Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, Asana and Jira for project management. We help individuals and teams define, organize, track and manage their work.
This changelog summarizes updates to our open source project. You can also find the latest releases and release notes on GitHub here.
- Onboarding tour. Thanks @harshilsharma63! @jespino!
- Channel intro link to Boards. Thanks @sbishel!
- Improved share board UI. Thanks @sbishel!
- New error pages. Thanks @wiggin77! @asaadmahmood!
- In-app links to import Help Docs. Thanks @justinegeffen! @sbishel!
- Toggle to hide empty groups for TableView. Thanks @vish9812!
- Removed transactions from sqlite backend to prevent locking issues. Thanks @jespino!
- Update readme with accurate Linux standalone app build instructions. Thanks @wiggin77!
- Change wrapping in React.memo. Thanks @kamre!
- Don't use property value for key construction. Thanks @kamre!
- Updated comment box alignment. Thanks @asaadmahmood!
- Show "(Deleted User)" instead of UUID when user not found. Thanks @akkivasu!
- Template selector dialog. Thanks @jespino!
- New standard templates. Thanks @wiggin77!
- Archive file format has changed and now supports images. Thanks @wiggin77!
- Card badges. Thanks @kamre!
- URL property improvement. Thanks @kamre!
- GIF support in card descriptions. Thanks @asaadmahmood!
- Add links to linode. Thanks @ChaseKnowlden!
- Add
chownfor nobody in the docker run example. Thanks @K3UL! - Fixed Mac M1 chip build. Thanks @jpaldeano!
- Removed link to deleted css file. Thanks @kamre!
- Fixed typo in config.toml. Thanks @krmh04!
- Change notifications. Thanks @wiggin77!
- Person avatars. Thanks @asaadmahmood!
- Updated comment sort order. Thanks @asaadmahmood!
- Calendar view. Thanks @sbishel!
@mentionautocomplete. Thanks @hahmadia!
- @mention notifications. Thanks @wiggin77!
- Board calculations. Thanks @harshilsharma63!
- Unfurl card previews in posts. Thanks @hahmadia!
- Plus many, many contributions from Hacktoberfest and beyond, including from: @jufab, @kamre, @Johennes, @nishantwrp, @tiago154, @DeeJayBro, @CuriousCorrelation, @prakharporwal, @donno2048, @anchepiece, @puerco, @adithyaakrishna, @JenyaFTW, @ivernus, @grsky360, @b4sen, @naresh1205, @JtheBAB, @ssensalo, @berkeka, @yedamao, @Prassud, @NakulChauhan2001, @achie27, @crspeller, @sahil9001, @alauregaillard, @igordsm, @rafaeelaudibert, @kaakaa, @Sayanta66, @Bhavin789, @Shahzayb, @kayazeren, @fcoiuri, @tsabi, @DeviousLab, @leosunmo, @xMicky24GIT, @majidsajadi, @marcvelasco, and @aloks98. Sorry if we missed anyone in this list!
- New date range property type. Thanks @sbishel!
- Changed the urls to use routes instead of query parameters. Thanks @jespino!
- Add clear button to value selectors. Thanks @jespino!
- Fix auto-size columns in FireFox. Thanks @kamre!
- Fix comments not appearing in readonly view. Thanks @harshilsharma63!
- Multi-line card titles. Thanks @kamre!
- Add unit tests for sqlstore. Thanks @yedamao!
- Add makefile documentation. Thanks @Szymongib!
- CreatedBy property. Thanks @harshilsharma63!
- Fix dragged card order. Thanks @kamre!
- Date format user setting. Thanks @darkLord19!
- Add property tooltip in board view. Thanks @ditsemto!
- Fix plugin links. Thanks @N3rdP1um23!
- Add MySQL documentation. Thanks @ctlaltdieliet and @3l0w!
- RPC API support. Thanks @agnivade!
- Multi-select property type. Thanks @hahmadia!
- Checkbox property type. Thanks @mickmister!
- Person property type. Thanks @harshilsharma63!
- Grouped table view. Thanks @sbishel!
- Export individual boards. Thanks @hahmadia!
- Focalboard can now be built as a Mattermost plugin! Thanks @mgdelacroix and @jespino!
- Improved read-only fields display. Thanks @Johennes!
- Improved logging. Thanks @wiggin77!
- Prometheus metrics. Thanks @spirosoik!
- Mac: Open window by clicking on the dock icon. Thanks @Johennes!
- Additional unit tests. Thanks @matheusmosca!
- Fixed Linux app caret display. Thanks @fritsstegmann!
- Added CodeQL check. Thanks @srkgupta!
- Key Updates:
- Added Todoist import script. Thanks @harshilsharma63!
- Added MySql database support. Thanks @jespino!
- Added URL and phone number properties. Thanks @BharatKalluri!
- Added documentation for share board. Thanks @haardikdharma10!
- Persist Mac app settings. Thanks @Johennes!
- Improved board sorting without leading emoji. Thanks @Johennes!
- Added Prettier linting for SCSS. Thanks @signalwerk!
- Improved table headers. Thanks @sbishel!
- Disable unused Mac tab menu. Thanks @@haardikdharma10!
- Fixed server lint issues. Thanks @harshilsharma63!
- Updated open button. Thanks @arjitc!
- Key Updates:
- Focalboard now available on DockerHub at https://hub.docker.com/r/mattermost/focalboard. #91 Thanks @jwilander @obbardc!
- You can now contribute translations to Focalboard on https://translate.mattermost.com/. Thanks @jespino!
- Added German language translation. Thanks @svelle!
- Added Japanese language translation. Thanks @kaakaa!
- Added French language translation. Thanks @CyrilLD!
- Added Occitan language translation. Thanks Quentin PAGÈS!
- Added Dutch language translation. Thanks Tom De Moor!
- Added Turkish language translation. Thanks Abdullah Musab!
- Added Chinese language translation. Thanks Yao Xie and toto6038!
- Added Russian language translation. Thanks Edward Smirnov!
- Add Dockerfile to run service in a container. #76 Thanks @proffalken!
- Add docker-compose to run the whole service in containers. #105 Thanks @jbutler992!
- Added Gallery view.
- Added Checkbox content type.
- Added Selected cards duplication with Ctrl+D.
- Added Search shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+F).
- Requested Contributions
- Focalboard Personal Desktop is now live in the App Stores:
- Added Windows native app (WPF) support
- Added Swagger / OpenAPI definition and documentation
- Added Import scripts for Trello, Asana, and Notion
- Added Developer Tips and Tricks article.
- Added Security improvements: