Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Focalboard
Open source alternative to Trello, Asana, and Notion
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Focalboard launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey HN, Over the past two years, I've been building Upbase, an all-in-one PM tool. I've tried so many project management tools over the years (Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Teamwork, Wrike, Monday, etc.) but they've all fallen short. Most of them are overly complicated and painful to use. Some others, like Trello, are too limited for my needs. Most importantly, most of these tools tend to be focused on team collaboration and completely ignore personal productivity. They are useful for organizing my work, but not great at helping me stay focused to get things done. That's why I decided to build…
2022 · upbase.io · its alternatives →
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The most elegant way to manage your Trello projects
2015 · elegantt.com · its alternatives →
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Get More Done Without Distractions
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The Open Source kanban, built with Meteor. GitHub issues/PRs are only for FLOSS Developers, not for support, support is at https://wekan.fi/commercial-support/ . PR source translation to imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json, other translations at https://app.transifex.com/wekan/wekan . No telemetry. - wek
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.
27d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Focal is a pomodoro web app. I know there's a lot of productivity apps already, but I'm releasing this since I figure someone might find it useful. Focal was more of a short, 3 day project so it may be rough around the edges, but I think it does the job. In any case, Focal is open source and I would be happy to merge contributions. Here's the github repository: https://github.com/aabiji/focal Have a nice day!
2024 · aabiji.github.io · its alternatives →
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The open source Trello alternative. Contribute to kanbn/kan development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The all-in-one workspace - notes, tasks, wikis, & databases
2018 · notion.so · its alternatives →
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Check tasks directly from your Trello boards
2016 · adrienjoly.com · its alternatives →
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Organize your entire life with one board
2023 · damirbektilov.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Create repeatable structure and processes in Trello
2019 · atlassian.com · its alternatives →
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StoriesOnBoard▲177Agile planning tool for great projects.
2015 · storiesonboard.com · its alternatives →
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Crush your 2023 new year resolutions
2022 · resolutionboard.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · wbo.openode.io · its alternatives →
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2021 · ourboard.io · its alternatives →
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Turn a magnetic whiteboard into an interactive Trello board
2016 · its alternatives →
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Conceptboard▲111Visual collaboration platform for marketing and remote teams
2016 · conceptboard.com · its alternatives →
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Sync Notion to Trello, Airtable, Slack & more
2021 · unito.io · its alternatives →
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Focal Life OS▲126A system for focus - built in Notion
2022 · hdfocal.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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