📋 Boardly
The self-hosted Trello replacement — unlimited boards, your data in one SQLite file.
Boardly at a glance
| Price | $49, once — no renewal |
| Replaces | Trello at $5/user/mo — roughly $60 a year, every year |
| Type | Web app — self-hosted |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Category | Business Operations |
Boardly features
🗂️ Multiple boards
Color themes, emoji icons, starred favorites — organize work, clients or your whole life.
✋ Drag & drop everything
Reorder lists, drag cards between lists — order persists exactly where you dropped it.
🃏 Rich cards
Markdown descriptions, due dates with overdue highlighting, colored board-scoped labels.
☑️ Checklists
With live progress bars right on the card front.
📎 Attachments
Upload files straight onto cards — stored on your disk, with your limits, not a 250 MB plan cap.
💬 Comments + activity log
Full history per card and per board.
🤖 Built-in MCP server
Point Claude (or any MCP client) at your board and it can create cards, tick checklists and move work through your pipeline — 22 tools, token-authenticated, off by default.
🔎 Filter & search
By label, by due date (overdue / this week / none), plus full-text card search and keyboard shortcuts.
$49 once — that's the whole pricing page
Trello charges $5/user/mo — roughly $60 a year, every year. Boardly is a single payment, and it keeps working whether or not we ever sell another copy.
Or get Boardly inside the full suite — every app in the catalog, currently $97 for the bundle. See the bundle →
Boardly guides & pages
Honest answers
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/boardly-kanban-mvp, always. $49 buys the packaged installer, updates and setup support.
How do team members log in?
One shared password protects the whole install — there are no per-user accounts, permissions or assignee fields yet. That's fine for small teams on a trusted server or VPN; if you need granular roles and member management, Trello still wins there.
Does it have automations like Butler?
No — no rule engine, no scheduled commands. Boardly bets that most Trello boards never touch Butler, and most don't. If yours does, keep Trello.