Focalboard: a free alternative to Trello
Focalboard: a free alternative to Trello
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
Story time! (YMMV as they say)
I decided I wanted to self host an app like this just a few weeks ago. I started with Focalboard but just could not get it running as a personal server instance on Docker. (This could entirely be on me as I am very much still learning) I got confused in the whole what's Mattermost / what's still part of Focalboard talk, and I wanted to use a Docker compost file but they don't have one on this page. I got an instance running anyway, but the site wasn't responding when I tried to load it in my browser. I've made this work now for about 8 other apps but just could not find the root cause with this one.
I ended up installing and loving Planka though. For my extremely simple use case, it's just right. The docker installation was dead simple and it 'just works' for me.
https://planka.app/
and
https://docs.planka.cloud/docs/installation/docker/production_versionInitially Focalboard looked very interesting until mattermost decided to not support it anymore and leaving it's future tangling in the air.
Other options I am also looking into besides the ones mentioned are
- https://vikunja.io/
- https://taiga.io/ (waiting on their next version)
Nextcloud Deck has been pretty solid for my usage.
I still like https://vikunja.io/ more because they has Gantt chart which is a super rare feature for modern project management sw.
Sounds cool, however don't forget this is under MatterMost Licensing:
A source available license gives access to source code, but places restrictions on its use. The Mattermost Source Available License allows free-of-charge and unrestricted use of the source code in development and testing environments, but requires a valid Mattermost Enterprise Edition License in a production environment.
Amazing timing, thanks for sharing.
Awesome I can't wait to try it!