Kanboard vs Vikunja
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted project management & tasks options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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choose an app… Plane Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan OpenProject Habitica Self-Hosted Planka Leantime git-bug Kaneo Taskwarrior OpenEMR Maybe Tasks Taskcafe Kimai2 Octobox Nullboard Godo Worklenz Donetick Tasks.md Restyaboard Kanban Tegon Taskell Nextcloud Deck Kanban Lite Tracks Taiga Nextcloud Tasks Todoman Web Vikunja Frontend Mobile TaskLite Mobilizon Tasks
Feature Kanboard Vikunja Category Project Management & Tasks Project Management & Tasks License MIT AGPL-3.0 Language PHP Go Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 256 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 9,776 ★ 5,003 First released 2014 2019 Replaces Trello Todoist, Trello, Asana
Frequently asked questions Is Kanboard or Vikunja better? Neither is universally better. Kanboard has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Kanboard and Vikunja free and open-source? Yes. Kanboard is licensed under MIT and Vikunja under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Kanboard and Vikunja with Docker? Kanboard: yes. Vikunja: yes.