Kan

What is Kan?

Minimal Kanban boards for teams, with comments, labels, templates and activity logs.

Who is Kan best for?

Kan is best for small teams who miss classic Trello and want simple Kanban boards they can host themselves.

• Leaving Trello

  It imports Trello boards and keeps the familiar list-and-card layout with labels, filters and checklists.

• Small teams

  Workspace members, board visibility, mentions and email notifications cover day-to-day collaboration.

• Teams using AI assistants

  Its MCP server and API let AI clients create and move cards on your own instance.

• Repeat projects

  Custom board templates set up the same lists and labels for each new project.

How much does Kan cost?

Kan is free to self-host under AGPL-3.0, and its cloud has a free plan for one user; the Teams plan costs $10 per user a month, or $8 billed yearly.

Paying yearly brings Teams to $8 per user a month, and Teams starts with a 14-day free trial. Enterprise is priced on request and adds SAML single sign-on, advanced admin roles, an account manager, an SLA and an on-premise option. Full pricing on kan.bn. We checked these prices on 8 Nov 2026.

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Is Kan open source?

Yes. Kan's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.

Host it on a serverHostinger, Railway, Elestio and PikaPods set it up on a server for you with a one-click install.

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What are the best Kan alternatives?

Kan is an open source alternative to Ping and ClickUp. Plane, Colanode, Kanba and Kaneo do the same job and are open source too.

PingFree

Tasks captured by voice or photo with Kanban boards.

ClickUpFree

Tasks, docs and chat with an AI layer across the workspace.

PlaneOpen Source

Track issues, sprints and roadmaps in one workspace for software and product teams.

ColanodeOpen Source

Local-first workspace with team chat, Notion-style pages, databases and shared file storage.

KanbaOpen Source

Lightweight Kanban project boards for makers, indie hackers and small teams.

KaneoOpen Source

Lightweight project tracker with boards, lists, Gantt and GitHub links that small teams self-host.

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