Best self-hosted task management & to-do lists
[Task management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_management#Task_management_software) software.
We track 26 self-hosted task management & to-do lists projects. The median health score in this category is 61, against 7 projects rated healthy or better and 5 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wekan Trello-like kanban. | Thriving · 97 | 21k | Nodejs | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | Ever Gauzy Open business management platform for collaborative, on-demand and sharing economies (ERP/CRM/HRM/ATS/PM). | Thriving · 90 | 8.1k | Docker, Nodejs | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| 3 | Super Productivity Advanced todo list app with integrated timeboxing and time tracking capabilities. Integrates with Jira, GitHub, GitLab, | Thriving · 89 | 22k | Docker | 19 Sept 2026 | |
| 4 | Vikunja The to-do app to organize your life. | Thriving · 89 | 5.5k | Go | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| 5 | tududi Task management tool with hierarchical structure, smart recurring tasks, and seamless Telegram integration. | Healthy · 76 | 3.4k | Docker | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| 6 | dayGLANCE Day planner with drag-and-drop time blocking, inbox, recurring tasks, habits, routines, goals, projects and Pomodoro foc | Healthy · 74 | 159 | Javascript, Docker | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| 7 | Jotty Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file based, notes and checklists. | Healthy · 70 | 2k | Docker | 5 Sept 2026 | |
| 8 | Kanboard Simple visual task board. | Steady · 65 | 9.9k | PHP | 29 Aug 2026 | |
| 9 | Will Be Done Offline-first task manager with weekly planning, project boards, real-time sync, Vim keybindings, desktop quick add, and | Steady · 65 | 151 | Docker, Nodejs | 20 Aug 2026 | |
| 10 | Planka Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello). | Steady · 64 | 13k | Nodejs, Docker | 10 Aug 2026 | |
| 11 | OpenHabitTracker Track habits, tasks and notes with time tracking, calendar view and completion statistics. | Steady · 62 | 288 | Docker | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| 12 | Donetick Task and chore management tool for personal and family use, with advanced scheduling, flexible assignment, and group sha | Steady · 61 | 2.6k | Go, Docker | 26 Sept 2026 | |
| 13 | 4ga Boards Straightforward realtime kanban boards management for intuitive task tracking. Featuring an elegant dark mode, collapsib | Steady · 61 | 722 | Nodejs, Docker | 15 Jul 2026 | |
| 14 | AppFlowy Build detailed lists of to-do’s for different projects while tracking the status of each one. Open Source Notion Alterna | Steady · 59 | 77k | Rust, Dart | 22 Sept 2026 | |
| 15 | Kan Flexible kanban app that helps you organise work, track progress, and deliver results (alternative to Trello). | Steady · 55 | 5.7k | Docker | 29 Jun 2026 | |
| 16 | Task Keeper List editor for power users, backed by a self-hosted server. | Steady · 52 | 110 | Scala | 1 Sept 2026 | |
| 17 | Listaway List management app for creating and publicly sharing lists of items. Supports auth, admin tools, item notes and priorit | Slowing · 46 | 11 | Docker | 19 Jul 2026 | |
| 18 | Focus Flow Complete ecosystem for time management using the Pomodoro technique. | Slowing · 40 | 50 | Docker, K8S | 16 Jun 2026 | |
| 19 | HamsterBase Tasks A tool to help organize ideas and build great things. Plan, organize, build and ship. | Slowing · 38 | 344 | Docker | 5 Jul 2026 | |
| 20 | Tellor Minimalist single-user kanban todo app. Clean, simplified, and compact UI. Can import boards from Trello. | At risk · 35 | 15 | PHP | 21 May 2026 | |
| 21 | Tasks.md A self-hosted, file based task management board that supports Markdown syntax. | At risk · 30 | 2.2k | Docker | 8 Mar 2026 | |
| 22 | Tracks Web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology. | At risk · 22 | 1.2k | Ruby | 25 Jul 2024 | |
| 23 | Nullboard Single-page minimalist kanban board; compact, highly readable and quick to use. | At risk · 14 | 4.1k | Javascript | — | |
| 24 | myTinyTodo Simple way to manage your todo list in AJAX style. Uses PHP, jQuery, SQLite/MySQL. GTD compliant. | At risk · 12 | 201 | PHP | 29 May 2025 | |
| 25 | Our Shopping List Simple shared list application including shopping lists and any other small todo-list that needs to be used collaborativ | Unrated | — | Docker | — | |
| 26 | Taskwarrior Taskwarrior is Free and Open Source Software that manages your TODO list from your command line. It is flexible, fast, e | Unrated | — | C++ | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Wekan is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 97/100. Ever Gauzy is the closest runner-up (90/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.