Kan
Kan is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Task Management category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Trello and ships a Docker image. It has 5,839 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 20, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Task Management
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 5,839
- Forks
- 522
- Open issues
- 125
- Commits, last 12 months
- 363
- Last commit
- Oct 20, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.6.0Jun 29, 2026
- Created
- Oct 27, 2023
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 20, 2026, 363 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Oct 20, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 363 |
| Latest release | v0.6.0 (Jun 29, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 26 |
| Open issues | 125 |
| Open pull requests | 35 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Oct 27, 2023 |
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About Kan
Flexible kanban app that helps you organise work, track progress, and deliver results (alternative to Trello).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/kanbn/kan.
Topics
- drizzle-orm
- nextjs
- open-source
- tailwindcss
- trpc
- turborepo
- typescript
- zod
- better-auth
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Is Kan free and open source?
Yes. Kan is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Kan with Docker?
Yes. Kan provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Kan?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Kan include AppFlowy, Super Productivity and Wekan. Kan itself is a self-hosted alternative to Trello.
Is Kan actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Kan was on Oct 20, 2026 with 363 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.6.0, published Jun 29, 2026. It had 125 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.