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Focalboard is an open source, multilingual, self-hosted project management tool — an alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana — for defining, organizing, tracking and managing work across individuals and teams.
Focalboard is an open source, multilingual, self-hosted project management tool — an alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana — for defining, organizing, tracking and managing work across individuals and teams.Is it a desktop app, a server, or both?Both. Personal Desktop is a single-user app for macOS, Windows and Linux for your own todos and projects; Personal Server is a multi-user server you host yourself, meant for development and personal use.
Both. Personal Desktop is a single-user app for macOS, Windows and Linux for your own todos and projects; Personal Server is a multi-user server you host yourself, meant for development and personal use.Is the project still being actively worked on?No — a warning at the top of the README says the repository is currently not maintained and its authors are looking for new maintainers, so expect no active fixes or updates.
No — a warning at the top of the README says the repository is currently not maintained and its authors are looking for new maintainers, so expect no active fixes or updates.Do my boards stay on my machine, or does some cloud service see them?They stay with you: the standalone apps package the server to run locally against SQLite, and the Personal Server is hosted by you — there is no vendor cloud in the picture.
They stay with you: the standalone apps package the server to run locally against SQLite, and the Personal Server is hosted by you — there is no vendor cloud in the picture.Is this the same thing as the Mattermost Boards plugin?No. This repo contains only standalone Focalboard; the Mattermost plugin edition lives in a separate repository, mattermost/mattermost-plugin-boards.
No. This repo contains only standalone Focalboard; the Mattermost plugin edition lives in a separate repository, mattermost/mattermost-plugin-boards.Does Focalboard have an API I can build against?Yes — Boards API documentation is available, so you can integrate with or script against your self-hosted server.
Yes — Boards API documentation is available, so you can integrate with or script against your self-hosted server.Can I run the server on ARM, like a Raspberry Pi?Only experimentally: you can build a linux/arm64 image with docker build --platform linux/arm64, but cross-compilation isn't fully supported, so build on the target platform itself.
Only experimentally: you can build a linux/arm64 image with docker build --platform linux/arm64, but cross-compilation isn't fully supported, so build on the target platform itself.Why choose Focalboard over Trello or Notion?It is open source and self-hosted, so your board data stays on your own machine or server instead of a vendor's cloud — and the app is multilingual.
It is open source and self-hosted, so your board data stays on your own machine or server instead of a vendor's cloud — and the app is multilingual.What are similar projects?leantime, taskview-community, wekan, planka, openproject, apitable, gitea, AppFlowy
leantime, taskview-community, wekan, planka, openproject, apitable, gitea, AppFlowyWhich topics is it in?kanban-board, project, notion, project-management, task-management, collaboration, golang, sqlite, hacktoberfest, web-app, productivity, desktop-app
kanban-board, project, notion, project-management, task-management, collaboration, golang, sqlite, hacktoberfest, web-app, productivity, desktop-app