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Planka
Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello).
DockerNodejsK8S
Task Management & To-do Lists
Open source alternatives to Todoist
We track 6 open-source Todoist alternatives, of which 5 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. Planka leads on health at 96/100 with 82 commits in the last 90 days; across all 6 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0 and 2 other licences.
updated Oct 2026 6 alternatives best health 96 ★ 51k combined 22,552 commits / 90d 2 with Docker
Top picks to replace Todoist
Showing 6 of 6 tools
All 6 Todoist alternatives, ranked by health
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Will Be Done
Offline-first task manager with weekly planning, project boards, real-time sync, Vim keybindings, desktop quick add, and import from popular task managers (alternative to TickTick, Todoist).
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Wekan
Trello-like kanban.
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Kanboard
Simple visual task board.
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Vikunja
The to-do app to organize your life.
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Tracks
Web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s [Getting Things Done™](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done) methodology.
Ruby
Todoist alternatives compared
Planka edges Will Be Done 96 to 89, and most of the difference is stars: 13k stars against 161 stars. Will Be Done is the busier codebase, though, with 195 commits in 90 days to 82. Wekan has the largest following at 21k stars, yet ranks #3 of 6, held back mostly by Docker support (no Docker image).
The most recent release is Wekan v12.74, published today. Tracks scores under 40, so check recent activity before adopting it. By stack, Nodejs (3), Go (1) and PHP (1) are the most common. Wekan and Kanboard are permissively licensed; Will Be Done, Vikunja and Tracks are copyleft. Planka is source-available rather than open source, which limits commercial reuse.
4 of these 6 also appear among the Trello alternatives; Will Be Done and Tracks are specific to Todoist.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit | Docker |
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| Planka Up 12 points since 11 Sep | 96 | 13k | ⊘ Proprietary | 2 days ago | Yes |
| Will Be Done Steady at 89 since 11 Sep | 89 | 161 | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| Wekan Steady at 87 since 11 Sep | 87 | 21k | MIT | today | No |
| Kanboard Steady at 86 since 11 Sep | 86 | 9.9k | MIT | today | No |
| Vikunja Steady at 85 since 11 Sep | 85 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today | No |
| Tracks | 24 | 1.2k | GPL-2.0 | 3 months ago | No |
Todoist alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Todoist?
Planka scores highest at 96/100, with 82 commits in the last 90 days, 13k stars on GitHub and its latest release (v2.2.1) published 3 months ago. Wekan has the most raw commit activity at 20614 commits in 90 days.
Which Todoist alternatives use a permissive licence?
2 of 6 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Wekan (MIT), Kanboard (MIT). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Todoist alternatives run in Docker?
2 of 6 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Planka, Will Be Done. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.
Is Planka or Will Be Done the better Todoist alternative?
On measured health Planka leads, 96 to 89. Planka has 82 commits in 90 days, 13k stars and v2.2.1 from 3 months ago; Will Be Done has 195 commits in 90 days, 161 stars and v0.12.0 from 7 days ago. Planka is ahead or level on every term Repoly measures.
Are the Todoist alternatives still maintained?
5 of the 6 measured options score 70 or above. Every measured option had commits in the last 90 days. Tracks scores under 40.
What languages are the Todoist alternatives written in?
Nodejs: Planka, Will Be Done and Wekan. Go: Vikunja. PHP: Kanboard. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.
