Guidon vs GitHub Projects: context for the work around your code
GitHub Projects tracks issues next to your code. Guidon adds decisions, dead ends and verified knowledge - and links commits and PRs back.
Checked 2026-11-09. Features change - see GitHub Projects's site for theirs. All comparisons
The short answer
GitHub Projects is right next to your code and issues. Guidon works alongside it: commits and pull requests that mention a task are linked to it, and each task also keeps its decisions, attempts and verified facts - context GitHub issues don't structure.
Choose Guidon if
- You want decisions and dead ends structured, not buried in issue threads
- Your agents need a curated project brief
- Non-developers plan with you
Choose GitHub Projects if
- Everything you track is code issues
- You want zero extra tools
- You rely on GitHub Actions automations on issues
At a glance
Guidon is better on 4 of 7 topics below; GitHub Projects is better where it says so.
| Topic | Guidon | GitHub Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosting | Docker Compose with plain PostgreSQL; every feature, no plan limits on your own install. | With GitHub Enterprise Server. |
| Source code | Open source (AGPL-3.0). | Closed source. |
| What was already tried | Better: attempts are part of every task - approach, outcome and why it failed. An agent starting the task gets the dead ends with start_task, and is reminded to record its own. | Not a built-in feature in their docs (as of 2026-11-09); attempts end up in comments, if anywhere. |
| Verified vs AI-guessed knowledge | Better: project memory keeps what a person verified apart from what an AI wrote; anything an agent adds or changes waits in a review queue. | No separate verified-vs-AI status in their docs (as of 2026-11-09). |
| Context in your repository | Better: export the project as AGENTS.md - approved brief, verified facts, known dead ends - for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. | No AGENTS.md export in their docs (as of 2026-11-09). |
| AI agents (MCP) | MCP server and REST API; works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex and any MCP client. You bring the AI - no AI credits. | GitHub's official MCP server. |
| Next to the code | Links commits and PRs that mention a task, and can move it. | Better: lives in the repository itself. |
Switching from GitHub Projects
Export your GitHub tasks to CSV and use Import on a Guidon board: titles, descriptions, statuses, priorities, labels, assignees and due dates are matched to your columns, with a preview of anything that doesn't match. Nothing on the board changes until you confirm.
Questions
Do I have to leave GitHub?
No - keep your code there; Guidon links commits and PRs that mention a task (guidon#ref) and moves it along.
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