Learn the best use cases for a GitHub-Trello integration, what fields are synced between the two tools, and your customization options.
GitHub and Trello, when used in combination, allow for various live visualizations of your team's work. Lists, Kanban boards, calendars... More possibilities to make everyone you work with organized and happy, whether they are developers or not!
What is synced?
GitHub | Trello | |
Issue Title | ←→ | Card Title |
Issue Description | ←→ | Card Description |
State | ←→ | List |
Comments | ←→ | Comments |
Assignees | ←→ | Assignees |
Labels | ←→ | Labels |
Milestone Due Date | ←→ | Due Date |
Attachments | → | Description Footer |
Linke to Issue | → | Link to Issue |
Description Footer | ←→ | Link to Card |
Created By | ←→ | Description Footer |
Description Footer | ←→ | Issue Type |
Description Footer | ←→ | Milestone |
What is not synced?
- GitHub checklists: GitHub checklists are not yet supported by Unito.
- GitHub Project: Projects can't be synced by Unito because of a limitation with GitHub's API.
- Mentions: Unito does not support user mentions in titles, descriptions, or comments.
Customization options for Unito's Trello GitHub integration
Here are all the available options for Trello and GitHub users:
Sync closed items
Unito will automatically sync open items automatically, but here is how you can sync closed items.
Add rules to filter by tag or label
Unito will sync all work items by default but you can customize your workflow by syncing just some of them by tag or label.
Add rules to filter by issue type
You can filter GitHub issues by type in a flow synced to Trello (Issue, Pull-Request, or both).
One-way syncing
You can choose to sync only from Trello to GitHub or GitHub from Trello. Here is how it works by changing flow direction.
Map your GitHub users to Trello board members
Here is a complete article on how to sync teammates.
Add GitHub issue number to Trello card titles
Unito doesn't sync the issue number by default but you can add issue numbers to Trello card titles in the flow settings under the Trello tab.
If you're looking for help building this flow with Unito, you can follow this step-by-step guide to connecting GitHub and Trello with Unito.