Vikunja
Shares rank 9 of 14 task managers by recommenders
People recommend Vikunja as a free to-do and project manager that works across computers and phones and can replace Trello for planning work.
People recommend Vikunja as a free to-do and project manager that works across computers and phones and can replace Trello for planning work.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Project planning and management
“Vikunja is a decent project management layer for this I've found.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “I let an AI run my startup for a week” “vikunja for project planning”
Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “qm” Preferred over Trello and alternatives
“Vikunja was the only one that ticked all the boxes for me.”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Why Nextcloud feels slow to use” “I am also using Vikunja instead of trello.”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “What I self-host”
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beads by Steve Yegge | 79 | 55 | 59% | 11 | 3 mo4 owners | — |
| Apple Reminders | 15 | 16 | 48% | 11 | — | — |
| Paca | 14 | 2 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| Todoist | 13 | 7 | 65% | 7 | — | — |
| VikunjaThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Vikunja is a decent project management layer for this I've found.”
“I am also using Vikunja instead of trello.”
“todo list manager, I use it on all my computers, and phone”
“vikunja for project planning”
“this one feature from Vikunja "...export task summaries and comments..." sounds great!!!”
“Vikunja was the only one that ticked all the boxes for me.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.