# Kanboard

> Free, self-hosted kanban board software under the MIT License

Kanboard is an open-source kanban project management application that you install on your own server. Tasks move across columns that can carry work-in-progress limits, and each task can be split into subtasks with time estimates. The project is in maintenance mode: its main developer publishes small fixes and community contributions rather than major new features.

- **Category:** Project Management
- **Made by:** Frédéric Guillot and contributors (since 2014)
- **Website:** https://kanboard.org
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Kanboard is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Free and open source under the MIT License. The software is downloaded and run on your own server; the site lists no hosted version and no paid plan, and asks companies that use it for donations.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kanboard | $0 | The complete application, installed on your own Linux, FreeBSD or Windows server with SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL. |

Read from https://kanboard.org/ on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kanboard before buying.

## Key features

- **Kanban board with WIP limits:** Tasks are dragged between columns that can be added, renamed or removed at any time. A column that goes over its task limit is highlighted.
- **Tasks and subtasks:** Tasks are described in Markdown and carry comments, attachments, a category, a color, an assignee and a due date. Subtasks hold time or complexity estimates.
- **Search and filters:** A query language finds tasks by assignee, description, category or due date, and custom filters can be applied to the board.
- **Automatic actions:** Per-project rules react to events such as a task moving to a column, then close the task or change its assignee, color or category.
- **Time tracking:** Tasks and subtasks record estimated and spent hours. A subtask timer logs the time between status changes and adds it to the task's total.
- **Project analytics:** Each project has a cumulative flow diagram, a burndown chart based on story points, and reports on average lead and cycle time.

## Good for

- Teams that want a kanban board on a server they control
- Organizations that sign in through LDAP, Active Directory or OAuth2
- People who prefer a deliberately small feature set

## Worth knowing

- There is no hosted version: you install and maintain it yourself, which needs PHP 8.1 or later, a web server and a database.
- The project is in maintenance mode; the main developer makes only small fixes, and releases depend on community contributions.
- There is no official mobile app. The web interface is responsive, but the docs say the board is not practical on small screens.
- Gantt charts, a calendar and Slack or GitHub connections come from separately installed plugins, which the project does not review.

## Works with

Slack, Mattermost, Telegram, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Matrix, Amazon S3

**Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Kanban boards, Time tracking, Workflow automation, Reports, Public API

## Alternatives

- [WeKan](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wekan): Open-source kanban boards with swimlanes, self-hosted or hosted. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kanboard-vs-wekan)
- [PLANKA](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planka): Self-hosted kanban boards with a free Community edition. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kanboard-vs-planka)
- [Kan](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kan): Open-source kanban boards, built as an alternative to Trello. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kan-vs-kanboard)
- [Trello](https://toolgpa.com/tools/trello): Kanban boards with an inbox, planner and built-in automation. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kanboard-vs-trello)
- [Taiga](https://toolgpa.com/tools/taiga): Open-source agile project management with Scrum and Kanban. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kanboard-vs-taiga)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://kanboard.org/
- https://kanboard.org/releases.html
- https://kanboard.org/plugins.html
- https://kanboard.org/donations.html
- https://docs.kanboard.org/
- https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/admin/requirements/
- https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/admin/faq/
- https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/boards/
- https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/automatic_actions/
- https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/time_tracking/
- https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/analytics/
- https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/api/
- https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard

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