project management / kanban board
Focalboard is an open-source, self-hosted project management tool offering Kanban boards, notes, and goal tracking as an alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
Choose when you want an actively maintained, AGPL-licensed PM suite with more planning features (timeline, goals) than Focalboard.
Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Choose if you need a broader company OS that ties projects to goals and people, rather than a standalone board tool.
The open source company operating system.
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
Choose if you want a simple self-hosted kanban board and can accept no recent updates.
An open source project management tool with Kanban boards
Choose for a lightweight Markdown-driven CLI personal task manager if you prefer keyboard-only workflows.
Terminal Markdown-based shapeless workflow builder
Choose for a terminal kanban board with Trello/GitHub sync, but be aware it is archived.
Command-line Kanban board/task manager with support for Trello boards and GitHub projects
Choose for a zero-dependency, single-page personal kanban board that runs entirely in the browser.
This is a one page HTML/JavaScript application for people who would like to use simple and basic Kanban board for their personal stuff
Choose for a minimal Vue.js Trello-like board if you need a quick demo and can ignore the lack of maintenance.
A Trello clone built with VueJS
These projects were analysed and named focalboard among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how focalboard rates them is a separate judgement, made when focalboard is analysed in its own right.
calls focalboard “Choose when you want a simple self-hosted board tool, especially if you already run Mattermost.”
Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)
calls focalboard “choose when you want a lightweight self-hosted board with optional Mattermost integration.”
PLANKA is the Kanban-style project mastering tool for everyone
calls focalboard “Self-hosted PM/boards/notes alternative; choose it when you want a Trello/Notion-like tool integrated with Mattermost.”
Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.
calls focalboard “Choose when you want a self-hosted kanban board with multiple views and an active Mattermost ecosystem.”
Kanban project management software
calls focalboard “if you want a board-only tool from the Mattermost ecosystem with a lighter footprint”
🎯 All you need. Nothing you don't. Open source project management that works for you, not against you.
calls focalboard “When you need a self-hosted kanban board and already use Mattermost.”
Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative.
calls focalboard “Choose this for a simple self-hosted board workflow, especially with Mattermost integration; it lacks Plane's cycles, roadmaps, and docs.”
🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platform to manage tasks, sprints, docs, and triage.
calls focalboard “Choose only when a simple self-hosted kanban/notes board is enough and you don't need Gantt or portfolio features.”
OpenProject is the leading open source project management software for product, project and portfolio management. A powerful Jira alternative with agile planning, issue tracking, roadmaps, Gantt charts, time tracking, collaboration features, and more. Available on premises or in the cloud. ⭐ Star us on GitHub
calls focalboard “choose if you only need simple self-hosted Kanban/Notion-style boards and can accept narrower scope than a Scrum suite.”
AI-native, free, open-source alternative to Jira, Trello, ClickUp & Monday. Built for Scrum teams where humans and AI agents collaborate as equals — on the same board, the same sprints, the same goals. Self-hosted. Fully customizable via config and plugins.