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Plane vs TaskView
Pick Plane if you want a product tracker (issues, cycles, a board). Pick TaskView if a self-hosted kanban is enough.
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.
Plane in the catalog TaskView in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Plane | TaskView | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 (makeplane/plane) source | Other (catalog); GitHub license field is unset source |
| Language | TypeScript source | TypeScript (catalog) source |
| GitHub activity | 61,056 stars, pushed 18 Oct 2026 (not in the catalog row) source | 1,348 stars, pushed 14 Oct 2026 (not in the catalog row) source |
| Self-host | Product tracker; c17 stack uses Postgres + a volume. | Task board you host. Catalog: self-hosted alternative to SaaS task managers. |
| Best for | Issues, cycles, and a board. | A board without Jira fields. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Plane is the larger GitHub product tracker on /stacks/plane-tracker (Postgres + a volume). TaskView is the kanban-only box on that same stack. Focalboard is named there too but is not a catalog row.
FAQ
- Plane or TaskView?
- Plane if you still want issues and cycles. TaskView if kanban is the whole job. It's a Plan is the agent-native pick on the same roundup.
- Where is Focalboard?
- Named on the stack. Not a listed catalog row, so not on this page.
- Are these free?
- Plane is AGPL-3.0. TaskView's catalog license is Other. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy it?
- Open /stacks/plane-tracker. Persist Postgres and a volume for uploads.
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