Gogs vs Vikunja
| Tagline | Minimal painless self-hosted Git service written in Go | Self-hosted to-do and task management app with list, kanban, table, and Gantt views |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | GitHub, GitLab | Asana, Trello |
| GitHub stars | 48k | 4.9k |
| Language | Go | Go |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Docker Compose Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 10 days ago | 2 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
Vikunja
- More of a task/to-do manager than a full team PM suite; lacks deep agile/sprint tooling
- Limited reporting and dashboards
- Mobile app is community-driven and less polished
- Fewer third-party integrations than Asana
Bottom line
Both are a similar lift to self-host; choose Gogs for the larger community and ecosystem. Vikunja has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Vikunja
Self-hosted to-do and task management app with list, kanban, table, and Gantt views