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Focalboard

Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Self-Hosted
Discontinued

"Effective September 15th, 2023, Mattermost, Inc. staff are no longer reviewing or merging pull requests for either Focalboard or the Mattermost Boards plugin in this repository. We encourage the community to fork this repository for continued development and contributions."

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Top Negative Comment
tangycandy
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I was using the Windows desktop download. It was great when it worked, but one of their updates introduced some changes to the way the database file works, which weren't reflected in my project's file. I am still unable to access my boards til this day. All of my tasks are gone, and there's no solution from the devs! I went back to using Notion, Airtable, and Logseq. Would not recommend using this app to track important tasks.

blyambs
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Raw product. It works very slowly. It freezes and regularly produces errors. Single-user mode. Not suitable for work due to its unreliability and the presence of many bugs

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Guest
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Works for single users as a "normal install" (no selft hostion or forced online), true open source (no freemium) and super clean UI.

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Gürkan
0

Self-hosted and open source Notion. Awesome!

kristoferbi
1

Simple, intuitive layout and easy to install on a Debian lxc. Just what I was looking for!

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Guest
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Nice kanban board!

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Install from the command line

  • winget install -e --id Mattermost.Focalboard

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What is Focalboard?

Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello icon Trello, Notion icon Notion, and Asana icon Asana.

It helps define, organize, track and manage work across individuals and teams. Focalboard comes in three editions:

  • Focalboard plugin: The Focalboard plugin integrates into an exsting Mattermost instance to combine project management tools with messaging and collaboration for teams of all sizes.
  • Personal Desktop: A standalone, single-user macOS, Windows, or Linux desktop app for your own todos and personal projects.
  • Personal Server: A standalone, multi-user server for development and personal use.

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Office & Productivity, Business & Commerce, Remote Work & Education

GitHub repository

  •  26,511 Stars
  •  2,584 Forks
  •  785 Open Issues
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Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Focalboard, and it has gotten 56 likes

Focalboard was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on and this page was last updated .