Kantree – A better alternative to Trello

[Dirlewanger]

If you're going to claim "better" than Trello, you need to have a usable demo preferably only a click away, not a registration form away.

[emixam]

Hi, co-founder of Kantree here. We were not the one submitting and hadn't plan this for today but we're here to answer any questions you may have :)

[MegaDeKay]

I'd like to hear more about the self-hosted option: when that might become available, estimated pricing, directory service integration, etc.

[TuxMulder]

It looks cool. Can kantree import your Trello boards? I think if it can, then it could be a viable alternative. Otherwise, I think heavy Trello users might be too locked into trello to switch.

[UK-AL]

Hi. Have you thought about adding WIP constraint warnings(flash red or something). It's fairly important in lean methodology.

[boothead]

Just the one I asked below on how long/much it took you to get this together and the stack and tools used?

[bmh100]

Do you allow automated exports and/or some method to show change over time? It is very useful to show current vs. initial estimates, average effort overrun, average count of scope changes, etc.

[nadc]

This looks great! Do you have an ETA on 2 way synchronisation with Github?

[pc86]

Small nitpick - the pricing page should be $7, not 7$.

[tonyjstark]

It looks like it has more features than Trello but for that Trello is really easy and lightweight. So I don't like the headline saying it is a "better" alternative. Since right now I don't need all those features Trello is still the better thing for me. Why not "Kantree - A feature rich alternative to Trello."

[emixam]

We wouldn't have used such a headline but we were not the one submitting this. We contacted the admins to change it.

[sjs382]

Even if it's better, the lack of private boards (for the free account) keeps me from even trying it out.

I keep a lot of personal to-do items in private Trello boards. The stuff in there isn't secret (per se), but I don't want it public either.

[orthecreedence]

Agreed. It looks like a really cool project, and I wouldn't mind moving some open source stuff to it, but only being able to create public boards off the bat kind of scared me off. Would like to try it out as a personal TODO list and explore the features before converting a project over.

[jeromeflipo]

Private boards can be created inside organizations, so you can create an org with you as the sole member and manage your projects in private.

[boothead]

I'd be quite interested in the amount of time/money that's been spent developing this and the tool set. What would people estimate as a ballpark figure for resource required to put something like this together?

[Hates_]

Shame there's not a demo board. Being able to go in and play around with some populated data without having to sign up would be a big plus.

And while this may be a better alternative to Trello, no where do I see why it's a better alternative. It would have be nice to have been sent to a click-through page that explains the reasons why, with maybe comparisons, to back up the title :)

[alwaysdark]

Found a link[0] to their roadmap board. Seems to be read-only, but at least it gives you an idea what their UI looks like.

[0] http://dev.kantree.io/

[jeromeflipo]

Demo boards indeed would be great!

We haven't designed Kantree as a "better alternative to Trello" (this submission isn't ours!), we made Kantree to offer a fully-customizable kanban tool.

[dotdi]

Trellos mobile apps are very strong. Any competitor would have to match those to get my vote.

[mmatants]

Feels like "Show HN" implies that the submitter is one of the creators of Kantree, but it does not seem to be the case. Maybe a title change would fix that implication?

[untog]

Slightly OT, but does anyone know of any good open source Trello clones? I want to use that kind of UI for an entirely different (non project management related) purpose and would love to have something I could base it off.

[so0k]

haven't used any of these myself, but

https://github.com/libreboard/libreboard, http://kanboard.net/, https://github.com/mezod/multikanban

via: https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted

[woodylondon]

Its really nice - one of the better Trello clones. I just wish Trello development would restart - it seems to have got really slow in the last 6 months with no new major features etc.

[hmans]

The fact that it's relatively light on features is one of the things that makes Trello great.

[dhagz]

They've been working on the Apple Watch app, other than that I think Trello is pretty feature complete. What other features do you think they need to add?

[wingerlang]

Being able to minimise the columns is GREAT, I've been looking forever for a kanban that does this. I don't understand why it is not a standard feature.

[anonbanker]

So far this is amazing. I might move my team to this, as we were already considering a trello subscription. Quite a surprise to see this.

[rtpg]

One thing this seems to get right is pricing.

I get soooo much value out of Trello but have no reason to go onto the paying plans except charity.

[Nullabillity]

And they still seem to be doing well for themselves, so what's the problem?

[fiatjaf]

This is a Trello clone, I don't see any new features, but it is probably as good as Trello, except that it is limited to "funnel" processes, not any disordered lists you want, like Trello.

The "updating" bar at the top is annoying.

[aeliusadrianus]

Is it really limited to processes? It seems to support unordered lists, like in this board: https://kantree.io/b/553f546c63-setup

[pmontra]

Plans for an Android app? Trello's one is quite good on a 8" tablet. I can do meetings without a computer.

[emixam]

Indeed, their Android app is amazing and we hope to offer something of the same level in the future. Right now, Kantree is responsive and will adapt to smaller screens. The experience should be good on tablets. Unfortunately, we're still having a few touch and performance issues on larger projects which we are working on.

[lucaspottersky]

nice, although that green hurts my eyes...

[steveridout]

A handful of people have said the same about my website which uses a darker shade of green. Perhaps with enough users someone will complain whatever the colour is but I'm wondering - is there something about green specifically that elicits this strong negative response in certain people?

[somesillyhnuser]

"hashing in geek terms using bcrypt"

<sarcasm> I believe you </sarcasm>

[huhtenberg]

Yup, a paid Trello clone with marginal functional differences.

[atit]

First of all, Trello also has paid plans.

Second, I've used the title to compare it to Trello as a click-bait, mostly because you've probably heard of Trello more than Kanban, which is what kantree is.

And Trello is Kanban too, but people would think that Trello actually invented something new, only it didn't... :)