4ga Boards

A straightforward real-time kanban system for project management, with a Markdown editor, board import and export, and single sign-on through OIDC.

734 stars, 131 forks JavaScript On GitHub since January 2023

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What is 4ga Boards?

4ga Boards offers kanban boards that update in real time without reloading the page, with a dark mode, a wide-screen layout and an advanced Markdown editor for card descriptions. You can edit a card while filtering or rearranging the board, keeping unsaved changes locally. Boards can be exported and imported, and users sign in with Google, GitHub, Microsoft or any OIDC provider. It runs with PostgreSQL and Redis, and a Helm chart is included.

Good fit if

  • You want a fast, simple board with single sign-on for a team.
  • You like to write detailed card descriptions in Markdown.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want a larger community and longer track record: WeKan or PLANKA.
  • You need Gantt and calendar views: Kaneo.

Before you adopt it

4ga Boards is MIT-licensed and free. Nearly all of the code comes from one developer, so its future depends on that person.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

4ga Boards health: is it still maintained?

76 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    176 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 28 October 2026.
    27 / 30
  • Contributors
    3 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 97% of them.
    5 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v3.3.14, on 24 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 95% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 3 hours.
    20 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

4ga Boards license: is it open source?

4ga Boards uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. January 2023First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run 4ga Boards yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 3 services (postgres, redis)
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: 4gaboards.com or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about 4ga Boards

Is 4ga Boards open source?

Yes. 4ga Boards is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is 4ga Boards still maintained?

Its health score is 76 of 100 (actively developed). It had 176 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 28 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 24 October 2026.

How do I run 4ga Boards?

You can run it with Docker, on Kubernetes with the Helm chart in the repository. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to 4ga Boards?

Close alternatives in the Project & task management category include PLANKA, Kaneo, Plane.