Free project boards, with no per-seat licence

Boards and project systems that replace Trello, Asana, or Monday. Kanban tools and full project suites are both here. The quiet ones are marked from their release history.

Replaces Trello Replaces Asana Replaces Monday.com

Kanboard

A small kanban board that stays out of the way.

Needs a techieMITPHPReplaces Trello Replaces Asana

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OpenProject

Projects, timelines, and work packages for a team that plans in earnest.

Partial scoreGPL-3.0RubyReplaces Asana Replaces Monday.com Replaces Trello

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Plane

Issues, cycles, and projects in a modern tracker.

Partial scoreAGPL-3.0TypeScriptReplaces Trello Replaces Asana Replaces Monday.com

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Vikunja

Lists and tasks, written in Go, AGPL.

Partial scoreAGPL-3.0GoReplaces Trello Replaces Asana

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Leantime

Goals, projects, and strategy reviews. The closest open listing to a scorecard.

Partial scoreAGPL-3.0PHPReplaces Ninety.io Replaces EOS One Replaces Asana

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Planka

A kanban board on a custom community licence.

CautionPLANKA-Community-1.1JavaScriptReplaces Trello

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Focalboard

A board from Mattermost. The last tagged release was June 2024.

Partial scoreAGPL-3.0TypeScriptReplaces Trello Replaces Ninety.io

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Questions owners ask

What is a free project management tool a small business can actually run?

Kanboard is the highest measured score in this category right now (55). A small kanban board that stays out of the way. The score only counts signals we could verify.

Does “no licence cost” mean the software is finished and supported?

No. It means you are not paying a vendor per seat or per contact for the right to use it. You still pay for a server, email delivery, or someone’s time. Archived and source-available projects are marked.

Are SeatLess apps placed first?

No. SeatLess apps are scored on the same rules and sorted by the measured score. They have no public repository, so GitHub health points are omitted and they do not float to the top.