postgres makes sense if you take into account the paid
| hosting option (which is what I use), which requires multi-
| tenant support. I agree, SQLite would be way more convenient
| from a hosting standpoint, but minimalism on the user side
| does not have to mean minimalism on the hosting side.
| DANmode wrote:
| Wow, that certainly explains the minimalist strength of
| Kanboard.
| hosh wrote:
| Anyone know if this supports swim lanes, or nested boards?
| lmm wrote:
| I hope not, adding that kind of bloat tends to be what kills
| these things.
| el_hacker wrote:
| [dead]
| Jessica588 wrote:
| [dead]
| j_walter wrote:
| I've been hosting a Wekan instance for some time now and use it
| for work, school and personal lists. I'll have to check out
| Kanboard, but it would really have to knock my socks off to get
| me to switch from Wekan.
| ehPReth wrote:
| oh I was just looking for OSS/self-hosted Kanban software! Is
| there anything HN recommends that also works well on mobile
| (iOS)?
| xet7 wrote:
| WeKan https://wekan.github.io works on iOS as PWA
| https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/PWA
|
| iPhone shows mobile optimized interface. iPad shows desktop
| interface.
|
| There are features related to drag-drop and multiple screens:
|
| https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Drag-Drop
|
| BR,
|
| xet7
|
| Maintainer of WeKan
| j_walter wrote:
| I second this...Wekan for the win
| rcthompson wrote:
| Someone else recommend the Obsidian kanban plugin in another
| comment. Obsidian runs on both desktop and mobile.
| ldehaan wrote:
| [dead]
| i2cmaster wrote:
| I posted the from-scratch kanban board to /prog/ last year.
|
| I should post the patches to fix some of the bugs I've found.
| It's pretty nice: just an INI file I keep wherever I keep the
| docs for whatever project.
| tored wrote:
| Used it in a project, worked ok. One problem back then was it was
| desktop use only, using it on a tablet or phone didn't work well,
| perhaps this has improved since then.
| flakiness wrote:
| 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.
| justinmayer wrote:
| 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
| johnwalkr wrote:
| I used trac in its most basic way (just tickets with comments)
| for the first time in a long time for a project last year,
| because a vendor asked to use it. It was really nice especially
| when it was required to look back a discussion or decision. I
| don't mind any of these tools, even JIRA if it's not been setup
| to micromanage, but even then it's not been my experience that
| you can look back at something from last year and get good
| information. Yes, it's immutable but as people come and go it's
| very hard to have the configuration of projects, workflows, etc
| be consistent enough over time to trust you're looking at the
| primary source of information.
|
| Self-hosted Gitlab is pretty nice and is a (the?) current de
| facto standard. I've not used any of the CI features but the
| wiki, git handling, and issue handling/kanban boards feel like
| a nice sweet spot of functionality vs simplicity. I have also
| not used the features related to epics/gantt charts, etc but I
| personally think a good project manager makes these separately
| instead of trying to automate reporting based on tickets.
| e1g wrote:
| If you need/want self-hosting, and something more comprehensive,
| I recommend YouTrack (https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/) as an
| excellent replacement for self-hosted Jira&co. It's not open
| source, but it's free for <10 users and cheap beyond that.
| mxuribe wrote:
| I used YouTrack from around 2015 (maybe late 2015) til late
| 2016 at a former employer, and they only used it because a
| vendor of theirs used it...and everyone loved it; hence started
| using in in-house. It really was quite comprehensive, fluid,
| and lovely to work with from a user perspective. But, I'm
| sorry, nowadays and for some time now, unless something is open
| source, i either heavily hesitate or avoid using where
| possible. Mind you, I am not against any entity making money -
| in fact its quite possible to do so with open source - it is
| simply that i value the principles of open source. The moiment
| that jetbrains opens up that source code, i will give them my
| money to pay them to manage hosting for a YouTrack instance.
| Separate of my ethics/values, again, i can not deny that the
| product was rocksolid in so many ways! ;-)
| e1g wrote:
| I understand the reasoning, and YouTrack will fail the open-
| source test. I mention it as an option because we needed a
| self-hosted project management platform (for regulatory
| reasons), and I could not find _any_ open-source options that
| I could put in front of non-tech people with a straight face.
| FOSS surprisingly skips over this area (maybe because many
| engineers seem to dislike "project management").
| denysvitali wrote:
| Alternative: https://github.com/digitalfondue/lavagna
| smcleod wrote:
| A Kanban board in Java? That's one chonky "lightweight" tool
| right there.
| whydoineedthis wrote:
| do you want a helm chart for this? the "requirements" page scares
| me, although I suspect this whole thing could be launched with a
| docker-compose / helm deploy very easily.
| wes-k wrote:
| Oooh this looks similar to the first kanban board I used. I
| forget its name but I think it went out of business. I love the
| simplicity and the colors. Look forward to giving this a try!
| corry wrote:
| Yes! I bet it was "Scrumy"? I've looked in vain for something
| similar (light design, simple colours, basic kanban features).
| mavci wrote:
| My current favorite open source project management software is
| Redmine.
|
| https://www.redmine.org
| debacle wrote:
| Taiga is easy to install, setup, and use. Highly recommended.
| __fst__ wrote:
| For personal use I can recommend this Obsidian plugin. It turns a
| markdown file into a Kanban board.
|
| https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban
| itsuka wrote:
| I tried using Linear before switching to Obsidian Kanban. I
| found Linear's UX and site structure to be overly complex for
| my personal needs. Despite following the onboarding process, I
| found myself clicking too many times to figure out where things
| are (I acknowledge that this may have been an issue on my
| side). As a result, I switched to Kanban because I was already
| using it to store documentation for my projects. For me, it
| meets the spec as a project management tool and is an
| improvement over a text-only kanban. I can definitely recommend
| it.
| Dalewyn wrote:
| Assuming "kanban" is the Japanese Kan Ban [1] ("kanban",
| billboard), the Department of Redundancy Department would like
| a word with you and Kanboard regarding "kanban board".
|
| [1]: https://jisho.org/search/%E7%9C%8B%E6%9D%BF
| nor-and-or-not wrote:
| How does Obsidian work? Is it an app/client only which has its
| data local?
| chefandy wrote:
| They have a paid cloud service but by default it just stores
| markdown files locally. Unlike many apps with that model,
| they're not at all pushy about their paid services in the
| app.
| travellingprog wrote:
| Yes, Obsidian by itself reads and creates files in a folder
| of your choice. The folder is considered a "workspace" and
| you can create/switch to other workspaces if you want.
| There's desktop apps and mobile apps. Aside from Markdown
| files, you can store and display images, audio files and
| video files (haven't tried that last one though).
|
| However, you can choose to backup and sync your workspace
| across multiple devices using a cloud service. The most pain-
| free way to do this is by buying a subscription to Obsidian
| Vault. This is also a good way to support the development
| team, since the main product is free. When you store your
| workspace on Obsidian Vault, you can choose to specify an
| encryption key, so that theoretically nobody at Obsidian
| should be able to read your data.
|
| But there's nothing stopping you from using other cloud
| storage services. There's even a community plugin you can
| find to use a Git repo for storage.
| cjbprime wrote:
| I use this too! I wish there was a better way to self-host
| keeping a vault up to date on the Android client, though.
| redblacktree wrote:
| There is! Fair warning that it's a little bit clunky. (which
| is to say, you may have to manually push buttons to
| commit/push/pull) I'm not the author, just a happy user.
|
| https://github.com/denolehov/obsidian-git
| AdamGibbins wrote:
| I don't use Android anymore but when I did I found the
| GitJournal app worked well to sync with git, then you could
| open the files with Obsidian.
|
| That predates plugins being native on mobile apps however, so
| the built in Obsidian Git plugin might be better now.
| lazerman wrote:
| I've been using syncthing to do this without any issue.
| tofuziggy wrote:
| Yes I second this! Syncthing works really well for keeping
| Obsidian vaults sync'd across multiple computers
| gavmor wrote:
| ...which can go right into git! You can even use it to update
| your GitHub wiki as Ben Christel does[0].
|
| 0. https://github.com/benchristel/benchristel.github.io/wiki/
| RamblingCTO wrote:
| There doesn't seem to be anything that doesn't exist as an
| Obsidian plugin!
| capableweb wrote:
| Hacker News client to read comments in Obsidian?
| sbruchmann wrote:
| Something like this?
|
| https://github.com/Ellpeck/ObsidianCustomFrames
| JodieBenitez wrote:
| I have used it, it's nice and simple, would recommend. Also, very
| lightweight requirements.
| [deleted]
| gen220 wrote:
| I used Kanboard for a year or so and still host an instance. But
| I haven't stuck with it. I just could never get other people to
| use it collaboratively, unfortunately in 2023 it's too ugly and
| doesn't pass the sniff test - especially on mobile.
|
| I'm trying out Kanboard-like tracking on Obsidian, so far it's
| good. Doesn't have the same level of detail, but the superior
| mobile story makes it worth it for me.
| proxysna wrote:
| Flexible and really lightweight. Been using it daily for the last
| year and would recommend it to anyone who is running a small-
| medium support team or as a planner for your own stuff.
| asimjalis wrote:
| I couldn't find the instructions in the website for how to use it
| or install it. Can anyone share?
| slabity wrote:
| 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?
| nor-and-or-not wrote:
| I'd like to know, too.
|
| WeKan is absolutely great! But self-hosting it is a bit
| cumbersome; except when using it as a Sandstorm (sandstorm.io)
| web app.
| colonelpopcorn wrote:
| It's also got a decent codebase that's easy to extend via
| plugins.
| huimang wrote:
| 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.
| DANmode wrote:
| If Gitea has kanban now, they're a great rec.
| DANmode wrote:
| The UI/UX of WeKan and Kanboard made it a toss-up for us. I'd
| give both a demo.
| xet7 wrote:
| WeKan is maintained, major features being added, etc.
|
| WeKan has very polished opinionated simplified design, high
| focus on usability. Less duplicate menus than Trello. More
| shiny than Kanboard.
|
| WeKan does not have plugins. WeKan has all features included,
| keeping them all working, options to enable and disable
| features. Many WeKan Power users use most features of WeKan.
|
| Some Kanboard plugins are not maintained or do not work.
|
| BR,
|
| xet7
|
| Maintainer of WeKan
| foobarian wrote:
| I actually ended up making a physical Kanban board at home in a
| central location. Relatively large corkboard using 3x5 index
| cards, with a few layers of backlog, in-progress lane with a hard
| cap of 2 cards, and about 1/3 of the space reserved for done
| cards. This last bit should be unnecessary in theory but I find
| psychologically satisfying to look at. This is for shared use by
| the family.
| system2 wrote:
| Can you take a picture of it maybe if not too personal... I was
| planning to do something similar but ended up using white board
| with grids I drew myself.
| foobarian wrote:
| I have too much PII on the cards, but it's just a standard
| cork bulletin board (about 5x3 feet) hanging in landscape
| orientation, and then I used long strips of paper to make
| vertical lanes. The middle of the board is the in-progress
| lane and this is marked with a neon pink paper to stand out,
| and a big bold note at the top "In Progress - 2 Max!" . To
| the left are backlog cards, to the right are finished cards.
| The kids enjoy moving cards from lane to lane, and we also
| enjoy looking at the left side together and moving cards
| around according to priority. Just like PMs at a
| prioritization meeting :-)
|
| So far it's worked out OK but I feel it's because I am the
| primary user. When the kids get older or to get the SO to use
| it more I feel we might need to come up with private
| sections, or color code the cards or similar and change the
| in-progress rules. It's still a very fun physical activity
| kind of like browsing books at a brick-and-mortar store or
| library.
| system2 wrote:
| Thank you for the visualization. I will test this out,
| maybe with magnet board. :)
| jldugger wrote:
| I've not bothered with a physical board, but I have a massive
| Trello board. For teams I strongly recommend specialized boards
| for projects and processes -- the process to migrate a MySQL
| database will be dramatically different than building an LLM.
|
| But for personal stuff, fitting everything into one work flow
| is fine. If folks are wondering how to use Kanban for personal
| needs, I currently have 7 columns:
|
| Dumb ideas: 62 cards
|
| Backlog of Doom: 100 cards
|
| Not Yet: 38 cards
|
| Weekly recurring: 8 cards
|
| Doing: 4 cards
|
| Review: 4 cards
|
| It Is Done: 1 card
|
| Dumb ideas is a holding tank for wild ideas, usually low
| priority or high risk. To pick a few examples: trial adopting
| tiling windowing managers, buying an IPv4 block, and terraform
| for social media profiles are all on there. Also: "self-hosted
| Trello alternative." Basically things go here so I can remember
| I decided that idea was _not_ a good one, so I dont get into
| any "I thought I had a card for this" create-delete-create
| loop.
|
| Backlog of Doom is your standard backlog. Lots of video games,
| books and software projects here.
|
| Not Yet is basically a way of hiding things that are scheduled
| for later. This is almost entirely TV shows awaiting new
| seasons, but also a few tasks filing taxes, selling shares etc.
|
| Weekly recurring is essentially a tighter loop of that, plus
| some information gathering tasks ("look for new books at the
| library on $topic", "review the top posts for the past week on
| /r/$subreddit".
|
| Doing is as expected.
|
| Review is a catchall for things that benefit from double checks
| -- financial transactions, followup communications with
| insurance, etc. If I wanted I could also use it for book
| reviews.
|
| Done is as expected, but has a butler cleanup task to archive
| cards.
|
| I've also got labels for Games, Shows, Reading, Money, and a
| few others.
| garrickvanburen wrote:
| I hold strict to: Backlog, Next, Now, Completed
| jldugger wrote:
| Yea, each addition was lined with good intentions -- I
| don't want to prioritize the entire backlog but do want to
| filter out the worst ideas and the "hurry up and wait"
| stuff.
| [deleted]
| willsmith72 wrote:
| What I really want is a way to get a Pivotal Tracker-looking
| board in JIRA. Jira for the extra features. Things I love about
| tracker: - vertical view of the backlog - automatic timing
| estimates based on velocity - add deadlines and get automatic
| feedback on how you're going towards it
|
| For some reason I can't get this same clear board with a pull
| flow in jira.
| unintendedcons wrote:
| Looks nice! What is the data format it saves? I'd love this to be
| simple markdown textiles underneath
| baby wrote:
| People like pretty things. The tool (and the landing page) could
| really use some work to attract more people to this tool.
| pilooch wrote:
| We use it professionally at work, great enough tool!
| ochoseis wrote:
| It's more GTD than kanban, but I've been getting a lot of mileage
| out of this stack:
|
| - radicale as a caldav server with calendars per context, like
| @Writing, @Chores (https://radicale.org/v3.html)
|
| - todoman for cli tasks (https://github.com/pimutils/todoman)
|
| - iOS reminders for mobile
|
| Everything syncs, and because it's standards based it's portable
| if a little clunky.
|
| There's also Vikunja, but I didn't like it as much when I tried
| it last year. https://vikunja.io/
| birdyrooster wrote:
| Fantastic name!
| ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
| Why does it look like that though. I wish open source projects
| would spend a bit more time on design.
| bachmeier wrote:
| Been a while since I used it, but as I recall it was very
| simple to customize the design. My opinion is that, aside from
| fonts, functionality trumps design, and there's typically a
| tradeoff between the two.
| gog wrote:
| I wish people would appreciate other peoples effort a little
| bit more. As far as I can tell it is a one man project that has
| been around for a while. It takes a lot of effort to do this.
| johnchristopher wrote:
| Check out https://www.taiga.io/ ?
| ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
| Yes much nicer. Hence more popular too.
| KronisLV wrote:
| I actually like it, apart from maybe text needing a little bit
| more padding when close to the edges of the cards etc.
|
| The UI is minimalist without feeling like it's lacking, it's
| usable and the performance is great because it doesn't try to
| have lots of fancy gradients or animations for the sake of it.
|
| Still using OpenProject because of the nice multi-project
| feature set there and Jira having rotten my brain, but Kanboard
| is easily 10x times faster than the sluggish OpenProject
| experience.
| justsomehnguy wrote:
| There is a plugin which greatly improves UI and somewhat UX.
| sgt wrote:
| If you don't like it, you're welcome to submit a PR.
| ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
| [flagged]
| j45 wrote:
| Thanks for sharing. I've been lashing a bit with openproject and
| tuleap, and while the latter is fascinating the lightbulb of what
| kanban provides me over and above agile has me craving it.
| jupp0r wrote:
| Less can be more. I'd use this over JIRA any day.
| j_walter wrote:
| [flagged]
| jagged-chisel wrote:
| "... is a ... software"
|
| Should either be
|
| "... is a ... application"
|
| Or
|
| "... is ... software"
|
| edit: Maybe I'm just in-a-mood today. Apologies.
| iskela wrote:
| Is it an application?
| vxNsr wrote:
| Isn't it? I would call it a web app.
| meepmorp wrote:
| Is it a software?
| rrrrrrrrrrrryan wrote:
| People in my current industry (healthcare/biotech) often use
| the terminology "a software" and "these softwares." It irked me
| at first but eventually I got used to it.
|
| I think it's because every piece of validated software that our
| company uses, however small, is assigned a unique number (e.g.
| "SW12345"). They're not all full-blown applications, so we
| can't call them that. Sometimes they're tiny programs or even
| just scripts.
|
| Anyway, it's possible the person that wrote this has a
| background in a similar industry.
| a_subsystem wrote:
| This runs on a subdomain of mine and it is my homepage. Excellent
| and simple and just works out of the box.
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