{"id":3426,"date":"2026-10-24T13:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/?p=3426"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:36:04","slug":"royal-tasks-responsive-kanban-trello-jira-on-plain-web-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/2026\/10\/24\/royal-tasks-responsive-kanban-trello-jira-on-plain-web-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Tasks: Responsive Kanban\/Trello\/Jira on plain web hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Royal-tasks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3427 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Royal-tasks-450x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Royal-tasks-450x175.png 450w, https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Royal-tasks-150x58.png 150w, https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Royal-tasks-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Royal-tasks-1200x467.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Royal-tasks.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Now for something completely different. I am interested in tools and in moving away from tech giants. I was frustrated that existing open source Kanban\/Trello\/Jira alternatives either required complex\/expensive installation or had dull interfaces. So I rolled my own!<\/p>\n<p>Announcing\u00a0<strong>Royal Tasks<\/strong>, a modern and responsive Kanban tool that runs on normal web hosting (PHP\/MySQL). Here, I&#8217;ve worked to make cards and checklists feel like physical objects that respond immediately.<\/p>\n<p>You can optionally encrypt boards with End-to-End-Encryption.<\/p>\n<p>Download and installation guides here:<br \/>\n<a class=\"relative pointer-events-auto a\n\n  underline\n\n  cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/RealRules\/royal-tasks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow ugc\">https:\/\/github.com\/RealRules\/royal-tasks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PS. And yes, I have used &#8220;modern tools&#8221; for development. We are all trying to work out what that does and what it means.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now for something completely different. I am interested in tools and in moving away from tech giants. I was frustrated that existing open source Kanban\/Trello\/Jira alternatives either required complex\/expensive installation or had dull interfaces. So I rolled my own! Announcing\u00a0Royal Tasks, a modern and responsive Kanban tool that runs on normal web hosting (PHP\/MySQL). Here, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/2026\/10\/24\/royal-tasks-responsive-kanban-trello-jira-on-plain-web-hosting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Royal Tasks: Responsive Kanban\/Trello\/Jira on plain web hosting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3426"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3431,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426\/revisions\/3431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}