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Planka vs taskwarrior
Planka has 12,567 GitHub stars, 1,378 forks, 425 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. taskwarrior has 6,076 stars, 421 forks, 436 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Planka leads on adoption by 107% (12,567 vs 6,076 stars). Planka is written in JavaScript under a custom or non-standard licence; taskwarrior is written in C++ under MIT. Planka has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, taskwarrior 7%. taskwarrior was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Planka | taskwarrior | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 13K | ★ 6.1K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.4K | ⑂ 421 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Planka if
- You weight community size — 13K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick taskwarrior if
- You want the taskwarrior feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and taskwarrior fits your workflow better
About Planka
Planka is a self hosted Kanban board for project and task management. It lives in the open source project and work management ecosystem, with JavaScript as its implementation language, and it positions itself as an open alternative to Trello and Monday.com. The project provides a free Community edition for self hosting, while PLANKA Pro adds organization features and developer support.
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About taskwarrior
Taskwarrior is a portable, MIT licensed command line task list management utility written in C++ for people who track to dos and projects from a terminal instead of a graphical app.
read the full taskwarrior overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Planka or taskwarrior more popular?
Planka has 12,567 GitHub stars and taskwarrior has 6,076. Planka has the larger community by that measure.
Are Planka and taskwarrior free?
Both are open source. Planka has no licence declared in this registry, and taskwarrior is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Planka and taskwarrior?
Planka is written in JavaScript and taskwarrior in C++. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Planka or taskwarrior?
Choose Planka if you want the larger community (12,567 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose taskwarrior if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.