Project and task management

MeisterTask alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

mattermost-community/focalboard26,373licence unclearSelf-hosted Trello-like kanban with boards, tasks, user accounts, and a server backend.Open on GitHub makeplane/plane55,669AGPL-3.0Modern open-source project management platform handling tasks, sprints, docs, and team collaboration.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

ISO 27001 certification and hosted-in-Germany guarantees
Enterprise-grade compliance and legal assurances (GDPR/CCPA attestation)
Polished mobile apps and native installers
Built-in Meister AI features and included AI credits
Large catalogue of third-party integrations and migration tools

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches MeisterTask, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.