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Kanboard is a lightweight, open-source project management application built around the Kanban method.

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Kanboard is a lightweight, open-source project management application built around the Kanban method. It provides boards, lists, and cards for planning, tracking, and visualizing work items. The app suits small teams, developers, and self-hosters who need a simple task tracker. It is useful as a low-maintenance alternative to heavier project-management platforms.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

81/100 Excellent

Maintained
100last commit 10 days ago
Popular
809,896 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
95512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 16 days ago

GitHub stars
9,896
Open issues
168
Last commit
2026-10-03
Latest release
v1.2.54
License
MIT
Activity
declining

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (kanboard/kanboard)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM, 1 CPU core(s), 5 GB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 15 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Install the web server and PHP On Debian, install Apache (the web server) and the listed PHP packages, then enable Apache so it starts automatically after reboot. Without these, Kanboard has no place to run and you will not see the app in a browser. source
  • Quick local test before full setup You can unzip Kanboard, run php -S localhost:8000, and open http://localhost:8000 to check it in a browser. This lets you verify Kanboard works before configuring a full web server, but it only works from the same machine. source
  • Start Apache automatically on Windows On Windows, go to the Apache bin folder and run httpd.exe -k install to make Apache a Windows service. This keeps the web server running in the background, which is important for Kanboard to stay available. source

Fetched 3 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (12)

  • Asana - Work management platform for teams to focus on goals, projects, and tasks, available on mobile, integrating with web, offering offline use…
  • ClickUp - All-in-one platform combines project, task, and time management with customizable dashboards, modular add-ons, and collaboration tools for…
  • Fizzy - Fizzy is a lightweight, self-hostable Kanban board from 37signals for personal use or small teams that track tasks, bugs, ideas, and small…
  • Focalboard - Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
  • JIRA - Jira Data Center is Atlassian's self-hosted issue tracking and project management platform; this entry ships a Helm chart that deploys it o…
  • Leantime - Leantime is an open source project management system for small teams and startups.
  • OpenProject - OpenProject is a self-hosted, open-source project management platform for teams and organizations that need transparent, flexible, and data…
  • Quire - An award-winning cloud-based Project Management software aims to help collaborative teams organize and manage from small enterprise project…
  • Redmine - Redmine is a free, open-source web application for project management and issue tracking.
  • Super Productivity - Free multi-platform software for task management, time tracking, and personal project management.
  • Taiga.io - Agile project management platform supporting Kanban, Scrum, issue tracking, time tracking, customizable workflows, integrations with popula…
  • Taskcafe - Taskcafe is a free, open-source project management tool for self-hosted teams.

Checked 12 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Is there official guidance for putting Kanboard behind a reverse proxy?

Yes. The administration documentation includes a Reverse Proxy page.

Can Kanboard use LDAP for user authentication?

Yes. The administration documentation includes an LDAP Configuration section.

Where can administrators find upgrade instructions?

The official documentation includes an Upgrading to a New Version page under Administration.

What production concerns should a self-hosted Kanboard setup cover?

A self-hosting guide says to cover Docker, ports, persistent data, TLS, security, backups, and failure checks.

Answers sourced from dockup.ai, docs.kanboard.org

Community

Collected 9 days ago - public community threads