Trello alternative

People love Trello for its simple board — columns and cards. In Skillok every project has a board, cards are dragged between columns, and issue cards get labels, assignees, due dates through custom fields, and a link to files and code.

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A board like Trello's#

  • Columns by status — "Todo", "In progress", "Done" or your own.
  • Cards are dragged with the mouse between columns and within a column.
  • A card can be a draft — just a note on the board — or an issue with a description, comments, labels and an assignee.
  • Archive cards so the board does not get overgrown.

What Trello lacks and you get here#

  • Three views of one project: board, table and roadmap. Switch, and the same cards appear as a list or on a timeline.
  • Custom fields: text, number, date, single select, iteration. Priority, estimate, deadline — no add-ons needed.
  • Issues next to files: documents, notes and code live in the same repository, and an issue can link to them and be closed by a pull request.
  • Edit history of issue descriptions and comments.

What is not here#

  • card covers, stickers and board backgrounds;
  • automations such as rules and buttons;
  • integrations with calendars and messengers — there are webhooks for your own;
  • a mobile app — only a responsive website;
  • email notifications;
  • import of Trello boards.

How to start#

  1. Create a repository for the project or the team.
  2. Create a project from the "Kanban" template.
  3. Add a "Due date" field of type date and a "Priority" field of type single select.
  4. Move your cards over: short ideas as drafts, real work as issues.

Who it suits#

People who have outgrown Trello: you need to see tasks as a list and on a timeline, keep documents nearby and work as a team with access roles. If your team needs more of a tracker, read the Jira alternative page.

Try it on your own task

Create a repository — history, issues and pull requests from day one.

Create a repository

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