Azure DevOps Boards

Best Self Hosted Alternatives to Azure DevOps Boards

A curated collection of the 1 best self hosted alternatives to Azure DevOps Boards.

Azure DevOps Boards provides work tracking for software teams—Kanban boards, backlogs, sprint planning, work items, dashboards, and reporting—helping teams plan, track, and collaborate on development projects.

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Taiga

Taiga

Taiga is an agile project management platform with Scrum and Kanban boards, backlog and sprint planning, issue tracking, and a REST API, deployable via Docker.

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Taiga is an agile project management web application designed for teams that plan and track work using Scrum or Kanban. It provides end-to-end workflows for managing backlogs, sprints, tasks, issues, and team collaboration, and is commonly deployed using the official Docker-based stack.

Key Features

  • Scrum projects: product backlog, sprint planning, story points, sprint backlog, and sprint burn-down style progress tracking
  • Kanban projects with configurable columns and WIP-style flow
  • Issue tracking with custom fields, tags, priorities, severities, statuses, and assignments
  • Wiki/knowledge pages and rich text editing for project documentation
  • Roles/permissions and per-project membership management
  • REST API for integrations and automation; webhooks supported in Taiga’s ecosystem
  • Email notifications and watcher/follower-style updates on work items
  • Dockerized deployment (taiga-docker) providing a full stack: backend, frontend, events, PostgreSQL, and reverse proxy

Use Cases

  • Software teams running Scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily updates)
  • Product teams managing feature requests, bugs, and releases in a single system
  • Cross-functional teams tracking operational work with Kanban flow

Limitations and Considerations

  • The Docker repository is a deployment bundle; core feature development occurs in other Taiga repositories (backend/frontend), so updates require coordinating stack versions.

Taiga fits teams wanting a structured agile tool with both Scrum and Kanban, plus a mature issue/work item model. The official Docker stack simplifies standing up the full service with the required supporting components.

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Why choose an open source alternative?

  • Data ownership: Keep your data on your own servers
  • No vendor lock-in: Freedom to switch or modify at any time
  • Cost savings: Reduce or eliminate subscription fees
  • Transparency: Audit the code and know exactly what's running