# Kan

> Kan (~5.8k stars, active Oct 2026, started Oct 2023) is a young, focused Trello alternative: boards with visibility controls, workspace members, labels and filters, comments, activity log, board templates and Trello import. AGPL-3.0. Self-host with Docker Compose (includes PostgreSQL) or a Railway template, or use the hosted cloud. Integrations are still marked "coming soon"; no calendar or timeline views listed. No tagged releases and no hardware or OS requirements documented.

- Repository: https://github.com/kanbn/kan
- Official docs: https://docs.kan.bn
- Checked: 2026-10-16

## What it replaces
- Trello: Kanban boards (boards, Shared boards with comments and live updates (partial). Boards, members, comments and Trello import; no calendar/timeline views or integrations yet.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Self-hosted (Docker Compose, Railway) or hosted cloud | https://docs.kan.bn | 2026-10-15 |
| Code licence | Partial | AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) | https://github.com/kanbn/kan/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-15 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | No separate model weights | https://github.com/kanbn/kan#readme | 2026-10-15 |
| Commercial use | Partial | Yes; AGPL conditions apply if you modify it and offer it over a network | https://github.com/kanbn/kan/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-15 |
| Paid services needed? | Partial | None required to self-host; hosted cloud is optional | https://docs.kan.bn | 2026-10-15 |
| Hardware | Unknown | Not documented | none found | - |
| Operating systems | Unknown | README documents Railway and Docker Compose self-hosting; neither its deployment section nor local-development instructions name a Windows/macOS/Linux support matrix | https://github.com/kanbn/kan#docker-compose | 2026-10-16 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Medium; Docker Compose with PostgreSQL and an .env file | https://github.com/kanbn/kan#docker-compose | 2026-10-15 |

GitHub: 5770 stars, 510 forks, last push 2026-10-02, archived: no.
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