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Habitica Self-Hosted 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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HA Habitica Self-Hosted Gamified task and habit manager for personal productivity VS VI Vikunja Open-source to-do and project management app
FeatureHabitica Self-HostedVikunja
CategoryProject Management & TasksProject Management & Tasks
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
LanguageJavaScriptGo
Setup difficultyHardEasy
Min. RAM1,024 MB256 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metaldocker, binary
GitHub stars★ 14,044★ 5,003
First released20132019
ReplacesTodoist, HabiticaTodoist, Trello, Asana

Why pick each one

Choose Habitica Self-Hosted if…

  • Motivating gameplay
  • Active community
Habitica Self-Hosted details

Choose Vikunja if…

  • Flexible task views
  • Lightweight
  • Good API
Vikunja details

Frequently asked questions

Is Habitica Self-Hosted or Vikunja better?

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

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

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

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

Habitica Self-Hosted: yes. Vikunja: yes.

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