Gogs vs Kanboard
| Tagline | Minimal painless self-hosted Git service written in Go | Minimalist, fast kanban project management focused on the Kanban methodology |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | GitHub, GitLab | Trello |
| GitHub stars | 48k | 9.7k |
| Language | Go | PHP |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Docker Compose Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 10 days ago | 5 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Gogs
- No built-in CI/CD pipeline; relies on webhooks to external systems
- Code review and pull-request functionality is basic compared to GitHub or Gitea
- Plugin/extension ecosystem is very limited
- Development pace is slower than Gitea; some features lag behind by years
Kanboard
- Intentionally minimal; lacks rich card content, comments threading, and modern UI of Trello
- No native mobile apps
- Automation is rule-based and basic
- No official cloud hosting
Bottom line
Both are a similar lift to self-host; choose Gogs for the larger community and ecosystem. Kanboard has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Kanboard
Minimalist, fast kanban project management focused on the Kanban methodology