What's installed on your Planka server?
- Planka 2.2 Community, from the official Docker image
- PostgreSQL 17 database
- An account named yonetici (Turkish for admin), with a generated password shown in your panel
- A persistent volume for files attached to cards
- HTTPS through Caddy on an sslip.io address based on your IP, so a domain is optional
- Firewall with only ports 22, 80 and 443 open
What size do you need for Planka?
Planka's documentation gives no RAM or CPU figures. As a rule of thumb, start a small team on 1 GB, since PostgreSQL runs on the same server, then look at 2 GB as users and boards grow, and 4 GB for busy teams. There's no fixed headcount, because the people working at once and the number of cards drive the load. Files attached to cards build up on disk. You can grow RAM, CPU and disk separately from your panel, and your data and IP address stay the same.
| Use | Size | Price | Choose |
|---|---|---|---|
| A few people | 1 GB RAM · 1 vCore · 25 GB NVMe | $2.58/mo | |
| Small team | 2 GB RAM · 1 vCore · 40 GB NVMe | $4.01/mo | |
| Company | 4 GB RAM · 2 vCore · 60 GB NVMe | $6.89/mo |
Who is it for?
- Small teams that track their work on a Kanban board
- People leaving Trello who want their boards on their own server
- Organisations setting up a task board for internal use
- Anyone organising personal or family projects with cards
What happens after you order?
- Set the size and complete your payment.
- Your server starts and Planka installs itself. Carry on when the App row in your panel says Planka is ready.
- On the Overview tab, click Open app. The login is yonetici, and the password is in the Password row.
- On your first login, read and accept Planka's terms of use.
- Add your teammates from the admin screen, then create your first project and board.
With every server
- Daily backups included in the price
- Unlimited traffic
- Full root access
- Scale RAM and CPU up or down later, and grow the disk
- Location: Istanbul · IST-1.
Good to know
- Planka comes under the Fair Use License. Personal, educational and in-house use is allowed. Running it as a hosted service for third parties for commercial gain is prohibited and needs a commercial licence.
- Phone and tablet support, calendar views, recurring cards and SSO are in the paid Pro edition, which isn't included in the price. Planka says moving to Pro is one-way.
- The install sets the admin account's first email and password and then removes that setting, so you can change your email and password from your profile as you like.
- Outgoing email isn't set up. For email notifications, add your own SMTP service to compose.yaml through the SMTP_ variables. The service isn't included in the price.
- Planka is pinned to version 2.2.1, and new releases don't arrive by themselves. Updating is your responsibility: change the tag in compose.yaml and run docker compose up -d.
Planka questions and answers
How much RAM does Planka need?
Planka publishes no RAM figure. As a rule of thumb, 1 GB is a good start for a small team, moving to 2 GB as users and boards grow. If that isn't enough, scale up from your panel. Your boards and IP address stay the same.
Is Planka free, and can my company use it?
The Community edition is free and can be used inside your organisation. The Fair Use License only rules out offering it to third parties as a service for commercial gain, or sharing accounts across organisations. Those uses need a commercial licence.
Can I import my Trello boards into Planka?
Yes. Export your Trello board as JSON, then choose Import and Trello when creating a new board in Planka. Users and attachments don't come across, and only one checklist per card is supported.
Does Planka work on phones?
Planka's comparison table lists phone and tablet support under the paid Pro edition only. If your team will mostly work from phones, weigh that up early.
What features does Planka include?
The Community edition has boards, lists and cards, real-time collaboration, Markdown descriptions, checklists, due dates, a stopwatch, custom fields, comments, attachments, notifications through 100+ providers, webhooks and a REST API.
How do I connect my own domain to Planka?
Point the A record at your server's IP address and add the name to the Caddy settings. Then change SITE_URL in the .env file and run docker compose up -d, because Planka's BASE_URL setting reads that address.