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Kanboard vs Tability

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Kanboard and Tability — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Kanboard vs Tability: at a glance

FeatureKanboardTability
SectorPMPM
Velocity score2.57.5
Sparks · 30d01
Top themeskanban, self-hosted, security-hardening, phpokr-management, strategy-graph, ai-agents, org-hierarchy
Last editorial update25d ago1d ago
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What is Kanboard?

A mature kanban tool in a methodical security-hardening cycle

Kanboard is a stable, self-hosted PHP kanban board whose recent releases are dominated by security work rather than new features. Nearly every point release closes a class of vulnerability — authorization gaps, SSRF, injection, deserialization — alongside small UX fixes and dependency bumps. The product is feature-complete and being maintained defensively.

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What is Tability?

Tability is building the org graph its AI agents will need to act on.

Tability is an OKR and strategy platform that has spent 2026 turning a plan hierarchy into a queryable graph. The Strategy Map now organises by people as well as plans, the Dependencies Map traverses up to parent context and down through downstream work from any object, and a workspace-wide filtering layer with saved segments sits over goals and initiatives. Running alongside is an agent track: an AI Importer that reads OKR and KPI spreadsheets into reviewable proposals, and AI managers that can be assigned to a goal and must route decisions back through an approval flow.

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Kanboard vs Tability: editorial side-by-side

K2.5

A mature kanban tool in a methodical security-hardening cycle

◆ Current state

Kanboard is a stable, self-hosted PHP kanban board whose recent releases are dominated by security work rather than new features. Nearly every point release closes a class of vulnerability — authorization gaps, SSRF, injection, deserialization — alongside small UX fixes and dependency bumps. The product is feature-complete and being maintained defensively.

◆ Where it's heading

The arc across 1.2.44 through 1.2.53 is a systematic audit: each release hardens one more surface (LDAP, webhooks, comment visibility, bulk operations, token comparison). New user-facing features are rare and incremental — full-text search opt-in, RTL support, richer API links. This is a project prioritizing trust and long-term maintainability over expansion.

◆ Prediction

Expect the pattern to continue: more targeted security fixes and PHP-version-compatibility work in the next release, with occasional small usability additions. No major feature direction is visible in these entries.

T7.5

Tability is building the org graph its AI agents will need to act on.

◆ Current state

Tability is an OKR and strategy platform that has spent 2026 turning a plan hierarchy into a queryable graph. The Strategy Map now organises by people as well as plans, the Dependencies Map traverses up to parent context and down through downstream work from any object, and a workspace-wide filtering layer with saved segments sits over goals and initiatives. Running alongside is an agent track: an AI Importer that reads OKR and KPI spreadsheets into reviewable proposals, and AI managers that can be assigned to a goal and must route decisions back through an approval flow.

◆ Where it's heading

The two tracks are converging, and the sequencing tells the story. Delegating goals to AI agents shipped first; the releases since have been building the structure those agents need to reason over — who reports to whom, what depends on what, which slice of a busy workspace a question is actually about. Overflow controls on large maps and a refreshed Initiatives view point at customers with enough plans and people for readability to become the constraint, which is a different buyer than the small-team OKR tool this category started as. Import friction is being attacked from the same direction: an AI-assisted path out of spreadsheets, with review gates before anything is created.

◆ Prediction

Expect the agent features to start consuming the graph the recent releases exposed — dependency-aware and reporting-line-aware agent actions rather than per-goal delegation — and the scheduled-prompt mechanism behind executive summaries to widen into other recurring outputs.

Alternatives to Kanboard and Tability

Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Kanboard or Tability.

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Recent activity from Kanboard and Tability

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 2d agoTabilityKeep large Strategy Maps readable with overflow controls
  2. 2d agoTabilityReview initiatives faster from the refreshed Initiatives view
  3. 2d agoTabilityBuild custom views with the new filters
  4. 2d agoTabilityImport OKRs faster with the AI Importer
  5. 2d agoTabilityTrace complete dependencies from any objective, key result, or initiative
  6. 2d agoTabilityOrganise the Strategy Map by people, not just plans
  7. 25d agoKanboardSecurity fixes and opt-in full-text task search
  8. 4mo agoKanboardComment visibility rules and timing-safe token checks
  9. 5mo agoKanboardSSRF protection and safer deserialization
  10. 6mo agoKanboardAuthorization and CSRF checks across controllers
  11. 7mo agoKanboardLDAP injection fix and trusted-proxy config
  12. 10mo agoKanboardPublic API links, RTL support, subtask counts

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Kanboard and Tability?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Tability is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 vs 2.5), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Kanboard better than Tability?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Tability is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 vs 2.5), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Kanboard?

Top Kanboard alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Kanboard alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/kanboard for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Tability?

Top Tability alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Tability alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tability for the full list with editorial commentary on each.