focalboard

I switched to Planka after Focalboard went community-supported[1], but failed to appoint any community leaders. So far, I'm very happy with Planka for my needs at home. There are more self-hosted options in this link[2]. [1] https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard [2] https://awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/task-management--to-do-l...

Yeah except it’s a weird license and it’s losing support: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard It seems like it was a successful test product for Mattermost (more power to them).

Their licensing terms are actually very confusing. I think it's just AGPL, just with extra language tacked on that changes nothing compared to AGPL, but I am really unsure. https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues/1507

Every non-FOSS piece of software I've ever deployed slowly degrades over time as founders get greedy or need to recoup costs from investors. Plex is the canonical example. Linux is the canonical counterexample. Sorry, I've been burned enough times by this now that if your software is not FOSS, I'm not deploying it. Your take is not a good look. For an open source alternative, check out Focalboard [0]. Note however it is backed by a for-profit company, but the code is open and can be compiled from source (so you can thus remove all telemetry and paid upsell nonsense). [0] https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard

Hi, Focalboard team here! Thanks for the feedback! The missing link on the website was an oversight, and it's been fixed there (https://www.focalboard.com/download/personal-edition/desktop...) and in the readme, which is usually most up to date (https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard). We published to the App Stores to see if that would lower the barrier to adoption. We learned that that while they are convenient for most folks, some can't access them, in particular the Windows Store, due to firewalls, corp policy, etc. So far, this seems to be a bigger problem for Windows than Mac in general. To be transparent, we want to automate all the App Store publishing. It is currently a semi-manual process. It turns out that the Microsoft Store process is easiest (mostly uploading an MSIX file, which they sign for you). Signing for the Mac App

Still no direct downloads for the "standalone" desktop version(without going through app stores), for which someone here kindly raised an issue [1] based on my comment here a year ago [2]. The issue was closed by providing a Windows zip on the GitHub releases page. I don't understand why the same link couldn't be updated on the main website downloads page. There is no direct download for macOS either. For an open source project, working solely on app stores (for all the conveniences they provide for certain users) seems weird. I would really love to try this, but the app store requirement is a big barrier. [1]: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues/99 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26499443

Focalboard team here, please see: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues/96

Whoops, updating instructions: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/wiki/Share-your-fee...! Now asking folks to add `Enhancement:` prefix on tickets, and we can label after

I have posted an enhancement https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues/103 But cannot attach labels :-(

Focalboard team here, Hi @eps, I've opened a ticket on this: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues/99 Would you be open to giving a "Thumbs Up" and/or a comment sharing more about the benefits? Community feedback is super important, and we would love to hear more from you and others

Focalboard team here! Huge thanks to everyone who's sharing feedback and comments. It is super exciting to be trending on HackerNews! We've just put up a new Wiki page for people to share feature ideas, to join our Discourse forum, and to report bugs: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/wiki/Share-your-fee...! Thank y'all so much for being interested in our project and our space! We've been working super hard to make something people love, and we'll continue to do so with your input and ideas!

Focalboard team here. Added a feature idea on providing binaries: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues/99 Thanks for your feedback! We'd love to hear more. We just setup this page with links on how to get more involved: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/wiki/Share-your-fee...!