# Vikunja

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/vikunja/

6 people recommended Vikunja in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Vikunja as a free to-do and project manager that works across computers and phones and can replace Trello for planning work.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Project planning and management (2 comments in the sample): "Vikunja is a decent project management layer for this I've found." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50114279)) "vikunja for project planning" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130397))
- Preferred over Trello and alternatives (2 comments in the sample): "Vikunja was the only one that ticked all the boxes for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801077)) "I am also using Vikunja instead of trello." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111074))

## Other task managers people recommend

- [Beads by Steve Yegge](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beads/): 46 recommend, 23 mixed, 49 criticize
- [Apple Reminders](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-reminders/): 12 recommend, 3 mixed, 13 criticize
- [Things 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/things/): 7 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize
- [ticket by wedow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ticket/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Vikunja", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vikunja/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.