Focalboard by mattermost-community
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
About Focalboard
From the project's README at github.com/mattermost-community/focalboard. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
> [!WARNING] > This repository is currently not maintained. If you're interested in becoming a maintainer please let us know here. > > This repository only contains standalone Focalboard. If you're looking for the Mattermost plugin please see mattermost/mattermost-plugin-boards. >
Focalboard is an open source, multilingual, self-hosted project management tool that's an alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
It helps define, organize, track and manage work across individuals and teams. Focalboard comes in two editions:
Personal Desktop**: A standalone, single-user macOS, Windows, or Linux desktop app for your own t
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 26k | github.com/mattermost-community/focalboard |
| GitHub forks | 2.5k | github.com/mattermost-community/focalboard |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 10 | focalboard |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 5.6 years | since Oct 2020 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 116 | last: 1.9 years ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
MAL-2022-3091. Replaces these paid SaaS
Focalboard is one of the open-source alternatives to:
Ready to self-host Focalboard?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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