Open Source Microsoft Planner AlternativesProject Management & Team Collaboration Tools like Microsoft Planner

The best open source alternative to Microsoft Planner is AFFiNE. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Planner and five of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Microsoft Planner are Taiga.io, Focalboard, Kanboard and Nextcloud Tasks.

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Microsoft Planner alternatives page was last updated Nov 3, 2022
  1. AFFiNE icon
     80 likes

    There can be more than Notion / and Miro. Affine is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together.

    102 AFFiNE alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Goal Tracking
    4.  Kanban Board
    5.  Interactive Whiteboard
    6.  Real time collaboration
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Pomodoro Timer
    9.  Handwritten Notes
    10.  Subtasks
    11.  Hierarchical Structure
    12.  Works Offline
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    • AFFiNE is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Microsoft Planner.

    • AFFiNE is the most popular Open Source alternative to Microsoft Planner.

    • AFFiNE is Freemium and Open SourceMicrosoft Planner is Paid and Proprietary
    • AFFiNE is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMicrosoft Planner is not according to our users
  2. Taiga.io icon
     289 likes

    Taiga is the easy and intuitive yet powerful agile project management tool for multi-functional teams. Taiga has a best in class Sprint task board, and you can seamlessly migrate to Kanban if needed.

    202 Taiga.io alternatives
    Taiga.io screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Django
    • AngularJS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Cloudron

    Taiga.io Features

    1.  Scrum Boards
    2.  Kanban Board
    3.  Sprints
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  Task Time Tracking
    7.  Real time collaboration
    8.  Bug reporting
    9.  Wiki-like interface
    10.  Backlog management
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  3. Focalboard icon
     42 likes

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

    250 Focalboard alternatives
    Focalboard screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Kanban Board
    2.  Real time collaboration
    3.  Ad-free
    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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  4. Kanboard icon
     140 likes

    Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project management software.

    187 Kanboard alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Kanban Board
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Recurring Tasks
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Task Time Tracking
    7.  Gantt-charts
    8.  Real time collaboration
    9.  Reminders
    10.  Goal Tracking
    11.  Dark Mode
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  5. Nextcloud Tasks icon
     10 likes

    Once enabled, a new Tasks menu will appear in your Nextcloud apps menu. From there you can add and delete tasks, edit their title, description, start and due dates, reminder times, mark them as important, and add comments on them. Tasks can be shared between users.

    278 Nextcloud Tasks alternatives
    Nextcloud Tasks screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Nextcloud

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Cloud Sync
    2.  Reminders
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