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Instead of Planka, try one of these 12.

Every alternative is lined up against Planka on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Planka sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
PlankaWhat you have now
Real-time, self-hosted Trello-like kanban board.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Trello#1
Visual boards, lists and cards to organise anything.
PriceFreemium
from $5/seat
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux · iOS · Android
Asana#2
Plan, track and manage team work across projects.
PriceFreemium
from $11/seat
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux · iOS · Android
ClickUp#3
One app for tasks, docs, goals and chat.
PriceFreemium
from $7/seat
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux · iOS · Android
Focalboard#4
Open-source project boards, an alternative to Trello and Notion.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Jira#5
Issue tracking for software teams, with agile boards.
PriceFreemium
from $8/user
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
WeKan#6
Open-source, self-hosted kanban board.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Redmine#7
Flexible open-source project management web application.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
OpenProject#8
Open-source project management with Gantt and agile.
PriceFreemium
cloud from €7/user
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Taiga#9
Open-source agile project management for developers.
PriceFreemium
cloud from $/user
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Quire#10
Nested task lists for planning team projects.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Kan.bn#11
Open-source kanban board with self-hosting.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Fizzy#12
Modern kanban for bugs, ideas, and small projects.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web

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Planka alternatives at a glance

Planka is a free project management app. We compared 12 alternatives: 6 are open source, 4 are completely free, 7 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is Trello, with 2.9k likes.

Most liked overallTrello

Visual boards, lists and cards to organise anything.

Freemium
Best free optionFocalboard

Open-source project boards, an alternative to Trello and Notion.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best open-source optionWeKan

Open-source, self-hosted kanban board.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best to self-hostRedmine

Flexible open-source project management web application.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable

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