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focalboard

Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

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What it is

Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

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This week on Hacker News

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HN mentions by year33 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-03-18 03:41:06 UTC to 2024-03-18 14:15:58 UTC.

05101520252021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 25 mentions; 1 submissions, 24 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024

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20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC25124
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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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!
In Focalboard – a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana
Focalboard team here, thanks for the comment! We weren't aware of Open Project previously, and we're glad to hear about it. I think you're right, Focalboard is a lot earlier than Open Project, and it doesn't have as many features. Focalboard was starting during the Mattermost 2020 Hacktoberfest last year: https://mattermost.com/blog/hacktoberfest-2020-recap/ It's in the early stages of development, only v0.6 right now: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/blob/main/CHANGELOG... That said, we're working on it constantly and excited about its future. Of the features Open Project has now, are there one or two top priorities you'd suggest we consider adding to Focalboard? We'd love to hear any feedback, feature suggestions or bug reports: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/wiki/Share-your-fee...!
In Focalboard – a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana
Focalboard team here. You can try the "Focalboard Personal Desktop" to run locally where your performance won't be affected by other users. We made it available in Windows Store and Apple AppStore to make it easy to try out. This is just a v0.6 right now, and we would love bug reports and enhancement ideas. It's the early days of the project and we are excited to hear input: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues
In Focalboard – a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana
Focalboard team here. Hi @riho, thanks for your feedback. One key piece of feedback we've heard is that other SaaS-based project management tools can run slow. Because of this, one concept we're testing out is "Focalboard Personal Desktop" where you can run the software locally. You can download the v0.6 version from the Windows Store or Apple AppStore to try it out. We would love your feedback. Also, if you're interested in influencing the project, please consider submitting a ticket with type `enhancement` with what you'd like to see: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues
In Focalboard – a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana

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