Vikunja review

Vikunja is the lightest self-hosted option here and the easiest to adopt for a person or small team moving off a SaaS to-do app. It is licensed under AGPLv3 and is free to self-host with Docker or native binaries. Projects can be viewed as a list, Kanban board, Gantt chart or table, and it supports reminders, repeating tasks, labels, saved filters and CalDAV, so tasks can sync to calendar apps. Built-in importers bring over tasks from Todoist, Trello and Microsoft To-Do. Vikunja Cloud is a paid managed service made and hosted in the EU, with Personal, Family and Organization plans and a 14-day trial; prices appeared in euros from our location, so the USD price is pending. The Organization plan adds unlimited teams, 50GB storage and a GDPR data processing agreement. Vikunja is a task manager first, so teams that need budgets, roles per project or reporting should look at OpenProject or Redmine.

Who it is for

individuals, households and small teams that want a private to-do and project app

Price

Free to self-host; see vendor pricing for Vikunja Cloud plans (USD check pending).

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• List, Kanban, Gantt and table views
• Reminders, repeating tasks, labels, filters and saved views
• CalDAV integration
• Imports from Todoist, Trello and Microsoft To-Do
• Install with Docker or native binaries

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Licensed under AGPLv3 and completely free to self-host
• Strength: Cloud is made and hosted in the EU, with a GDPR data processing agreement on Organization
• Strength: 14-day free trial on cloud plans
• Weakness: Built as a task manager, with fewer project controls than OpenProject or Redmine
• Weakness: No free hosted plan
• Weakness: Admin panel, audit logs and time tracking are in a Pro add-on still in private beta

Key facts

• License: AGPLv3
• Views: List, Kanban, Gantt, Table
• Cloud plans: Personal, Family, Organization
• Free trial: 14 days

Where it ranks

Vikunja is No. 9 in our Best Open Source Project Management Software verdict.