TaskBoard vs Tasks.md

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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TA TaskBoard Simple self-hosted kanban board in PHP with SQLite VS TA Tasks.md Self-hosted Markdown file-based task management board

Feature	TaskBoard	Tasks.md
Deploy effort	Read-the-docs project	Under-an-hour setup
Health score	20 · At risk	66 · Good
Category	Project Management & Tasks	Project Management & Tasks
License	MIT	MIT
Language	TypeScript	JavaScript
Setup difficulty	Easy	Easy
Min. RAM	128 MB	128 MB
Deployment	bare-metal, source	docker
GitHub stars	★ 1,401	★ 2,200
First released	2015	2023
Replaces	Trello, Kanboard	Trello

What are TaskBoard and Tasks.md?

TaskBoard

TaskBoard is a simple self-hosted kanban application written in PHP with a SQLite database. It provides boards with customizable columns, cards, comments, and attachments, and requires minimal setup on a basic web server.

Simple kanban boards
Drag-and-drop cards
Minimal dependencies
Easy installation

Tasks.md

Tasks.md is a self-hosted, file-based task management tool where every card is a Markdown file. It provides a kanban interface backed entirely by plain text files.

Cards stored as Markdown files
No database required
Drag-and-drop kanban board
Easy to back up with git