Focalboard
Project Management & TasksOpen-source project and task management boards
Replaces Trello, Asana
Best Lightweight Project Management & Tasks for self-hosting
The 15 best Lightweight project management & tasks you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Planka
Project Management & TasksRealtime kanban board for workgroups
Replaces Trello
git-bug
Project Management & TasksDistributed bug tracker embedded directly in Git
Replaces Jira, GitHub Issues
Kanboard
Project Management & TasksMinimalist kanban project management
Replaces Trello
Taskwarrior
Project Management & TasksCommand-line task management done right
Replaces Todoist, Things
Vikunja
Project Management & TasksOpen-source to-do and project management app
Replaces Todoist, Trello
Tududi
Project Management & TasksSimple self-hosted task and project management
Replaces Todoist, Things
Donetick
Project Management & TasksShared chore and task management for households and teams
Replaces Todoist, Tody
Tasks.md
Project Management & TasksSelf-hosted Markdown file-based task management board
Replaces Trello
TaskBoard
Project Management & TasksSimple self-hosted kanban board in PHP with SQLite
Replaces Trello, Kanboard
Tracks
Project Management & TasksGTD-style to-do list and personal organizer
Replaces Todoist, OmniFocus
Todoman Web
Project Management & TasksCalDAV-based task and to-do management you can self-host
Replaces Todoist, Microsoft To Do
TaskLite
Project Management & TasksProductivity tool and CLI to manage tasks and projects
Replaces Todoist, Things
phpCollab
Project Management & TasksLightweight project collaboration for teams and clients
Replaces Basecamp
Rukovoditel
Project Management & TasksWeb-based project management and CRM builder
Replaces Jira, Salesforce
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focalboard | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | MIT | 26,501 |
| Planka | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 12,615 |
| git-bug | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 64 MB | GPL-3.0 | 10,764 |
| Kanboard | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 9,906 |
| Taskwarrior | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 6,113 |
| Vikunja | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 5,720 |
| Tududi | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 3,433 |
| Donetick | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 2,641 |
| Tasks.md | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 2,201 |
| TaskBoard | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 1,401 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Focalboard (26,501 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: git-bug (from 64 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 6 of 15 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Lightweight within the project management & tasks category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.