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Self-Hosting Kanboard: Minimalist Kanban

Kanboard is a free, minimalist kanban project management tool. No bloat, no distractions — just boards, columns, and cards.

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What Is Kanboard?


Kanboard is a free, minimalist kanban board. It focuses on simplicity — no feature bloat, no complex UI.


Features


Boards

  • Unlimited boards
  • Customizable columns
  • Swimlanes
  • WIP (Work In Progress) limits
  • Board overview

    • Tasks

  • Title, description, color
  • Due dates
  • Assignees
  • Categories and tags
  • Subtasks
  • Time tracking
  • Comments
  • File attachments

    • Automation

  • Automatic actions (triggers + actions)
  • Email-to-task
  • Recurring tasks
  • Task duplication

    • Other

  • Calendar view
  • Gantt chart
  • Analytics and reports
  • Plugins system
  • API
  • LDAP, OAuth authentication

    • Kanboard vs Planka vs Wekan


  • Kanboard: Most minimal, PHP + SQLite
  • Planka: Best UI, most Trello-like
  • Wekan: Most features, complex

    • When to Choose Kanboard


  • You want the simplest possible kanban board
  • You prefer minimal software that does one thing well
  • You need very low resource usage (PHP + SQLite)
  • You need plugin extensibility

    • Deployment


    Deploy on TinyPod. Resources: 1 CPU, 128 MB RAM with SQLite.


    Kanboard is for people who think Trello has too many features. Pure, minimal kanban.