Kanboard
Simple visual task board.
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Still maintained? Yes: 43 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.2.56 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Jira, Basecamp, Todoist and Trello.
At a glance
Kanboard quick facts
- Health score
- 86/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 9,933
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.2.56, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Kanboard
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Kanboard is project management software that focuses on the Kanban methodology."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Kanboard scores 86/100, #13 of 26 in Task Management & To-do Lists: 43 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.2.56, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 9,933 stars add 16.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
43 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.2.56 released 9 days ago
- Stars 16.0 / 20
9.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 43
- Last 90 days
- 134
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 26 tools in Task Management & To-do Lists by health , between Wekan (#12) and Vikunja (#14) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v1.2.56 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 9,933 |
| Open issues | 151 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | kanboard/kanboard ↗ |
Kanboard vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Kanboard (Task Management & To-do Lists), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenProject | 97 | 17k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Planka | 96 | 13k | ⊘ Proprietary | 2 days ago |
| Wekan | 87 | 21k | MIT | today |
| Kanboard (this tool) | 86 | 9.9k | MIT | today |
| Vikunja | 85 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Taiga | 67 | 858 | MPL-2.0 | yesterday |
Kanboard: common questions
What does Kanboard replace?
Repoly lists Kanboard as an open-source alternative to Jira, Basecamp, Todoist and Trello. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Kanboard stands against the others.
Is Kanboard still maintained?
Kanboard had 43 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.2.56, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.