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kanboard vs Alexandrie
kanboard has 9,874 GitHub stars, 1,996 forks, 160 open issues and last shipped 10 days ago. Alexandrie has 2,757 stars, 195 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. kanboard leads on adoption by 258% (9,874 vs 2,757 stars). kanboard is written in PHP under MIT; Alexandrie is written in Vue under MIT. kanboard has attracted 20% as many forks as stars, Alexandrie 7%. Alexandrie was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (kanban), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| kanboard | Alexandrie | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.9K | ★ 2.8K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | Vue |
| Last push | 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.0K | ⑂ 195 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick kanboard if
- You weight community size — 9.9K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Alexandrie if
- You want the Alexandrie feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You evaluated both and Alexandrie fits your workflow better
About kanboard
Kanboard is MIT licensed, self hosted Kanban project management software written in PHP, aimed at teams and individuals who want to run their own board based task tracking instead of renting a hosted service.
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About Alexandrie
Alexandrie is an open source, self hosted knowledge base and project & work management tool. It lives in the Vue/Nuxt, Golang, Docker, and offline first web app ecosystem. It provides an extended Markdown editor for organizing, searching, sharing, and exporting notes from desktop or mobile devices.
read the full Alexandrie overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is kanboard or Alexandrie more popular?
kanboard has 9,874 GitHub stars and Alexandrie has 2,757. kanboard has the larger community by that measure.
Are kanboard and Alexandrie free?
Both are open source. kanboard is licensed under MIT and Alexandrie under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between kanboard and Alexandrie?
kanboard is written in PHP and Alexandrie in Vue. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, kanboard or Alexandrie?
Choose kanboard if you want the larger community (9,874 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Alexandrie if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.