kanbn/kan

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: prerelease_only

Adoption not part of the score

5507 stars · 454 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Kan is an open-source, self-hostable kanban project management application positioned as a Trello alternative. It offers boards, cards, labels, comments, activity logs, templates, team collaboration, and Trello imports, built with Next.js, tRPC, Drizzle ORM, and Better Auth.

Use cases

• self-host a Trello alternative for my team
• manage tasks on a kanban board
• import my existing Trello boards
• collaborate with teammates on project boards
• track card changes with an activity log
• create reusable board templates for recurring workflows
• host project management software on my own infrastructure

When to choose

• you want a minimalist, Trello-style kanban app you can self-host
• you need full data ownership of your project management data
• you want to migrate away from Trello with easy board imports
• you prefer open-source tooling built on a modern TypeScript stack

When to avoid

• you need advanced reporting, Gantt charts, or enterprise project management features
• you require mature third-party integrations (still marked as coming soon)
• you need SAML SSO or custom branding without the paid cloud plans
• you want a native desktop or mobile app rather than a web application

Facets

application · maturity active

self-hosted web-framework auth orm api-framework developer-tools web-development self-hosted self-hosted kanban project-management trello-alternative nextjs trpc drizzle-orm task-management collaboration web-server docker nodejs typescript

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