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Self-Hosting Focalboard: Project Tracking from Mattermost

Focalboard is an open-source project management tool. Kanban boards, table views, and calendar — from the Mattermost team.

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What Is Focalboard?


Focalboard is an open-source project management tool. It provides boards (kanban), tables, galleries, and calendars for organizing work.


Features


Views

  • Board (kanban)
  • Table (spreadsheet)
  • Gallery (visual cards)
  • Calendar

    • Cards

  • Rich text descriptions
  • Custom properties (text, number, date, select, multi-select)
  • Comments
  • File attachments
  • Checklists

    • Organization

  • Multiple boards per workspace
  • Templates
  • Grouping and filtering
  • Sorting
  • Search

    • Collaboration

  • Multi-user
  • Board sharing
  • Notifications
  • Activity log

    • Focalboard vs Notion vs Trello


  • Focalboard: Open-source, multiple views, self-hosted
  • Notion: Most flexible, SaaS, databases + docs
  • Trello: Simplest kanban, SaaS, limited views

    • Deployment


    1. Deploy Focalboard on TinyPod

    2. Create a workspace

    3. Build boards with custom properties

    4. Switch between views


    Resources: 1 CPU, 256 MB RAM.


    Focalboard is a solid Trello/Notion alternative with multiple view types. The table + kanban + calendar combo covers most project management needs.