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Wekan: An open-source Trello-like kanban
- number6 9y agoDoes it have Authentication yet? Last time I checked there were no users or administrations or any permissions
- cyphar 9y agoIt does have users, I'm running it on my own server. I've found that it's actually not trivial to disable registration (you have to patch the source, there's no configuration option for it).
- xet7 9y agoHi, I'm maintainer of Wekan. Wekan is available on many platforms: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Platforms https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Platforms a) In Wekan standalone version it's possible to disable self-registration in Admin Panel. There is inviting users, user permissions Admin/Normal/Comment only, but not user management yet: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Features#authentication-admin-panel-smtp-settings https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Features#authentication-... and in next version it's possible for user to change password: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/blob/devel/CHANGELOG.md https://github.com/wekan/wekan/blob/devel/CHANGELOG.md b) In https://sandstorm.io https://sandstorm.io version there is already user management, Google/GitHub/LDAP/SAML authentication etc: https://discourse.wekan.io/t/sso-passing-variables-through-url/493/5 https://discourse.wekan.io/t/sso-passing-variables-through-u... Newest version of Wekan is coming to Sandstorm in near future, progress is at: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/799 https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/799
- ViViDboarder 9y agoIs there a reason things like LDAP and SAML are Sandstorm only?
- tekromancr 9y agonot the op, but I would guess because those are features of sandstorm, and they are just piggybacking on the authentication
- neandrake 9y agoI suspect that the primary developers may be unfamiliar with AD/LDAP. https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/119 https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/119
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoWekan is pretty much fully community contribution-driven. So the answer for it not having it's own AD/LDAP support at this point is that nobody has seemed interested in actually doing it and submitting a PR.
- xet7 9y agoHi, I'm current maintainer of Wekan. There are issues for having LDAP/Saml/GitHub/Google etc auth for Standalone Wekan, but they are not implemented yet. https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Integrations#authentication https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Integrations#authenticat... Sandstorm platform brings LDAP, SAML etc authentication to all apps running on Sandstorm. Sandstorm has long list of sandboxing and other high-end security features: https://docs.sandstorm.io/en/latest/using/security-practices/ https://docs.sandstorm.io/en/latest/using/security-practices... All of Sandstorm is now Open Source, including Blackrock clustering: https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-02-06-sandstorm-returning-to-community-roots https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-02-06-sandstorm-returning-to-...
- xet7 9y agoHi, I'm current maintainer of Wekan. For Standalone Wekan, Teams/Organizations/User admin is currently at planning stage: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/802 https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/802
- bauerd 9y agoI thought for a second my touchpad just broke. Might want to make the landing page look less like there's content down the fold …
- microcolonel 9y agoI read your comment first, but then when I got to the page it took me about ten seconds to figure it out. Ouch!
- samdg 9y agoAnd actually there is... For me the image is cut at about one third down the way, and I can't scroll to see the rest.
- dajomu 9y agoYou can also go into browser dev tools and untick "overflow: hidden" on the body element css
- Raphmedia 9y agoSame on PC. However, if you zoom out you can see the entire image.
- Raphmedia 9y agoSame on PC. However, if you zoom out you can see the entire image.
- xet7 9y agoHi, I'm maintainer for Wekan. Sorry about that, making new website is still in progress, there will be better landing page.
- bauerd 9y agoNo need for excuses didn't mean to belittle your project, was honestly baffled. Congrats on the release! :-)
- nsebban 9y agoWhile I like the idea of having open source alternatives to the popular applications, this one is a pure and simple copy of Trello. This is a bit too much IMO.
- xj9 9y agoif it isn't free/libre software it doesn't really exist since i cannot self-host or modify the software to suit my needs. trello is a nice prototype tho.
- thinbeige 9y agoWhy do you want to selfhost Trello? Are you afraid that somebody at Trello might steal your secret cards, todos, specs, etc. and sells them? I know self hosting is actually better but it is also work and is the typical information which people put on Trello confidential enough to justify self hosting? IDK and again Trello is free.
- mbreese 9y agoThere are legitimate reasons for wanting/needing to self-host. For example, in a regulatory environment, I could see managing PHI data (not for clinical treatment, but maybe tracking clinical research). In this case, Trello would either need to sign a BAA or you'd need to self host something. There are many reasons why self-hosting is the only viable option for some use-cases. And then there are also data longevity issues, where you'd need the ability to backup and restore your data. If Trello goes away (as a free service), then you have fewer options in the regard.
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- commandar 9y ago> For example, in a regulatory environment, I could see managing PHI data This is exactly why I have a spare box running Wekan in my office at work. We run clinical applications for a hospital; sometimes project tracking+testing involves PHI that we have to be super careful about letting into the outside world.
- thinbeige 9y agoTrello got so mature, has a great API, is well integrated with Zapier and hundreds of other services AND is free (I still don't know why one should get into the paid plan, even witn bigger teams, the free version is torally fine) that it must be super hard for any clone or competitor to win users.
- Numberwang 9y agoTrello has been super stagnant for years. It's a dying product. No swim-lanes, no nested boards, No proper time-stamps. All basic features on several of the competitors.
- thinbeige 9y agoDying product? This sounds like blatant propaganda sorry. Most of the so called clones don't even have basic stuff like using Command-v to paste pictures right from the clipboard directly into some card and you tell us Trello is dying? Trello is UI-wise the best kanban thing by far. All clones might look like Trello but their usability has so many glitches and is always inferior. Besides, nobody needs nested boards, just make another board. Moreover, it is common that after a while a board should get archived and a new one should be created instead. Otherwise it gets too messy and I don't want to imagine how 'nested boards' look. Edit: thanks for the downvotes, would love to hear your opinions instead
- philtar 9y agoI thought you were doing OK until you said "nobody needs nested boards."
- nulagrithom 9y agoAlso recently bought by Atlassian. Not sure about the other stuff, I love Trello, but that purchase gave me pause.
- Numberwang 9y ago
- tadfisher 9y agoIf you want to do Kanban right, double down on making it possible to design actual Kanban workflows. Pretty ticket UI with checklists and GIFs must be secondary to this goal. Things that most actual Kanban flows have that no one has built into a decent product[0]: - Nested columns in lanes - Rows for class-of-service - WIP limits (per lane, per column, and per class-of-service) - Sub-boards for meta issues The actual content of each work item is the least important part of Kanban; it could be a hyperlink for all I care. Kanban is about managing the flow, not managing the work. [0] Please prove me wrong if there is such a product out there!
- kitotik 9y agoA million upvotes if I could. It’s always surprising to me how many “lean” and “agile” productivity tools completely focus on the artifacts and seem to have skipped the core concepts entirely.
- gregoriol 9y agoMaybe YouTrack from JetBrains, these folks got some things right.
- lucisferre 9y agoExcept UX as a whole.
- gregoriol 9y agoLike most of their IDEs, it's not about UX but about features. And on that point, they have done a lot! Having used it for some projects as an alternative to JIRA, Trello, GitLab boards, and a few others that I tried, I think it's not perfect, quite hard to use for non-tech users, but much better than most of the alternatives. The number of details/settings available is great compared to Trello or GitLab. The pricing/hosting is great compared to JIRA. The non-tech usability is much better in JIRA and Trello, but for a tech team, it has many small things/shortcuts like ones you already use in their IDEs which is really great. There are hundreds of tools like this, and I tried maybe 20 or 30 of them; the thing is, there is no perfect tool out there, and there won't be as use cases for such a tool can be extremely different! YouTrack gets a lot of points right for a tech team from my experience though.
- tuukkah 9y agoGitlab needs a better issue UI and perhaps this could be integrated.
- anderspitman 9y agoI think lack of an OSS alternative with a solid mobile app is the only thing keeping me on Trello at this point.
- alinspired 9y agowhat's the storage backed for this app ? Also shout out to https://greggigon.github.io/my-personal-kanban/ https://greggigon.github.io/my-personal-kanban/ that is a simple and offline board
- ymgch 9y agoThank you! Loved it!
- xet7 9y agoHi, I'm current maintainer of Wekan. Wekan can be used locally on local network that is not connected to Internet. There is no offline sync yet. Wekan is made with Meteor.js Javascript framework, using Node.js and MongoDB as backend currently. There is possibility to use read-only mirroring to PostgreSQL using ToroDB: https://github.com/wekan/wekan-postgresql https://github.com/wekan/wekan-postgresql but currently there's this bug, please wait for it to be fixed: https://github.com/torodb/stampede/issues/202 https://github.com/torodb/stampede/issues/202 There is issue about directly using other backends than MongoDB, but that would require some code changes, so it's not implemented yet: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/787 https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/787 Wekan can be installed on x64 operating systems where source/Docker/Ubuntu snap/VirtualBox installs work. https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Platforms https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Platforms There is no Raspberry Pi version yet: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/1053 https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/1053
- xet7 9y agoBug is now fixed, read-only mirroring to PostgreSQL using ToroDB works again: https://github.com/wekan/wekan-postgresql https://github.com/wekan/wekan-postgresql
- alinspired 9y agoThank you!
- onthetrain 9y agoIs it API-compatible with Trello? That would rock, being able to use Trello extensions.
- xet7 9y agoHi, I'm current maintainer of Wekan. Wekan has API and Outgoing Webhooks, but they are different than Trello: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Features#api https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Features#api Is it possible to use Trello extensions and integrate them with only Trello API ? And is it allowed to use Trello extensions outside Trello ? Or would they require separate integration to Wekan ? For example on Trello templates can not be used outside Trello: https://trello.com/inspiration https://trello.com/inspiration For general integration (similar to Zapier) there is plan to use Open Source tool Huginn: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/1160 https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/1160 https://github.com/huginn/huginn https://github.com/huginn/huginn
- Fej 9y agoHas anyone here had success with a personal kanban board? Considering it for myself, even if it isn't the intended use case.
- dalai 9y agoThere was a thread not too long ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14387329 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14387329
- gizzlon 9y agoYeah, I find myself starting new things all the time and never finishing most of them. I've used a WIP limit to try to force myself to finish or explicitly dump projects.
- twobyfour 9y agoThere's a book called "Personal Kanban" about using Kanban to organize your own work. I liked some of the principles it espoused, but ultimately found it awkward to manage returned to a more traditional set of GTD lists.
- PeterStuer 9y agoHave a look at TasksInaBox ( https://tasksinabox.com/ https://tasksinabox.com/ ). What is nice is that besides the usual web and mobile apps, it also has a client living inside Outlook so you can create tasks from emails as they arrive in your inbox.
- yittg 9y agowhat i only want to know is why a chinese-like name: kanban， ^_^
- tomfanning 9y agoKanban is the name of a well-known process management method. The word is Japanese - 看板 - literally meaning "signpost" or "billboard" (thanks Wikipedia).
- xet7 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban
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