DumbKan Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy DumbKan hosting and run a self-hosted kanban board with drag and drop tasks, custom columns and several boards on your own domain. One pinned container holds the app, with every board kept in a JSON file on a volume. There are no accounts: a shared ten-digit PIN is the only access control, and upstream does not throttle repeated guesses, so treat it as a light lock.

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What is DumbKan?

DumbKan is a lightweight, mobile-friendly kanban board for managing tasks and projects, built with vanilla JavaScript and Node.js and released under GPL-3.0. Upstream lists creating, editing and deleting tasks, drag and drop between columns, multiple boards such as Work and Personal, custom columns that you rename inline, and touch-friendly editing. Self-hosted DumbKan is the option for people who would otherwise organise tasks on a hosted board such as Trello.

On xCloud the template runs dumbwareio/dumbkan, the latest build of main at commit a1dc943, pinned by digest because upstream publishes no release tags, as one container with the dumbkan_data volume holding tasks.json. There are no user accounts. The whole board saves as one JSON document with a 100 KB limit, and concurrent saves overwrite each other, so run a single instance.

From Sign-Up to a Live Kanban Board In Just 3 Easy Steps

A self-hosted Kanban board normally means a container, a data volume, a PIN or password, a domain and a certificate before the first card. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick DumbKan from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter a Shared PIN of exactly 10 random digits.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the upstream DumbKan image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no database, mount the dumbkan_data volume that holds tasks.json, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain with the container port bound to loopback.
Step 03
Unlock Your Board
Open your HTTPS DumbKan URL, enter the Shared PIN shown in the protected installation credentials, add your first card and drag it between columns.

Everything DumbKan Does, On Your Own Server

DumbKan runs in full here: a minimal Kanban board on your own domain, with every board stored on a volume you control.

Drag-And-Drop Tasks
Create, edit and delete tasks, and drag them between columns. Double-click on desktop or double-tap on mobile to edit a task.
Multiple Boards
Keep separate boards such as Work and Personal, create or delete them, and switch between them instantly.
Custom Columns
Add columns for your own workflow and rename them inline, so the board matches how you actually work.
Light And Dark Themes
Follows your system theme by default, can be switched manually, and remembers your choice across sessions.
Mobile-Friendly Interface
A responsive, touch-friendly layout that works on phones and tablets as well as desktop browsers.
JSON Storage, No Database
Every board and task lives in one tasks.json file on the dumbkan_data volume, so there is no database to run or maintain.

Everything You Need To Run Your Kanban Board 24/7

Managed hosting for DumbKan, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

DumbKan deployed instantly
Upstream image pinned by digest
Shared PIN chosen at install
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With DumbKan

Run a personal project board
Keep Work and Personal boards with drag and drop cards on a phone or laptop, all in a file on your own server.
Plan a small team sprint
Give a small team one shared PIN and a board with To Do, Doing and Done columns for a short project.
Customise the workflow
Add and rename columns inline to match how you work, without learning a larger project tool.
Edit tasks from a phone
Double-tap a card on mobile to edit it and move cards between columns with touch gestures.

DumbKan Screenshots

DumbKan in dark mode with To Do, Doing and Done columns holding tasks, an Add Task button on each column and an Add Column control

DumbKan vs Alternatives

Trello: If you organise tasks on Trello, DumbKan is the self-hosted route for the simplest boards: drag and drop cards on your own Cloud VPS, with one shared PIN and no accounts.
Kanboard: Kanboard has its own xCloud page. DumbKan is deliberately minimal: one shared PIN instead of user accounts, and every board stored in one JSON file.
Planka: Planka has its own xCloud page. Compare its sign-in model and sizing with DumbKan's shared PIN, single container and 128 MB floor before choosing.
Kaneo: Kaneo has its own xCloud page. Compare it with DumbKan's single-file approach and shared PIN before choosing a self-hosted project board.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for DumbKan hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if DumbKan sits alongside other tools on the same server.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. DumbKan itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Kanban Board?

DumbKan on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is DumbKan used for?

DumbKan is used to run a simple kanban board. You create boards, add columns such as To Do, Doing and Done, and drag task cards between them, from a desktop or a phone. It suits one person or a small group tracking a handful of projects without the weight of a full project tool.

Is DumbKan free and open source?

Yes. DumbKan is open source under GPL-3.0, so the board has no licence fee. xCloud charges for the dedicated Cloud VPS that runs it and for the deployment around it. The app is tiny, so it shares a server easily with other small apps from the same family.

Can you self-host DumbKan with Docker?

Yes. For DumbKan Docker hosting the template runs the dumbwareio/dumbkan image, the latest build of main at commit a1dc943 pinned by digest, as one container with a single volume and HTTPS on your domain. The image is built on Node 18, which is end-of-life upstream, so keep the exposure modest.

How much RAM does DumbKan need?

DumbKan's manifest asks for 128 MB of RAM, one core and 1 GB of disk, for a single Node process with file storage. The 6 GB plan sold here is vastly larger. Because a board is saved as one document, very large boards hit a 100 KB limit.

Does DumbKan have user accounts?

No. There are no accounts, roles, single sign-on or per-user permissions. One shared PIN, exactly ten digits in this template, unlocks everything, and anyone who knows it can view, edit and delete all boards. Share the PIN only with people you trust, and consider Basic Authentication in front for more protection.

Is the DumbKan PIN brute-force proof?

No, and you should not rely on it that way. Upstream has no trusted-proxy setting, so behind the proxy the lockout is keyed on an address the app may not see correctly, and the PIN is stored as the cookie value. Use a random ten-digit PIN and add xCloud Basic Authentication or IP management for a stronger gate.

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Where does DumbKan store my boards?

In one file, tasks.json, on the dumbkan_data volume mounted at /app/data. There is no database. Every board and task is in that document, saved as a single JSON post, and concurrent saves overwrite each other with the last write winning. An empty volume starts with a default board.

How do I back up DumbKan?

Back up the dumbkan_data volume, which is a single tasks.json file. Do not delete it during a redeploy or upgrade. Copy it off-server and test a restore. The file is small, so frequent copies are cheap, which helps given that saves are last-write-wins.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade DumbKan?

Upstream publishes only moving tags, so the template pins the digest of the latest build of main at commit a1dc943 and updates are manual. Back up dumbkan_data, read the upstream changes since that commit, then select a later template version. Template changes affect new installs only.

How do I change the DumbKan PIN?

Edit DUMBKAN_PIN in the Environment editor and choose Save & Redeploy. The template requires exactly ten digits, because upstream accepts four to ten and skips authentication entirely for any other length. A ten-digit value avoids that pitfall, so keep to it and pick random digits.

Can I run DumbKan in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. DumbKan cloud use puts the board on a dedicated Cloud VPS, with your domain and certificate attached. A server rented elsewhere can be enrolled as self-managed. Keep to a single instance, since concurrent saves overwrite each other, and keep the PIN random.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.