Focalboard: OS Trello Alternative with full desktop support for Windows, Linux and macOS

Focalboard is a kanban-based app for server and desktops. It is totally free open-source app which team and individuals can install and use without any charge.

The app works smoothly on macOS (M1 edition), and we start using it on regular basis. It also does not require a steep learning curve, everything is self-explanatory, which makes it a productive tool for developers.

Focalboard supports multiple board, multiple languages and comes with import and export options for boards and tasks, making it easy to migrate.

The app developers offer two editions:  a standalone desktop edition for solo developers, freelancers and individual users, and a server-base web app which aims for team collaboration.

We highly recommend this app for small teams and developers, designers and anyone interested to organize his tasks in Kanban style.

Focalboard server edition stores the data in SQLite database by default, but you can choose MySQL or PostgreSQL as alternative databases for production.

Features

1. Kanban-based interface
2. Seamless drag-n-drop
3. Table view
4. Full control over cards
5. Drag-n-drop cards
6. Duplicate cards and boards
7. Multiple board support
8. Notes
9. Board and task filters
10. Search with full-text search support
11. Group tasks by author, date, type and category
12. Tags
13. Comments
14. Board groups
15. Filter board and tasks by status
16. Filter by due date
17. Board templates
18. Share boards among team members
19. Desktop support for (Windows, Linux and macOS)
20. Archives
21. Import and Export board
22. Supports multiple languages
23. 4 Default themes
24. Docker installation support
25. Text-based configuration file for the server edition

Editions

1- Self-hosted server edition

Self-hosted server app which runs seamlessly on Linux and Windows servers.

2- Desktop standalone apps

1. Windows
2. macOS
3. Linux

Install your Trello alternative on DigitalOcean

You can install DigitalOcean on Ubuntu server and start working on it with your team in matter of mins.  

• Install instructions on Ubuntu

License

Focalboard is released as an open-source project under MIT license.

Resources

• https://www.focalboard.com/