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Minimalist, free and open-source Kanban board you host yourself.

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About Kanboard

Kanboard is a small, free and open-source Kanban project management application. It focuses on doing a few things well: boards with columns and swimlanes, work-in-progress limits, task details with subtasks, comments and attachments, simple time tracking, and analytics such as cumulative flow and lead time charts. Automatic actions can move or assign tasks when events happen, and a plugin system adds integrations, themes and extra features. It is written in PHP, runs on modest hardware with SQLite by default or MySQL and PostgreSQL for larger setups, and supports LDAP and OAuth2 sign-in, which makes it popular for homelabs and small IT teams. The interface is intentionally plain, and there is no hosted service, official mobile app or real-time collaboration in the modern sense. It is released under the MIT licence and costs nothing.

Best for: Individuals and small technical teams who want a lightweight self-hosted Kanban board.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Free and MIT-licensed
  • Very light to run, SQLite by default
  • WIP limits, swimlanes and flow analytics

Why people leave

  • Plain, dated interface
  • No hosted service or official mobile app
  • Few collaboration features beyond comments

Top Kanboard alternatives

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  1. 1WeKan logo
    WeKan

    Another free self-hosted Kanban board with a more Trello-like interface.

    66.5
  2. 2PLANKA logo
    PLANKA

    Self-hosted Kanban with a modern, real-time interface.

    62.6
  3. 3Trello logo
    Trello

    Hosted boards with a polished interface and many integrations.

    58.3
  4. 4Taiga logo
    Taiga

    Open-source and adds Scrum backlogs and sprints.

    57.2
  5. 5Plane logo
    Plane

    Open-source tracker for teams that outgrow a plain board.

    52.4

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Kanboard: common questions

Is Kanboard free?

Yes. Kanboard is free, open-source software that you can host yourself.

Is Kanboard open source?

Yes. The source code is on GitHub at kanboard/kanboard. You can also run it on your own server.

What platforms does Kanboard run on?

Kanboard is available for Web and Self-hosted.

What are the best alternatives to Kanboard?

The highest-ranked Kanboard alternatives right now are WeKan, PLANKA and Trello. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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