Planka
Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello).
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 82 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.2.1 (Aug 2026).
Also an alternative to Todoist and Trello.
At a glance
Planka quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 12,656
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.2.1, Aug 2026
- Licence
- ⊘ Proprietary
Top alternatives to Planka
Full rankings: Todoist alternatives, Trello alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Phones and tablets · five themes · a dashboard across every project · calendar, timeline and map views · cards on more than one board · templates · guest roles · SSO · PDF export. Self-hosted exactly as you host it now, supported by the people who build it."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Planka scores 96/100, #3 of 26 in Task Management & To-do Lists: 82 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.2.1, 3 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 12,656 stars add 16.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 3.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
82 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.2.1 released 3 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 16.4 / 20
13k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 82
- Last 90 days
- 268
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 26 tools in Task Management & To-do Lists by health , between Ever Gauzy (#2) and Kan (#4) .
Details
| Licence | ⊘ Proprietary |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker, K8S |
| Latest release | v2.2.1 · 3 months ago |
| Stars | 12,656 |
| Open issues | 370 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | plankanban/planka ↗ |
Planka vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Planka (Task Management & To-do Lists), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planka (this tool) | 96 | 13k | ⊘ Proprietary | 2 days ago |
| Kan | 95 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Will Be Done | 89 | 161 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Wekan | 87 | 21k | MIT | today |
| Kanboard | 86 | 9.9k | MIT | today |
| Vikunja | 85 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
Planka: common questions
What does Planka replace?
Repoly lists Planka as an open-source alternative to Todoist and Trello. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Planka stands against the others.
Is Planka still maintained?
Planka had 82 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.2.1, is from 3 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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