Trello popularised the simple kanban board of lists and cards. Self-hosting a board tool avoids Atlassian's per-user pricing and power-up limits, and keeps project data and attachments on infrastructure you manage.
8 open-source alternatives to Trello you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
makeplane/plane
|
Project Management | 62,324 | TypeScript | today |
| 2 |
mattermost-community/focalboard
|
Project Management | 26,553 | TypeScript | 5mo |
| 3 |
wekan/wekan
|
Tasks & To-do Lists | 21,168 | JavaScript | today |
| 4 |
plankanban/planka
|
Project Management | 12,676 | JavaScript | 5d |
| 5 |
kanboard/kanboard
|
Tasks & To-do Lists | 9,953 | PHP | today |
| 6 |
apankrat/nullboard
|
Tasks & To-do Lists | 4,143 | HTML | 3y |
| 7 |
nextcloud/deck
|
Tasks & To-do Lists Project Management |
1,439 | JavaScript | today |
| 8 |
SrGMC/kanbana
|
Project Management | 67 | JavaScript | 10mo |