Open source Project management

Plane

92 · Healthy

Issue tracking with cycles, modules and pages, aimed at software teams.

AGPL-3.0Relicensed 2023★ 61kLast commit 2 days ago

itsaplan

89 · Healthy

Issue tracking and project planning with kanban boards, Gantt charts and AI agents that work alongside the team.

AGPL-3.0★ 910Last commit yesterday

OpenProject

88 · Healthy

Project management suite with Gantt charts, agile boards, time tracking and wikis.

Free core, paid extrasGPL-3.0★ 16kLast commit yesterday

Huly

84 · Healthy

All-in-one workspace combining issue tracking, docs, chat and video calls.

EPL-2.0★ 28kLast commit 2 days ago

Leantime

83 · Healthy

Goal-oriented project management designed with neurodivergent users in mind.

AGPL-3.0★ 12kLast commit 2 days ago

Redmine

75 · Stable

Long-running issue tracker and project manager with Gantt charts, time tracking, wikis and a large plugin ecosystem.

GPL-2.0-or-later★ 6.0kLast commit 2 days ago

Paca

74 · Stable

Scrum-focused project management with boards and sprints, built for teams that work alongside AI agents.

Free to useApache-2.0★ 1.9kLast commit 2 days ago

Kanboard

73 · Stable

Minimal kanban board focused on simplicity and low resource use.

Free to useMIT★ 9.9kLast commit 7 days ago

Kan

73 · Stable

Trello-style boards with lists, cards, labels, comments and import from Trello.

AGPL-3.0★ 5.7kLast commit 7 days ago

Super Productivity

71 · Stable

To-do list with timeboxing and time tracking that can pull tasks in from Jira, GitHub and GitLab.

Free to useMIT★ 23kLast commit yesterday

Kaneo

71 · Stable

Lightweight project management with boards, lists and timelines, designed to stay simple.

Free to useMIT★ 9.4kLast commit yesterday

WeKan

70 · Stable

Kanban boards with swimlanes, checklists, due dates and import from Trello.

Free to useMIT★ 21kLast commit yesterday

Vikunja

64 · Stable

To-do and project app with list, kanban, Gantt and table views.

AGPL-3.0Relicensed 2020★ 5.6kLast commit 4 days ago

Worklenz

49 · Caution

Project management with tasks, timelines, workload views, time tracking and client portals.

AGPL-3.0★ 3.2kLast commit yesterday

Focalboard

14 · At risk

Kanban-style boards for tasks and projects, originally from Mattermost.

AGPL-3.0★ 26kLast commit 16 months ago

Source-available and unverified licenses

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Multica

88 · Healthy

Task board where people and AI coding agents pick up issues, report progress and work through the same backlog.

Internal use onlyApache-2.0 + extra terms★ 52kLast commit yesterday

Fizzy

84 · Healthy

Kanban tool from 37signals where cards nobody touches fade away, keeping boards focused on current work.

Free, no resellingO'Saasy License★ 8.2kLast commit yesterday

PLANKA

68 · Stable

Real-time Kanban boards for teams, with projects, labels, attachments and notifications.

Internal use onlyPLANKA Community License 1.1★ 13kLast commit 23 days ago

Focalboard

Kanban-style boards for tasks and projects, originally from Mattermost.

GitHub focalboard.com

Alternative to

Trello Notion Asana Plaky

Will it still be around?

At risk

Score 14/100

Details

Can a business use it freely?

AGPL-3.0 · open source (copyleft)

Details

Features compared

Has the featureshas,Doesn't have themdoesn't2 features

7/9 Trello features free in Focalboard

✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 6

Headline Trello features on the Standard plan, and whether Focalboard has each in its free, self-hosted edition.

Trello and Focalboard, feature by feature
Feature	TrelloStandard plan	Focalboard7 of 9 free
Trello has, Focalboard doesn't2
Automation rules	Included1,000 runs a month	No
Single sign-on	Higher planEnterprise with Atlassian Guard	No
Focalboard has, Trello doesn't1
Calendar, timeline and table views	Higher planPremium plan	YesTable, calendar and gallery
Both have6
Kanban boards	Included	Yes
Checklists, due dates and attachments	Included	Yes
Comments and mentions	Included	Yes
Custom fields	Included	YesCard properties
Board templates	Included	Yes
API and webhooks	Included	Yes

Sources

Trello, checked 2026-10-09: trello.com
Focalboard, checked 2026-10-09: github.com

Compare every Trello alternative

Headline Notion features on the Plus plan, and whether Focalboard has each in its free, self-hosted edition.

Notion and Focalboard, feature by feature
Feature	NotionPlus plan	Focalboard3 of 7 free
Notion has, Focalboard doesn't4
Rich docs and nested pages	Included	PartlyCard descriptions only
Page history	Included30 days	No
AI writing and Q&A	Higher planBusiness plan	No
SAML single sign-on	Higher planBusiness plan	No
Both have3
Databases with table and board views	Included	YesBoard, table, calendar and gallery
Comments and mentions	Included	Yes
Templates	Included	Yes

Sources

Notion, checked 2026-10-09: notion.com
Focalboard, checked 2026-10-09: github.com

Compare every Notion alternative

Flat Rate Deploy

Monthly cost

Focalboard 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

Bespoke

We set up Focalboard for you. You pay once.

Increase users to

You pay $125 a month for Trello. Setup is $1,200, paid once, and after that Focalboard runs for about $162 a month (your server, about $12, plus about $150 of maintenance), so at this size it takes more than 12 months to pay back.

Worth it from: 55userspays back within 12 months
Setup, paid once: $1,200fixed price, agreed up front
Maintenance: $150/houronly when you ask for it

What we do

Data migrationRecords, files and history moved from Trello, with a test run before the cut-over
ConfigurationWorkflows, custom fields, roles, permissions and SSO set up for your team
IntegrationsConnected to your CRM, Slack, accounting tools and APIs
MaintenanceUpdates, fixes and admin help when you ask, at $150 an hour
Paid editionsThe vendor's paid features, enabled, with the licence at cost
ComplianceData residency, audit logs, data processing agreements, security questionnaires
TrainingAn admin walkthrough, a runbook and sessions for your team

Total spent, month by monthTrelloBespoke Focalboard

Show as a table

Month	Trello	Bespoke	Saved so far
Today	$0	$1,200	–
Month 3	$375	$1,686	–
Month 6	$750	$2,172	–
Month 9	$1,125	$2,658	–
Month 12	$1,500	$3,144	–
Month 18	$2,250	$4,116	–
Month 24	$3,000	$5,088	–
Month 30	$3,750	$6,060	–
Month 36	$4,500	$7,032	–

Servers run on your own cloud account, paid to your provider. Running cost counts about 1 hours of maintenance a month; you're billed only for hours you ask for. Migration and the other activities are quoted with the setup.

Get a fixed quote

Health score: 14/100

At risk · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub

Score v2 · How it works

Activity

45% weight

0/100

Last commit 485 days ago (0/100).
0 commits in the past 12 months (0/100).
0 releases in the past 12 months (0/100).

Bus factor

30% weight

0/100

No human commits in the past 12 months.

Responsiveness

25% weight

54/100

70% of all issues are closed (732 open, 1716 closed) (67/100).
6 of 13 recent issues got a reply or were closed (46/100).

License

AGPL-3.0 · Open source (copyleft)

For Focalboard

Source is AGPL-3.0 with exceptions, or a commercial license from Mattermost. Admin tools and config files are Apache-2.0.

AGPL-3.0 (source) or Mattermost commercial license; MIT for compiled builds · Open source (copyleft). OSI-approved license that requires sharing changes under the same license when you distribute (AGPL: also when you offer it over a network).

License text checked 2026-10-07 · Read it

GitHub activity

Stars: 26k
Forks: 2.6k
Commits, 12 mo: 0; last 16 months ago
Releases, 12 mo: 0; last 2.3 years ago
Contributors: 243; 0 in last 0 commits
Open issues: 732; 1.7k closed

Snapshot from 2026-10-08

Top contributors

No pull requests merged on GitHub since 10 October 2025. Some projects, such as Odoo, merge changes outside GitHub's merge button, so their contributors don't show here yet.

Bespoke · we set it up$1,200once Flat Rate Deploy$15/mo