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Kanban Boards

Kanban Boards tools -- a subcategory of Project Management

20 tools 10 SaaS alternatives

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20 Tools

Plane

47K

Project management for teams and AI agents. Plan, track, and ship with Projects, Wiki, and AI. Available on cloud, self-hosted, and air-gapped.

Medium difficulty

Wekan

21K

Wekan lets you run efficient task management with customizable boards, lists, and cards entirely on your own server.

OpenProject

15K

Open source project management software for classic, agile or hybrid project management: task management✓ Gantt charts✓ boards✓ team collaboration✓ time and cost reporting✓ FREE trial!

Medium difficulty

Planka

12K

Planka is a self-hosted kanban boards replacement for Asana, ClickUp, and more.

InvoiceNinja

9.6K

InvoiceNinja lets you run invoice Ninja offers powerful invoicing entirely on your own server.

Kanboard

9.5K

Kanboard is a self-hosted kanban boards tool that provides and Kanban project management software.

Leantime

9.4K

Leantime is a self-hosted project tracking tool with support for Project Management, SQL, project management.

Fizzy

7.3K

Fizzy is a self-hosted kanban boards replacement for ClickUp, Jira, and more.

Kan

4.5K

Kan is a TypeScript-based application that provides kanban project management.

Vikunja

3.7K

Vikunja is a self-hosted kanban boards tool that provides powerful, task management platform for teams and individuals, offering customizable workflows.

Kaneo

3.3K

Kaneo is a self-hosted kanban boards tool with support for Kanban, Project Management, project management.

EspoCRM

2.8K

EspoCRM offers relationship management, sales automation, marketing automation as a self-hosted CRM software.

Vrite

2K

Vrite is a self-hosted kanban boards replacement for Gitbook and Mintlify.

Kanri

1.8K

Kanri gives you , personal Kanban app on your own infrastructure.

Nextcloud Deck

1.4K

Nextcloud Deck is a JavaScript-based application that provides kanban-style project management app for Nextcloud.

Kanba

556

Kanba lets you run project management and collaboration entirely on your own server.

Ever Teams

493

Ever Teams gives you offers an all-in-one solution for work management on your own infrastructure.

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4ga Boards

469

For kanban boards, 4ga Boards is a self-hosted solution that provides straightforward realtime kanban boards management for intuitive task tracking....

Ticky

279

Ticky is a HTML-based application that provides modern Kanban app.

Twake Chat

147

Twake Chat is a self-hosted kanban boards replacement for Microsoft Teams, Skype, and more.

Why Self-Host Your Kanban Board?

Trello, Jira, Asana, and Monday.com charge $5-20 per user per month for kanban and project management features. For a 20-person team, that is $1,200-4,800/year for what is fundamentally a board with columns and cards. These platforms also store your project data — task descriptions, deadlines, assignments, comments, and attachments — on their servers, meaning your team’s entire operational workflow is visible to the SaaS provider. Linear’s growth to a $400M valuation was built on companies paying $10/user/month for project tracking they could run themselves.

Self-hosted kanban boards provide drag-and-drop task management, swimlanes, labels, due dates, and team assignment without per-seat costs. Plane offers a full Jira and Linear alternative with issues, cycles, modules, and a roadmap view. Planka provides a Trello-like experience with boards, lists, cards, and real-time updates. WeKan is a mature kanban application with swimlanes, WIP limits, and customizable workflows. Vikunja combines task management with kanban, Gantt charts, and calendar views in a single application. OpenProject delivers enterprise project management with kanban boards alongside work packages, timelines, and agile features.

The self-hosted kanban ecosystem includes tools for specific team types. Kanboard focuses on minimalism with a clean interface and plugin system. Leantime provides project management designed for non-project-managers with strategy boards and goal tracking. Nextcloud Deck integrates kanban boards directly into Nextcloud’s file and calendar ecosystem. KanBo, Kan, and Kaneo offer lighter-weight kanban experiences for teams that want simple board management without the complexity of full project management suites. With any of these tools, your project data, velocity metrics, and team capacity information stays on infrastructure you control.