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Re:Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab by iba99 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:42PM (#24934745)
For us, the key was to build a simple Jira alternative. A good PM tool should do the basics, and get out of the way.

Personal opinion, so many PM tools tend to be bloated and each view ends up causing more mental overload for the team, EM and PM.

We've tried to focus on speed with performance and keeping things simple.

Re:Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab by otabdeveloper4 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:56PM (#24934953)
"Simple" isn't a Jira alternative; not being "simple" is Jira's entire raison d'etre.

If you want "simple" there are already a thousand and one options available, but alternatives to Jira are extremely rare. This is how Atlassian captured the market.

So in my opinion you should really change your marketing, as it is it really gives off a false advertising vibe.

Re:Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab by mrweasel on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:42PM (#24935538)
Jira is a project management tool? I think that one of the only things we don't use it for.
Re:Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab by taejavu on Thursday October 29, 2020 @06:00PM (#24936600)
It's a great operating system, lacking only a decent project management tool.
Re:Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab by krick on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:19PM (#24937732)
That's surprising to hear. What do you use for this purpose then?
Re:Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab by mrweasel on Monday November 02, 2020 @01:02PM (#24970996)
CRM, service desk, CMDB, trouble ticket, tickets in general, we just don’t use it to manage project. We have tried things like the Kanban board, but it’s not all that good. Our PM find it easier to keep the tasks in Jira, but do the planning i MS Project
Re:Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab by otabdeveloper4 on Friday October 30, 2020 @01:57AM (#24939572)
Jira is a communication and documentation platform. You can bolt on some agile project management stuff (Kanban boards and whatnot), but that stuff always seems like a fifth wheel for Jira.
Re:Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab by krick on Sunday November 01, 2020 @06:01PM (#24963322)
That doesn't answer the question. And, just for the record, "Kanban boards and whatnot" is exactly how we use Jira.