Kan.bn

Productivity

kanban board

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How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 19 critical, out of 50 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.

Idea: 2 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, nice UI/UX

    From 2 comments
    • Hey this is awesome. It's exciting to see people launch side projects like this. The UI/UX looks very nice. Thanks for building and sharing.
      jacktheturtle on HN
    • I absolutely love Trello. Visually super appealing, very fast interface with shortcuts, and an API that allows me to do all sorts of automations (although it offers automations…
      submeta on HN
  • Good to see open-source Trello alternatives

    From 2 comments
    • > "I couldn’t find an ... alternative ... that I liked so I built my own." Congrats! That's a brave move. I've been using Kanboard for years. Good luck with your project!
      rodolphoarruda on HN
    • I absolutely love Trello. Visually super appealing, very fast interface with shortcuts, and an API that allows me to do all sorts of automations (although it offers automations…
      submeta on HN

Objections

  • Looks like a feature clone of Trello; not really reimagined

    From 1 comment
    • > Kanban reimagined "reimagined" is a weird tagline given that your list of features is the same as Trello's (and Taiga's, etc). Don't get me wrong, I love opensource…
      remram on HN
  • Lacks keyboard-friendly workflows and Enter key bugs in forms

    From 3 comments
    • Nice project. Some of the workflows could be more keyboard friendly. I started an issue: https://github.com/kanbn/kan/issues/3
      cellularmitosis on HN
    • This looks really nice! I loved trello and I'm always happy to see alternatives. My two cents: I use the keyboard a lot, so when I hit "enter" on a form, e.g. to create a board,…
      Jean-Philipe on HN
    • Feedback : when creating a workspace, a board, or a list, pressing "Enter" is not the same as clicking the "Create" button which is the only button visible. Pressing "Enter" does…
      column on HN
  • Too many Trello alternatives; likely abandoned or unprofitable

    From 1 comment
    • Feels like Trello alternatives are the next ToDo list. There's so many of them these days that I struggle to grasp why anyone thinks launching an opensource one and thinking they…
      esskay on HN
  • Self-hosting setup is hard and compile is slow

    From 1 comment
    • It takes forever to compile, the locally hosted solution links to the online one at https://kan.bn and you've got to spend half a day to figure out how to truly self host
      dagelf on HN

Requests

  • Keyboard-friendly workflows

    From 2 comments
    • Nice project. Some of the workflows could be more keyboard friendly. I started an issue: https://github.com/kanbn/kan/issues/3
      cellularmitosis on HN
    • This looks really nice! I loved trello and I'm always happy to see alternatives. My two cents: I use the keyboard a lot, so when I hit "enter" on a form, e.g. to create a board,…
      Jean-Philipe on HN
  • Multi-language support, Spanish especially

    From 2 comments
  • Markdown support for code blocks

    From 2 comments
    • having mardown support for code blocks would be good.
      bitsignal on HN
    • Thanks for the feedback - this is a great shout! I've added to the roadmap :)
      henryball on HN
  • Coolify and Dokploy self-host apps

    From 2 comments
    • Congrats, any plans to add it as a Collify app?
      XCSme on HN
    • Cheers! Yes, I plan to make it as easy as possible to self-host so Coolify and Dokploy apps are on the roadmap
      henryball on HN
  • Demo account

    From 2 comments
    • > Kanban reimagined In which way exactly? Also, is there a demo account to try it out?
      abcd_f on HN
    • Thanks for checking it out! Kanban reimagined to focus on speed, simplicity, and user experience - all while being open source. I haven’t had a chance to set up a demo account…
      henryball on HN

Questions

  • How does it compare to existing open-source boards like Wekan, Taiga, Kanboard, Planka

    From 1 comment
    • How does it compare to the existing open-source boards, such as: https://wekan.github.io/ https://taiga.io/ https://kanboard.org/
      stevekemp on HN
  • Will it stay free with the same features as cloud

    From 2 comments
    • Nice one, more of a random question: are you planning on having paid only features for the project, or have it fully self-hosted version be the same in terms of features as the…
      tarasyarema on HN
    • The plan currently is to keep cloud and self-hosted exactly the same in terms of features. I'd only consider open-core if I can't find a reliable alternative source of income to…
      henryball on HN
  • Is Planka open source

    From 2 comments
    • Planka is not open-source.
      senorrib on HN
    • It is open source (the code is right there), but it's not Open Source due to what GP references. There is a distinction.
      Izkata on HN

Alternatives named

  • Planka

    From 2 comments
    • Also https://github.com/plankanban/planka
      walthamstow on HN
    • Great project, will give it a try, we've been using another open source trello clone that has been pretty solid and very closely clones the trello UI.…
      oldgregg on HN
  • Kanboard

    From 2 comments
    • > "I couldn’t find an ... alternative ... that I liked so I built my own." Congrats! That's a brave move. I've been using Kanboard for years. Good luck with your project!
      rodolphoarruda on HN
    • https://kanboard.org ist better for self hosting. Runs on any cheap LAMP
      ulrischa on HN
  • Vikunja

    From 1 comment
    • Or this one that I've been self-hosting for my team: https://vikunja.io/
      adr1an on HN
  • Wekan

    From 1 comment
    • How does it compare to the existing open-source boards, such as: https://wekan.github.io/ https://taiga.io/ https://kanboard.org/
      stevekemp on HN
  • Taiga

    From 1 comment
    • How does it compare to the existing open-source boards, such as: https://wekan.github.io/ https://taiga.io/ https://kanboard.org/
      stevekemp on HN
  • Plane

    From 1 comment
    • I went down the rabbit hole of self hosted kanban boards recently. Honestly, nothing comes close to Trello and while I love the open source communities (and supporting them),…
      mbesto on HN
  • Linear

    From 1 comment

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