Taiga vs MeisterTask
When comparing Taiga vs MeisterTask, the Slant community recommends Taiga for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform task apps?” Taiga is ranked 30th while MeisterTask is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Taiga is:
User stories can be organized in both Kanban and Scrum task management systems.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Supports both Kanban and Scrum modes
User stories can be organized in both Kanban and Scrum task management systems.
Pro Free and open source
Taiga is licensed under GPL with source code available on GitHub.
Pro Simple to use
Pro Comprehensive Agile software development toolset
Taiga tries offering a complete Agile software development toolset. It includes complete solutions for issue tracking, videoconferencing, documentation (in the form of a wiki) and either a backlog or a Kanban board for managing user stories.
Pro Built-in issue tracking
Taiga has built-in issue tracking tools. The issues can be organized by user-defined type, severity, priority, creation date, assignee, creator, tags as well as filtered by subject. Taiga can also integrate with GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket.
Pro Built-in wiki
Each project has a wiki. It has Markdown support as well as a WYSIWYG editor.
Pro Built-in video conferencing tools
Integrates with either AppearIn or Talky to provide a video conferencing solution.
Pro Migration from RedMine
Pro Export/Import feature
You can extract all your data from one Taiga instance and move it to another one. You can read more here.
Pro Unlimited tasks and projects for free
MeisterTask offers a free plan that includes unlimited tasks and projects, as well as two integrations of the user's choice.
Pro Useful integrations
MeisterTask has integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, Slack, GitHub, BitBucket, Zendesk, Zapier, and MindMeister. You can even get a personal URL to subscribe to your tasks, schedule, etc. via any calendar program that supports the iCal format (e.g. MacOS default calendar application, or maybe even Fantastical 2 on the same platform).
Pro Task Automations
MeisterTask offers “Section Actions” that help automate steps in your workflow and increase efficiency and consistency.
Cons
Con No Kanban metrics
Taiga is said to support Kanban but it does not generate any of the usual Kanban metrics (cycle time, lead time) or graph (Cumulated Flow Diagram).
Con Can be overwhelming at first
Taiga presents users with a lot of information and functionality right from the beginning with little guidance. Figuring how stuff works might take a bit.
Con Too much functionality for small projects
While it's possible to disable any unwanted features (modules), the amount of functionality that's present might be more than a small, short-term project needs.
Con No Linux desktop application
Con Main view isn't compact enough
The main view isn't compact enough even when set to small font and compact view. Additionally, columns are not collapsible.
Con Subtasks are hidden inside the task
It can be hard to see the complete details of each task due to the nested interface.
Con No reminders
No native reminder events.
