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Habitica Self-Hosted vs Kanban Lite

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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HA Habitica Self-Hosted Gamified task and habit manager for personal productivity VS KA Kanban Lite Minimal self-hosted kanban board in a single binary
FeatureHabitica Self-HostedKanban Lite
CategoryProject Management & TasksProject Management & Tasks
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
LanguageJavaScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyHardEasy
Min. RAM1,024 MB128 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metalbare-metal, source
GitHub stars★ 14,044★ 1,401
First released20132015
ReplacesTodoist, HabiticaTrello, Kanboard

Why pick each one

Choose Habitica Self-Hosted if…

  • Motivating gameplay
  • Active community
Habitica Self-Hosted details

Choose Kanban Lite if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.4k GitHub stars)
  • Written in TypeScript
Kanban Lite details

Frequently asked questions

Is Habitica Self-Hosted or Kanban Lite better?

Neither is universally better. Habitica Self-Hosted has the larger community, while Kanban Lite is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are Habitica Self-Hosted and Kanban Lite free and open-source?

Yes. Habitica Self-Hosted is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Kanban Lite under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Habitica Self-Hosted and Kanban Lite with Docker?

Habitica Self-Hosted: yes. Kanban Lite: check the project docs for container support.

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