Devlane vs Kanboard

Comparing two open source alternatives to Jira. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Devlane

Source-Available

Self-hostable project management for dev teams: issues, cycles, modules, pages, and analytics. Go + React alternative to Jira and Linear.

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Kanboard

MIT

Free, open source Kanban project management software focused on simplicity and visual task tracking.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Devlane	Kanboard
License	Source-Available	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	156	9,893
Forks	60	1,993
Open Issues	66	165
Last Commit	Sep 30, 2026	Oct 2, 2026
First Released	Feb 15, 2026	Jan 25, 2014
Categories	Project Management	Time & Task Management Tools
Tags	#kanban #boards #agile #self-hostable #bug tracker	#kanban #agile #boards #self hosted

GitHub stars over time

Devlane

Kanboard9,893

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