Planka
Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello).
- Task Management
- JavaScript
- PLANKA Community License
- Source-available
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 12,602
- Forks
- 1,380
- Open issues
- 369
- Commits, last 12 months
- 260
- Last commit
- Oct 5, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.2.1Aug 10, 2026
- Created
- Aug 30, 2019
- License
- PLANKA Community License (Fair Use License 1.1)Source-available
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About Planka
Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello). Planka is source-available under the PLANKA Community License (Fair Use License 1.1) and written mainly in JavaScript, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 12,602 stars and 1,380 forks on GitHub, with 260 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.
Topics
- kanban
- collaboration
- docker
- project-management
- self-hosted
- task-management
- trello-alternative
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What is Planka?
Planka is a source-available app you can host on your own server, listed in our Task Management category. Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello). The source code lives at github.com/plankanban/planka, where it has 12,602 stars.
Is Planka free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Planka is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the PLANKA Community License (Fair Use License 1.1), which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. This is a custom license: the source is public, but it adds conditions that OSI-approved licenses do not, such as limits on commercial, hosted or production use. Read it before you deploy. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Planka with Docker?
Yes. Planka provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Planka?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Planka include AppFlowy, Super Productivity and Wekan. Planka itself is a self-hosted alternative to Trello and Asana.
Is Planka actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Planka was on Oct 5, 2026 with 260 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.2.1, published Aug 10, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.