Boardly is the full Trello workflow running on your own hardware — no per-seat pricing, no cloud, no subscription. Trello Standard is $5 per user per month: a 10-person team pays $600 every year, forever, for lists with cards on them. Over 3 years that's $1,800 — Boardly is $19 once, with unlimited boards and unlimited users, and your entire workspace lives in a single SQLite file you can copy and back up.

Built for small teams, agencies, and solo builders who want kanban without renting it.

• Multiple boards with color themes, emoji icons, and starred favorites

• Drag & drop lists and cards — order persists exactly

• Rich cards: markdown descriptions, due dates with overdue highlighting

• Checklists with live progress bars, colored board-scoped labels

• File attachments stored locally, comments, and full activity logs

• Filter by label or due date, full-text search, keyboard shortcuts

• Full-fidelity JSON export/import — attachments included, never locked in

• Archive instead of delete; restore cards and lists anytime

Runs as a Windows desktop app or on a $5 VPS (Docker included).

What's included:

• Windows installer download (build via npm run dist)

• Full source access — https://github.com/bensblueprints/boardly-kanban (MIT)

• Lifetime v1 updates

• Setup guide (README quick start)

• Premium tiers coming later