Vikunja — The Complete Guide: Free Task Management in List, Kanban, Gantt and Calendar Views
Vikunja holds the same tasks in four views you switch between with a click: a list for daily work, a Kanban board for status, a Gantt chart for laying work out in time and a calendar for deadlines. It is open source and installed on your own server.
Vikunja
Vikunja
Task management with four views — list, Kanban, Gantt and calendar.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- Four views — list, Kanban, Gantt and calendar on the same data.
- Reminders and due dates — an alert before a submission or a site visit.
- Labels and saved filters — for example, every open task in a given project.
- Subtasks and dependencies — what must finish before what.
- Attachments — drawings and notes directly on the task.
Licence and hosting
Self-hosting is completely free, including for commercial use. The company behind the project separately offers a paid managed cloud service — it is not required. Vikunja is a good middle point: more than a simple board, without the weight of a full system.
Related tools
For a minimal Kanban board — Kanboard. For comprehensive issue and change-request tracking — Redmine. For a detailed schedule on the desktop — GanttProject.
Kanboard
Kanboard Project
A very simple Kanban board — what is in progress, what is waiting and what is done.
Get it from the vendorRedmine
Redmine Project
Task and issue tracking for an engineering project — with Gantt, time tracking and documentation.
Get it from the vendorGanttProject
GanttProject
A simple, fast Gantt chart with resources and PDF export.
Get it from the vendorOpenProject — Community Edition
OpenProject GmbH
Team project management in the browser — Gantt, tasks, documents and time tracking, self-hosted.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
Vikunja suits a small team that wants several views on the same tasks, with no subscription and without giving up control of the data.