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Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by mssundaram on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @08:03PM (#25215975)
I've been looking for a kanban tool for which I can own the data (self hosted), and preferably that the data is a human manipulated format (Markdown ideally).

Does anyone know of something like that? I haven't found a satisfactory solution so I've been building one, but I keep feeling like I'm wasting my time and that there must be something else available. In any case I am planning on releasing it as a desktop app and mobile (Android, iOS) at some point. Right now I just use Syncthing to sync across devices - you just point the app to a directory of Markdown files.

Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by grok22 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @08:56PM (#25216193)
There are a few single file kanban scripts that store in your browsers local storage.

https://github.com/linuxcaffe/tw-kanban-js https://greggigon.github.io/my-personal-kanban/ -- I use this sometimes

Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by fullstopslash on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:53PM (#25216659)
Taskell is exactly what you're looking for! https://taskell.app/

It's a bit fresh and needs to be fully fleshed out, but it's functional!

Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by infinity0 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @07:56AM (#25219615)
Why are certain techies obsessed with human-manipulated format? Did you grow up with 1980s computers?

CalDav/CardDAV is widely supported by lots of FOSS tools, and https://packages.debian.org/sid/radicale is very easy to set up as a server. You can host it behind a Tor hidden service if you are worried about hackers. https://github.com/infinity0/droid-hacks/blob/master/pages/s...

Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by oso2k on Thursday November 26, 2020 @02:46AM (#25217838)
BASH and CSV ok? I've used this kanban.bash [0] and it works well enough.

[0] https://github.com/coderofsalvation/kanban.bash

Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by bachmeier on Thursday November 26, 2020 @12:08AM (#25217036)
Kanboard: https://kanboard.org/

Easy installation. Can be run locally using a php web server.

Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by tzmudzin on Thursday November 26, 2020 @01:45AM (#25217500)
NextCloud may have just the right apps available for you, as add-on on top of your self-hosted storage.
Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by AstroJetson on Thursday November 26, 2020 @05:27AM (#25218675)
I like and use nullboard. https://nullboard.io/preview

Simple, and easy to use. I use the color version to track things easier.

Re:Pimutils: The coreutils of personal information management by codezero on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @08:34PM (#25216095)
possibly a candidate for an Ask HN post - I don't use one so can't recommend but "self hosted kanban" does produce some pretty clear top results.