Ask HN: Anyone already using the new GitHub Projects feature? Care to share?

eckyp · on Sept 17, 2016

I did.

I personally find it missing a lot of features for working with cross-functional team (e.g. developers + designers + marketing).

I'd love to see this implemented:

1. filtering cards based on milestone / labels 2. assigning labels, milestone, labels to note (bcs why the hell should I convert to issue before assigning) 3. multiple repositories 4. automatically group pull requests and related issues 5. automatically move card to "Review" column when PR is sent 6. automatically move card to "Done" when it is closed

I used to manage with waffle.io and love it so far. (I'm not affiliated any way with them, just a happy user)

altern8tif · on Sept 17, 2016

Zenhub is still the better (more full-featured) option if you want to do project management in Github.

Not to mention that it's also free for small teams.

gtf21 · on Sept 17, 2016

We started using Zenhub for management (migrating from a messy asana-based process) and have really been enjoying it!

ohstopitu · on Sept 17, 2016

While I don't use Github persay...I was using a similar feature on Gitlab. Here's a screenshot[0] of my board.

[0] https://i.imgur.com/4gcF4Qc.png

ohstopitu · on Sept 17, 2016

Just to add to the above comment...I did try Github Projects and they seem to need time to be as nice as Gitlab's and a long way to go before they come close to Jira

sytse · on Sept 17, 2016

Glad to hear you like the GitLab Issue Board. Please let us know if there is anything we can improve.

geoah · on Sept 17, 2016

Kubernetes just started https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/projects

bigkahunaburger · on Sept 19, 2016

This is a knee-jerk reaction to Gitlab's latest release and in its current state doesn't come close to anything technical teams need. I'm sure GH could build out projects with more advanced features, but in doing so they'd be choosing to kill off their integration ecosystem... when their partners (e.g. ZenHub, Waffle) are already doing it better.

thecupisblue · on Sept 17, 2016

Tried using it, will see if we will continue. The idea is good, but the execution not so much. If they want our designer to work with us on github, they need to let them drag and drop images into tasks. Also, no way to migrate current issues into projects as far as I see. Hope they improve it soon.

contingencies · on Sept 17, 2016

Just had a look, it seems very fresh/undocumented and not up to regular Github standards. I couldn't even find a way to delete the test project I made. I would give it awhile to mature. Right now we just use issues, but we have a small team.