Vikunja
Project ManagementA self-hosted to-do and task manager with lists, Kanban, Gantt and table views, shared projects and a full API.
What the free edition leaves out
The free edition is genuinely usable, but some team or enterprise features need a paid plan. “Not confirmed” means the official pages we read did not say, so we do not guess.
| Feature | Free edition | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO / SAML | Free | The docs describe OpenID Connect login (Authorization Code Flow) with providers like Authentik and Keycloak, with no edition restriction stated. SAML was not mentioned. | Source ↗ |
| Role-based access control | Not confirmed | The docs list a Permissions page but its content was not read. The pricing page lists teams and shared projects as available in self-hosted and Cloud. | Source ↗ |
| Audit logs | Paid | Audit logs are part of Vikunja Pro (Business, Scale and Enterprise plans). Pro is in private beta. | Source ↗ |
| Multi-user / teams | Free | Self-hosting is free for personal use or for an entire company, with teams and shared projects. | Source ↗ |
| Backups and restore | Not confirmed | Docs say to back up the database (mysqldump, pg_dump or a copy of the SQLite file) and the attachments folder. No built-in backup tool was found. | Source ↗ |
| API access | Free | The docs describe API tokens created in Settings and sent as a Bearer token; self-hosted instances also accept login with a username and password. | Source ↗ |
| Support SLA | Paid | Self-hosted has community and email contact only. Priority email support is a Cloud Organization feature. No SLA was found. | Source ↗ |
Best for
Individuals and small teams who want a light, self-hosted task manager with list, Kanban, Gantt and table views.
Why choose it over Todoist
It is open source under AGPL-3.0 and, per the pricing page, self-hosting is free for personal or company use with the core features included. The project says the core covers views, teams, shared projects, CalDAV and imports from Todoist, Trello and Microsoft To-Do. A Docker container with SQLite is enough to start, and OpenID Connect login is documented without an edition restriction.
Where it falls short
Audit logs, an admin panel and time tracking sit in the paid Vikunja Pro add-on, which is in private beta. It is a task manager rather than a full project-planning suite, and a feature comparison with Todoist or Trello was not done. Backups are manual database and file copies. There is no SAML support in the pages read. You manage updates and backups yourself unless you pay for Vikunja Cloud.
Open-source alternative to
- Todoist — Vikunja is a self-hostable task manager with lists, reminders, labels and filters, and it can import from Todoist.
- Trello — Vikunja offers Kanban views of projects and can import from Trello, and it can run on your own server.
Category
Project ManagementTopics
Tech stack
Go
TypeScript
Vue
DockerLanguages as reported by GitHub for the repository.
