Debian Installation

Do not forget to change the default username/password.
Do not allow public access to the data directory via the URL.
Enable .htaccess if you use Apache (Option AllowOverride All).
It is your responsibility to configure your server correctly.

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Kanboard is now packaged for Debian and is part of the stable release of Debian 12. This means that for a basic installation, simply run the following command as root:

apt install kanboard

You should then be able to access the application at http://localhost/kanboard/.

Debian 10 (Buster)

Install Apache and PHP:

apt update
apt install -y apache2 libapache2-mod-php php-cli php-mbstring \
    php-sqlite3 php-opcache php-json php-ldap php-gd php-xml  \
    php-mysql php-pgsql php-curl php-zip

systemctl enable apache2

Install Kanboard:

version=1.2.13
wget https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/archive/v$version.tar.gz
tar xzvf v$version.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/kanboard-$version/data

rm v$version.tar.gz

Some features of Kanboard require that you run a daily background job.