DumbKan Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy DumbKan hosting and give yourself a simple, private Kanban board on your own domain. xCloud runs the official DumbKan image pinned by immutable digest, mounts a persistent volume for every board and task, asks for a shared PIN at install and publishes the board over HTTPS in minutes — one small container, with no database to run.

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No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is DumbKan?

DumbKan is a lightweight, mobile-friendly Kanban board built with vanilla JavaScript and Node.js. You manage tasks as cards in columns, drag them from one column to the next, and keep several boards side by side, such as Work and Personal.

It keeps things deliberately small: all boards and tasks are saved in a single JSON file, so there is no database to run, and access can be protected with one shared PIN. This template deploys the official image built from upstream's main branch at commit a1dc943, because upstream publishes no release tags.

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 official 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
Official image pinned by digest
Shared PIN chosen at install
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With DumbKan

A personal task board
Keep your own to-do, doing and done lists on a server you control instead of in someone else's service.
Separate work and personal boards
Run several boards side by side and switch between them, so project work and personal errands never share a column.
A small team's shared board
Give a few people the same PIN and let them move cards across the same boards. There are no individual accounts, so everyone sees and can change everything.
A custom workflow
Add and rename columns to fit your own stages, from a simple three-column flow to something longer.

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: A hosted Kanban service. DumbKan runs on your own server and domain, stores boards in one JSON file and has no user accounts, only a shared PIN.
Planka: A real-time, self-hosted Kanban board for projects, boards, lists and cards, also on xCloud OneClick. DumbKan is a single container with no database and one shared PIN.
Kanboard: A self-hosted Kanban project manager, also on xCloud OneClick. DumbKan keeps to boards, columns and cards, stored in one JSON file with no database.
Vikunja: A self-hosted task manager with list, gantt, table and kanban views, also on xCloud OneClick. DumbKan is a Kanban board only, with JSON file storage.

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.

How do I sign in?

Enter the 10-digit Shared PIN you chose at install. It is also shown in the protected installation credentials.

Are there user accounts?

No. DumbKan has one shared PIN, and everyone who knows it sees and can change the same boards.

How safe is the shared PIN?

Use 10 random digits, not a date or a pattern. Upstream does not rate-limit PIN guesses sent as a request header, so a long random PIN is the main protection. For stronger protection, enable xCloud Basic Authentication on the site yourself; this template does not turn it on.

What happens after five wrong PIN attempts?

Upstream's login lockout is shared by all visitors, because the app cannot see real client addresses behind the proxy. Five wrong attempts lock everyone out for 15 minutes, or until the app restarts.

What runs alongside DumbKan?

Nothing. It is a single container with no database; the boards are stored in tasks.json on the dumbkan_data volume.

What should I back up?

The dumbkan_data volume, which holds tasks.json with every board and task. Back it up before changing the image digest.

Backups in xCloud

How do I change the PIN?

Edit DUMBKAN_PIN in the site's environment file, then choose Save & Redeploy. Keep it at 10 random digits: a value shorter than 4 or longer than 10 characters turns PIN protection off.

Can I run more than one instance?

No, run a single instance. Concurrent saves overwrite each other, and a board larger than 100 KB cannot be saved.

What survives a restart?

Boards and cards on the dumbkan_data volume. In QA a card moved to Doing was still there after the container was restarted.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update DumbKan?

No. The template pins the official image by immutable digest, and new installations use the pinned build; existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream changes, then bump the digest on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 128 MB of RAM and 1 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 20 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, which leaves far more headroom than DumbKan needs.

Is xCloud officially partnered with DumbKan?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the DumbKan project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source DumbKan project.

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.