Kanboard
by Kanboard · Free, open source, self-hosted Kanban project management
40.5 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Kanboard is a self-hosted Kanban project management tool. Tasks are dragged between columns you can add, rename or remove, and each task supports subtasks, attachments, comments, Markdown descriptions, categories, assignees and due dates. Automatic actions change fields such as assignee, colour or category based on events.
- Best for
- Small teams that want a self-hosted, deliberately minimal Kanban board for project tracking.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the software is free and open source under the MIT License and is self-hosted.
- Runs on
- Self-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free and open source under the permissive MIT License
- Work-in-progress limits highlight columns that are over the limit
- Query language and custom filters applied directly on the board
- LDAP/Active Directory and OAuth2 authentication backends
Trade-offs
- Self-hosted only — you handle installation, hosting and upkeep
- Feature set is deliberately limited and the interface is plain
- Mainly written by one developer, with community contributions
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 20 out of 100
- Documentation
- 70 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 41 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 80 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 0 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 85 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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