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#1,388of 2,272 in 2014
Top 62%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.

Idea: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Trello's UI and flexibility are liked by dev teams

    From 1 comment
    • This looks promising. My team really likes Trello, namely it's UI and flexibility. However, that flexibility is a double-edged sword that misses the mark on several things…
      timdorr on HN
  • Looks promising

    From 1 comment
    • This looks promising. My team really likes Trello, namely it's UI and flexibility. However, that flexibility is a double-edged sword that misses the mark on several things…
      timdorr on HN

Objections

  • Essentially a clone of Trello with no clear difference

    From 3 comments
    • This was posted a few months back by the team and I'll say the same think I said last time: Trello is Trello for dev teams. I just don't see the value in this.
      theg2 on HN
    • It's not clear to me in what ways this is different than Trello apart from the flatter UI -- care to clarify?
      thesnider on HN
    • Isn't Trello intended to be for dev teams? Even if it wasn't, or even if it failed at doing so, this looks exactly like Trello except Trello has a free tier and this service does…
      meowface on HN
  • No free tier

    From 1 comment
    • Isn't Trello intended to be for dev teams? Even if it wasn't, or even if it failed at doing so, this looks exactly like Trello except Trello has a free tier and this service does…
      meowface on HN

Requests

  • Source control integrations like GitHub

    From 2 comments
    • At the moment, not a lot I must confess :) We're still in MVP, and learning a lot as we go on what features are important. Currently planned: Integrations with source control…
      toast76 on HN
    • @op, we're using phabricator's board view like trello right now since we can't really use trello well as a dev team. i would love to use this once you guys are integrated with…
      numbers on HN
  • Estimating stories

    From 1 comment
    • What about support for estimating stories? That's a big part of the reason why we don't use Trello where I work.
      iamjustarapper on HN
  • Keyboard shortcuts

    From 2 comments
    • This looks promising. My team really likes Trello, namely it's UI and flexibility. However, that flexibility is a double-edged sword that misses the mark on several things…
      timdorr on HN
    • We have a bunch of importers already (not public yet), so they'll be released in a week or two. Importing our stuff from Trello was one of the first things we did :) Keyboard…
      toast76 on HN
  • Gantt chart view

    From 1 comment
    • On this topic, it would be great to have some kind of gantt chart UI for scheduled cards.
      blueprint on HN
  • Importer from Trello

    From 2 comments
    • This looks promising. My team really likes Trello, namely it's UI and flexibility. However, that flexibility is a double-edged sword that misses the mark on several things…
      timdorr on HN
    • We have a bunch of importers already (not public yet), so they'll be released in a week or two. Importing our stuff from Trello was one of the first things we did :) Keyboard…
      toast76 on HN

Questions

  • What makes it different from Trello

    From 1 comment
    • It's not clear to me in what ways this is different than Trello apart from the flatter UI -- care to clarify?
      thesnider on HN

Alternatives named

  • Trello

    From 2 comments
    • This was posted a few months back by the team and I'll say the same think I said last time: Trello is Trello for dev teams. I just don't see the value in this.
      theg2 on HN
    • Isn't Trello intended to be for dev teams? Even if it wasn't, or even if it failed at doing so, this looks exactly like Trello except Trello has a free tier and this service does…
      meowface on HN
  • Pivotal Tracker

    From 1 comment
    • Yeah definitely, we used Pivotal Tracker for a long time ourselves. There's a lot to be gained, particularly from a scheduling and reporting perspective, by having estimates but…
      toast76 on HN
  • Asana

    From 1 comment
    • We're currently in MVP. I've mentioned in comments elsewhere about some of the things we have planned. If you've used Pivotal, Asana, JIRA Agile or Sprintly you'll see there is a…
      toast76 on HN
  • JIRA Agile

    From 1 comment
    • We're currently in MVP. I've mentioned in comments elsewhere about some of the things we have planned. If you've used Pivotal, Asana, JIRA Agile or Sprintly you'll see there is a…
      toast76 on HN
  • Sprintly

    From 1 comment
    • We're currently in MVP. I've mentioned in comments elsewhere about some of the things we have planned. If you've used Pivotal, Asana, JIRA Agile or Sprintly you'll see there is a…
      toast76 on HN
  • Phabricator

    From 1 comment
    • @op, we're using phabricator's board view like trello right now since we can't really use trello well as a dev team. i would love to use this once you guys are integrated with…
      numbers on HN

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