Plane
92 · HealthyIssue tracking with cycles, modules and pages, aimed at software teams.
Open source Project management
itsaplan
89 · HealthyIssue tracking and project planning with kanban boards, Gantt charts and AI agents that work alongside the team.
OpenProject
88 · HealthyProject management suite with Gantt charts, agile boards, time tracking and wikis.
Huly
84 · HealthyAll-in-one workspace combining issue tracking, docs, chat and video calls.
Leantime
83 · HealthyGoal-oriented project management designed with neurodivergent users in mind.
Redmine
75 · StableLong-running issue tracker and project manager with Gantt charts, time tracking, wikis and a large plugin ecosystem.
Paca
74 · StableScrum-focused project management with boards and sprints, built for teams that work alongside AI agents.
Kanboard
73 · StableMinimal kanban board focused on simplicity and low resource use.
Kan
73 · StableTrello-style boards with lists, cards, labels, comments and import from Trello.
Super Productivity
71 · StableTo-do list with timeboxing and time tracking that can pull tasks in from Jira, GitHub and GitLab.
Kaneo
71 · StableLightweight project management with boards, lists and timelines, designed to stay simple.
WeKan
70 · StableKanban boards with swimlanes, checklists, due dates and import from Trello.
Vikunja
64 · StableTo-do and project app with list, kanban, Gantt and table views.
Worklenz
49 · CautionProject management with tasks, timelines, workload views, time tracking and client portals.
Focalboard
14 · At riskKanban-style boards for tasks and projects, originally from Mattermost.
Source-available and unverified licenses
The code for these is public, but the license is not an OSI open source license, or we have not verified it yet. Check the license notes on each project before relying on it.
Multica
88 · HealthyTask board where people and AI coding agents pick up issues, report progress and work through the same backlog.
Fizzy
84 · HealthyKanban tool from 37signals where cards nobody touches fade away, keeping boards focused on current work.
PLANKA
68 · StableReal-time Kanban boards for teams, with projects, labels, attachments and notifications.
PLANKA
Real-time Kanban boards for teams, with projects, labels, attachments and notifications.
Will it still be around?
Stable
Score 68/100
Can a business use it freely?
Internal use only
PLANKA Community License 1.1 · source-available, not open source
Features compared
has,doesn't2 features1 feature
7/9 Trello features free in PLANKA
✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 6
Headline Trello features on the Standard plan, and whether PLANKA has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | TrelloStandard plan | PLANKA7 of 9 free |
|---|---|---|
| Trello has, PLANKA doesn't2 | ||
| Automation rules | Included1,000 runs a month | No |
| Mobile apps | Included | PartlyCommunity apps |
| PLANKA has, Trello doesn't1 | ||
| Single sign-on | Higher planEnterprise with Atlassian Guard | YesOIDC |
| Both have6 | ||
| Kanban boards | Included | Yes |
| Checklists, due dates and attachments | Included | Yes |
| Comments and mentions | Included | Yes |
| Custom fields | Included | Yes |
| Live updates | Included | Yes |
| API and webhooks | Included | Yes |
Sources
- Trello, checked 2026-10-09: trello.com
- PLANKA, checked 2026-10-09: github.com, docs.planka.cloud
Flat Rate Deploy
A 25-user team on Trello Standard pays about $125 a month. PLANKA on OpenTools costs $15 a month, setup included, so you save $110 a month, about $3,960 over three years.
Monthly cost
- PLANKA on OpenTools
- $15
- Trello
$125
You save each month
$110/mo
88% less than today
Saving from month one
You save
- Over 3 years
- $3,960
- In year one
- $1,320
List price checked 7 Oct 2026 · Source · Disclaimer
Health score: 68/100
Stable · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit 23 days ago (100/100).
- 291 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- 17 releases in the past 12 months (100/100).
Bus factor
30% weight27/100
- Top contributor wrote 80% of the last 88 commits (past 12 months).
- 5 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weight58/100
- 63% of all issues are closed (369 open, 641 closed) (56/100).
- 18 of 30 recent issues got a reply or were closed (60/100).
License
Internal use only
PLANKA Community License 1.1 · Source-available, not open source
What you need to do
Free for use inside your own company. Hosting it for customers, selling it or building it into a product you sell needs a commercial license.
For PLANKA
Free for personal use and internal use within your organisation; running it as a hosted service for others for commercial gain needs a commercial license.
PLANKA Community License 1.1 · Source-available, not open source. The code is public, but the license restricts how you can use it, usually by banning competing hosted services or capping production use. Not open source.
License text checked 2026-10-09 · Read it
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 13k
- Forks
- 1.4k
- Commits, 12 mo
- 291
- last 23 days ago
- Releases, 12 mo
- 17
- last 2 months ago
- Contributors
- 156
- 5 in last 88 commits
- Open issues
- 369
- 641 closed
Snapshot from 2026-10-09
Top contributors
Points for pull requests merged into PLANKA and reviews of them since 10 October 2025. Building something another user asked for earns more. 24 people have points on PLANKA in all.
