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Habitica Self-Hosted vs Taskcafe

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 TA Taskcafe Open-source project management with kanban boards
FeatureHabitica Self-HostedTaskcafe
CategoryProject Management & TasksProject Management & Tasks
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
LanguageJavaScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyHardMedium
Min. RAM1,024 MB256 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metaldocker, source
GitHub stars★ 14,044★ 5,208
First released20132020
ReplacesTodoist, HabiticaTrello, Asana

Why pick each one

Choose Habitica Self-Hosted if…

  • Motivating gameplay
  • Active community
Habitica Self-Hosted details

Choose Taskcafe if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 5.2k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript
Taskcafe details

Frequently asked questions

Is Habitica Self-Hosted or Taskcafe better?

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

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

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

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

Habitica Self-Hosted: yes. Taskcafe: yes.

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