Project and task management
Whiteboards 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.
The projects
mattermost-community/focalboard★26,405 GitHub starslicence unclearSelf-hosted Trello-like kanban and board application for project and task management.Open on GitHub ↗makeplane/plane★56,057 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceOpen-source project management platform for tasks, sprints, docs, and triage.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Catalog of 150+ Power-Ups / marketplace integrations
- Polish, scale, and 24/7 enterprise admin/support from Atlassian
- Mobile and desktop apps maintained by vendor
- Built-in AI features and advanced workspace views
- Enterprise-grade SSO, provisioning, and compliance controls
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Whiteboards, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.