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Planka
Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello).
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Task Management & To-do Lists
Open source alternatives to Trello
We track 6 open-source Trello alternatives, of which 5 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 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-3.0, MIT and 2 other licences.
updated Oct 2026 6 alternatives best health 96 ★ 56k combined 22,483 commits / 90d 3 with Docker
Top picks to replace Trello
Showing 6 of 6 tools
All 6 Trello alternatives, ranked by health
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Kan
Flexible kanban app that helps you organise work, track progress, and deliver results (alternative to Trello).
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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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Taiga
Agile Project Management Tool based on the Kanban and Scrum methods.
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Trello alternatives compared
Planka edges Kan 96 to 95, and most of the difference is stars: 13k stars against 5.9k stars. Kan is the busier codebase, though, with 97 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. Taiga publishes no tagged releases, which costs up to 25 of the 100 points. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Nodejs (3), Go (1) and PHP (1) are the most common. Wekan, Kanboard and Taiga are permissively licensed; Kan and Vikunja are copyleft. Planka is source-available rather than open source, which limits commercial reuse.
4 of these 6 also appear among the Todoist alternatives; Kan and Taiga are specific to Trello.
| 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 |
| Kan Steady at 95 since 11 Sep, no release for 4 months | 95 | 5.9k | 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 |
| Taiga | 67 | 858 | MPL-2.0 | yesterday | Yes |
Trello alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Trello?
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 Trello alternatives use a permissive licence?
3 of 6 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Wekan (MIT), Kanboard (MIT), Taiga (MPL-2.0). 2 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Trello alternatives run in Docker?
3 of 6 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Planka, Kan, Taiga. 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 Kan the better Trello alternative?
On measured health Planka leads, 96 to 95. Planka has 82 commits in 90 days, 13k stars and v2.2.1 from 3 months ago; Kan has 97 commits in 90 days, 5.9k stars and v0.6.0 from 4 months ago. Planka is ahead or level on every term Repoly measures.
Are the Trello alternatives still maintained?
5 of the 6 measured options score 70 or above. Every measured option had commits in the last 90 days. None scores under 40.
What languages are the Trello alternatives written in?
Nodejs: Planka, Wekan and Taiga. Go: Vikunja. PHP: Kanboard. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.
