4gaBoards vs Jotted

Comparing two open source alternatives to Notion. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

4gaBoards

MIT

Straightforward realtime kanban boards for intuitive task tracking with dark mode and collaborative features.

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Jotted

Source-Available

Self-hosted tasks and notes management with offline support, push reminders, and full-text search in a single Docker container.

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Side-by-side comparison

	4gaBoards	Jotted
License	MIT	Source-Available
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	715	11
Forks	122	—
Open Issues	164	—
Last Commit	Sep 21, 2026	Sep 19, 2026
First Released	Jan 17, 2023	Oct 21, 2025
Categories	Time & Task Management Tools Collaboration & Communication Tools Productivity & Utilities	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools Time & Task Management Tools
Tags	#agile #boards #collaboration #kanban #project management	#notes #task management #productivity #self-hostable #pwa

GitHub stars over time

4gaBoards

Jotted11

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