medvednikov

Thanks, I'll make the pricing policy more clear.

I agree with you, running closed source software does not give the company any guarantees.

It looks like GitHub Enterprise is protected:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13185814/how-github-enter...

How do they get away with this?

Thanks a lot for such a thorough comment!

You are right, asking people to run the binary on their servers is not a good idea.

I guess I have no other choice but to provide the source code to the clients, just like Atlassian does.

I just did some research, and it looks like GitHub are protecting their source code:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13185814/how-github-enter...

How do they get away with this?

There is an API, it's just not documented yet. It is very simple to use, similar to Slack's API.

The source will be released to companies running Skadi on their own servers, just like JIRA.

Thanks for the feature request. I've added it to the TODO list. Definitely something I will do. The price will always remain $1/user per month.

Yes, wekan.io is great. Right now the only advantages Skadi offers are a much easier installation/administration and instant search.

However the set of features will grow. I plan to implement functionality similar to Hackpad/Confluence, time management, and even source code management, so that companies have everything in one place for a very affordable price.

Windows support will be implemented next week.

Backups are run automatically and saved in the "bkups" directory (next to the executable).

Good point. I think I will do it the Atlassian way: companies who care about protecting their data will get the sources, just like with JIRA. They'll have to "go run" them themselves, but it's nothing like setting up JIRA.

Thanks! Good performance and instant search are two very important features of Skadi. For the next couple of weeks I'll be working hard to fix the bugs and implement missing features (e.g. searching in descriptions and comments).

Yes, this is actually worse than the notorious installation scripts run as root.

At least Skadi doesn't require root access.

I will definitely be adding more information and researching other ways of distributing executables safely.

Good point. A lot of companies would definitely prefer a one-time fee. The pricing policy is not final of course.

Hello,

I'd like to get your opinion on this project. It's still in beta and under heavy development. Some of the basic features like voting and checklists are missing, but they will be implemented by the end of February.

There are so many Kanban boards out there. Why create another?

They key advantage of Skadi is easy installation on your own server. You can literally do it in 10 seconds. It's a binary file with zero dependencies. It uses a built in web server and a LevelDB database. Even the static files are embedded in the binary, which allows easier updates.

So the primary audience is companies who would like to use Trello but can't store sensitive data on outside servers or simply prefer a self-hosted solution.

It also does some things better than Trello. For example, it is extremely light and fast and can handle a lot more cards without freezing. Search is always instant, unlike in Trello.

Of course, it supports JSON imports from Trello.

Thanks for your time.