Open-source alternative
Replace Todoist with Vikunja
The best open-source alternative to Todoist is Vikunja or Super Productivity, self-hosted on Railway. Tasks you host. Vikunja is AGPL-3.0-or-later lists, Kanban, Gantt, and a Todoist importer.
Estimated save $1,200 a year.
Open the stackStart on Railway
How Todoist compares
| Todoist | Vikunja | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Hosted subscription | Open-source or fair-code license; you pay the host |
| Hosting | Vendor cloud | Self-hosted on Railway or any VPS |
| Rough monthly cost | Public list price not verified this run | Hosting only — no SaaS seat meter in this repo |
- Vikunja
AGPL self-hosted tasks (lists, Kanban, Gantt, Todoist import)
- Super Productivity
MIT desktop task app if you do not want a server
FAQ
- Is it free?
- The Vikunja licenses are open source or fair-code. You still pay hosting (Railway or any VPS) and any APIs the stack calls. There is no Todoist seat or task bill on this path.
- Can I migrate from Todoist?
- Yes. Start with the workflows or data you actually use, then cut over. The Vikunja stack page has the agent prompt and the cost table; most teams rebuild the slice that matters and leave old Todoist links until they expire.
- How do I deploy it?
- Open the Vikunja stack, copy the agent prompt, and deploy on Railway (one service, PORT, and a volume when the app needs disk). Placeholder: Vikunja + a database and a volume. Super Productivity is a desktop app — no Railway box. Product trackers (Linear, Jira) stay on /stacks/plane-tracker.
- What does this replace?
- Todoist. The published small-team estimate on this stack is $1,200 a year.
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