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Habitica Self-Hosted vs Smederee

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 SM Smederee A frugal platform which is dedicated to help people build great
FeatureHabitica Self-HostedSmederee
CategoryProject Management & TasksProject Management & Tasks
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
LanguageJavaScriptScala
Setup difficultyHardMedium
Min. RAM1,024 MB512 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metalbare-metal
GitHub stars★ 14,044—
First released20132020
ReplacesTodoist, Habitica—

Why pick each one

Choose Habitica Self-Hosted if…

  • Motivating gameplay
  • Active community
Habitica Self-Hosted details

Choose Smederee if…

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • Written in Scala
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
Smederee details

Frequently asked questions

Is Habitica Self-Hosted or Smederee better?

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

Are Habitica Self-Hosted and Smederee free and open-source?

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

Can I run Habitica Self-Hosted and Smederee with Docker?

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

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