Kan
Flexible kanban app that helps you organise work, track progress, and deliver results (alternative to Trello).
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 30% of tracked projects; popularity more than 69%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 5.7k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v0.6.0 · 29 Jun 2026 |
| Repo updated | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Kan actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 99 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 39 of them.
The most recent tagged release, v0.6.0, is about 3 months old.
Kan ranks #15 of 26 in Task Management & To-do Lists, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Kan actually does
Kan is a self-hosted kanban board application designed to help you organise tasks, track project progress, and manage workflows. It serves as an open-source alternative to proprietary board tools like Trello. You can deploy it within your own infrastructure to keep project data local.
Best fit: It is a suitable choice if you want a straightforward, self-hosted board interface for personal task tracking or team project organisation without relying on cloud services.
Worth knowing: The project operates in a crowded category with many established alternatives, and you should evaluate whether its specific feature set matches your workflow needs.
Deployment notes
Because it runs via Docker, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for data storage and place it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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