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It's a Plan vs TaskView
Pick It's a Plan if you want a full tracker (views, cycles, initiatives, docs) plus agents as members. Pick TaskView if a self-hosted kanban/task board is enough.
Built by the It's a Plan team (croffasia)
Facts checked 18 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Official site GitHubIt's a Plan in the catalog TaskView in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| It's a Plan | TaskView | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 community; packages/runner is Apache-2.0 (README) source | Other (catalog); GitHub license field is unset source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) source | TypeScript (catalog) source |
| GitHub activity | 1,314 stars in the catalog source | 1,348 stars, pushed 14 Oct 2026 (not in the catalog row) source |
| Self-host | Postgres + S3-compatible store. Docs on itsaplan.dev. | Task board you host. Catalog: self-hosted alternative to SaaS task managers. |
| Best for | A Linear/Jira-shaped tracker with agents. | A board without Jira fields. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
It's a Plan wants Postgres and S3-compatible storage. TaskView is the catalog kanban box on /stacks/plane-tracker. Do not run both on day one.
FAQ
- When is TaskView enough?
- When the job is kanban and ownership, not cycles, initiatives, MCP, or agents as members. That is how /best/project-management ranks it. It's a Plan is the editor's pick, built by the It's a Plan team (croffasia).
- Is TaskView OSI open source?
- The catalog license field is Other. GitHub reports no SPDX license (checked 18 Oct 2026). This page does not invent one.
- Where is Focalboard?
- Named on the stack. It is not a listed catalog row, so it is not on this page.
- How do I deploy it?
- Open /stacks/plane-tracker. Persist Postgres and a volume for uploads.
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