Restyaboard is a free, open source Trello-like Kanban board built on the Restya platform. It gives you boards, lists, and cards with drag-and-drop organization, plus chat, file sharing, and email integration so you can run projects without giving your data to a hosted service. Restyaboard is OSI-approved open source under the Open Software License 3.0, with an optional commercial edition for enterprises that want hosted support.

Key Features

• Kanban boards — Trello-style boards, lists, and cards with drag-and-drop task organization.
• Built-in chat — Communicate with collaborators without leaving the board.
• Email integration — Add and reply to cards by email via IMAP configuration.
• File attachments & checklists — Keep context, files, and to-dos together on each card.
• Plugin ecosystem — Extend functionality with Restya apps and integrations (Dropbox, Flickr, Unsplash, and more).
• Self-hosted — Install on your own server with PHP + PostgreSQL or Docker for full data control.
• Multi-user & permissions — Granular board and card-level access controls.

Why Use Restyaboard?

Restyaboard is a practical choice if you want the familiar Trello experience but self-hosted, with chat and email on top. Its plugin store lets you extend it in ways many minimal Kanban tools can’t. The OSL 3.0 license means it is genuinely open source and you are free to run and modify it.

Use Cases

• Team Kanban with built-in messaging
• Planning trips, events, or side projects with friends
• Self-hosted task management that remains open source

Platform

Web-based · Docker · Linux / PostgreSQL (self-hosted)

Licence

Open source. Open Software License 3.0 (OSL 3.0), with a separate commercial edition for hosted/enterprise support.

Open source alternatives

• WeKan — open source Kanban board
• Kanboard — lightweight open source Kanban

Website

restya.com/board