Productivity · paid tool
Trello alternatives
Kanban-style boards for organising tasks and team projects.
Free alternatives
Highest score first. The score weighs licence openness, repository activity, traction, feature coverage, and cost; factors without data are left out and the rest are reweighted.
Kanboard
Ranking score 97/100
Minimal self-hosted kanban board with simple project workflows.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 21, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 9,932
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Kanboard Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 2 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity9932 GitHub stars 17 20% Feature coverage6 of 6 curated capability tags covered 20 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
AppFlowy
Ranking score 96.8/100
Local-first workspace for notes, docs, and project boards.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux, ios, android, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 26, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 77,784
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for AppFlowy Factor Points Weight Licence opennessAGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity77784 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage11 of 12 curated capability tags covered 18.3 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Planka
Ranking score 82.1/100
Self-hosted kanban boards for projects and team tasks.
- Licence
- Fair Use
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release August 10, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 12,645
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Planka Factor Points Weight Licence opennessFair Use licence (source-available); self-hostable 14.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 2 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity12645 GitHub stars 17.5 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.