# GitHub Projects

9 Hacker News commenters recommended GitHub Projects and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for small teams that want task boards next to their code without running a separate project tool. Common caveat: the boards are often slow and laggy, and some items fail to show up.

## Why people recommend it

- Good enough for small teams (3 comments): "sometimes the overhead of dedicated PM tools isn't worth it when the team is under 5 people" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47462127)) "I think a lot of teams can make do with GitHub Projects, they're pretty decent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085791)) "For tiny teams, Github Projects." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46456419))

## What people warn about

- Slow, laggy boards (3 comments): "I remembered one project I added over 20 items and then GitHub's Kanban started freaking out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909363)) "GH projects are pretty slow/clunky" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509034)) "every action is really laggy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143542))
- Items sometimes fail to appear (2 comments): "For whatever reason, projects don't work anymore. You can add an issue to a project and it won't show up." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47943871)) "I remembered one project I added over 20 items and then GitHub's Kanban started freaking out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909363))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Redmine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/redmine.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/learning-about-projects/about-projects)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GitHub Projects", https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-projects/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).