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   Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 21:15:02 JST Mx Jay Baker

   • May likes Toronto

   I have been so uneasy using Atlassian's Trello for quite a while now, and it's frustrating to be unable to find a good alternative that doesn't require self-hosting, that is as customisable and sleek, offers link previews, and is available for both Android and Linux (which Atlassian never bothered to develop a desktop application for anyway afaik). If you know of such a task list board manager, feel free to make me aware of it! #Trello #alternative #AskMastodon #AskFedi #TaskManagement #kanban #enshittification

   @mayintoronto https://beige.party/@mayintoronto/116426064893316017

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 21:48:28 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Adam
     • May likes Toronto

     @adamsteer @mayintoronto Exactly, the writing was on the wall when Atlassian came along and I knew I was on borrowed time. Thanks so much for taking the time to share this with me, I'll look into it!

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     Adam (adamsteer@mapstodon.space)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 21:48:31 JST Adam

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     @MediaActivist @mayintoronto

     I liked trello a lot then Atlassian bought it :(

     I've messed around in git boards and will probably stick to that when possible in future. See:

     https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/project/

     ...could grab a codeberg account and see if boards are implemented? And if they work for you?

     [edit - my apologies! This won't meet all your needs I don't think. Or it might 😬 . Suffering man brain, left here in case it works]

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 23:21:17 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • May likes Toronto

     @lori @mayintoronto Interesting! Whether it's "sleek" or "slick," I prefer my software to be smooth, easy to use, and pretty - and I think the app I'm typing this on right now, and my everyday Linux distro, to name a few, show that things can be pretty without selling out.

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     lori (lori@cambrian.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 23:21:18 JST lori

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     @MediaActivist @mayintoronto What do you mean by sleek? I need help understanding the technological preferences of normies. Not that I'd assume that you're a normie, but I tend to gravitate away from sleek--I think. I'm assuming for now that sleek is different from slick. I tend to be turned off by anything (tech or otherwise) that has what I think of as slick, professional production values. Inevitably it means a big budget project, and if a tech project, monetized to the hilt. If a publication or something, I expect slick, professional looking publications to represent a "pro-business" attitude. For that reason my preferred web style is raw unstyled HTML.
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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 20-Apr-2026 00:17:30 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     On an initial free trial I've tried Vikunja - which seems like a great initiative but sadly cannot login to the cloud option on desktop and cannot move card orders on mobile. But seems very promising! Might try Stacks next.

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 20-Apr-2026 01:17:21 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Autonomic Co-op
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     @da5nsy @RadicalRoutes @autonomic Thank you! I've used Nextcloud and Deck for some of my previous work and it was pretty nifty and probably the closest I'll get it seems! I guess I could self-host, but not really set up for that as well as I'd like to be yet. I had no idea of those managed Nextcloud instances so thank you! Yes, it'd be great if they enabled Deck hehe!

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     Danny Garside (da5nsy@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 20-Apr-2026 01:17:23 JST Danny Garside

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     @MediaActivist

     We've been using Nextcloud Deck (https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/deck) for kanbans in @RadicalRoutes recently, and that seems to work moderately well.

     I just checked the open managed nextcloud instances I'm on ( @autonomic's cooperative.computer and thegood.cloud) and neither of them seem to have that app enabled by default, but I expect it could be enabled easily enough.

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Apr-2026 02:56:04 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Joplin

     Update: It's taken me far too much time, but at least I can tell you what I've settled on: Joplin, which my partner introduced me to years ago, syncs for a bargain price compared to others, is open source, privacy-focused, and offers a kanban board plugin (though not available on mobile for me just yet). I highly recommend! Check 'em out: @joplinapp

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 25-May-2026 05:59:45 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Danny Garside
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     @da5nsy @autonomic @RadicalRoutes A month later I'm finding that as great as Joplin is, especially for the price, it isn't working on all my devices and I really need synchronisation. I'm familiar with Nextcloud apps, including Deck (on desktop and mobile), but don't want to self-host it all just yet, soooo...let me get this right, these fine folks could host on my behalf for a fee?

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     Danny Garside (da5nsy@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 25-May-2026 05:59:47 JST Danny Garside

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     @autonomic @MediaActivist @RadicalRoutes

     Heck yeah. You stars! ✨

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     Autonomic Co-op (autonomic@sunbeam.city)'s status on Monday, 25-May-2026 05:59:48 JST Autonomic Co-op

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     @MediaActivist @da5nsy @RadicalRoutes We enabled it on coop comp right now!

     We've used it before, our fav that we use internally is Kanboard (https://kanboard.org/) with a little extra CSS to spruce it up. Extremely PHP app vibes. Solid and every feature you reach for already exists.

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 25-May-2026 06:14:34 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Danny Garside
     • Autonomic Co-op

     @da5nsy @autonomic Oh hell yeah. Thanks friend!

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     Danny Garside (da5nsy@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 25-May-2026 06:14:35 JST Danny Garside

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     @MediaActivist @autonomic

     Just sign up at https://cooperative.computer/ 👍