The self-hosted Trello replacement — unlimited boards, your data in one SQLite file.
Freelancers expense a dozen subscriptions — proposals, contracts, invoices, time tracking — against irregular income. Owning the tools outright removes a whole line of fixed costs.
The tool this job usually means renting is Trello, at $5/user/mo — roughly $60 a year, every year. Boardly does the job for a one-time $49 — running on infrastructure you control.
Color themes, emoji icons, starred favorites — organize work, clients or your whole life.
For freelancers, multiple boards pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $49, not metered per month.
Reorder lists, drag cards between lists — order persists exactly where you dropped it.
For freelancers, drag & drop everything pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $49, not metered per month.
Markdown descriptions, due dates with overdue highlighting, colored board-scoped labels.
For freelancers, rich cards pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $49, not metered per month.
One-time $49 — one of the cheapest apps in the suite. Installer, updates and setup support included.
Desktop app for personal boards, or docker compose up -d on a $5 VPS for the whole team.
Create lists, drag cards, attach files, tick checklists. Export everything to JSON whenever you want proof you own it.
Boardly is $49, once. Trello at $5/user/mo — roughly $60 a year, every year. Boardly costs less than ten months of a single Trello seat — for a team it pays for itself the day you install it.
Boardly costs less than ten months of a single Trello seat — for a team it pays for itself the day you install it. Boardly costs $49 once; Trello charges $5/user/mo — about $60 a year. For freelancers, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/boardly-kanban-mvp, always. $49 buys the packaged installer, updates and setup support.
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.