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Please see https://about.gitlab.com/applications/#scrum-boards for the options with GitLab. There is also work done to redeem a bounty for GitLab support in Huboard.

Thanks. I should have mentioned that I have seen that. I tried GitLab Kanban, thinking the product created by the same organization as GitLab would be the best. I was dissatisfied at installation time (uses Docker, in contrast to the RPMs provided for GitLab CE) and stopped there.

Must be hosted locally for boring corporate reasons.

Thanks for the feedback. We're considering bundling a kanban board into the GitLab Omnibus packages to make it easier to install, see "Software to ship in the Omnibus packages" on https://about.gitlab.com/direction/

If you're happy with something hosted, check out https://trello.com/ - it doesn't have the complicated workflow-defining things Jira does, but that's not always a bad thing, and it starts out free.

I've been an avid user of Trello. Easy to use, very simple for any external stake holders to get into (and nice permissions) while being super simple to use. They've got a great amount of 'example' boards as well: https://trello.com/inspiringboards

Phabricator has a Kanban board. It's also a fine replacement for JIRA for many use cases.