TickTick vs Kanri
Kanri is a narrower, offline-first Kanban alternative rather than a feature-complete TickTick replacement. Choose Kanri for local desktop boards, visual card workflows, and inspectable open-source code without accounts or built-in cloud sync. Choose TickTick when cross-device synchronization, calendar planning, reminders, habits, focus timers, or broader list-based task management are essential.
Decision guide
The practical reasons to choose either option, based on documented capabilities.
Choose Kanri if
- Individuals managing work primarily through offline Kanban boards
- Desktop users who want local JSON storage without an account or internet connection
- Users who need customizable columns, cards, subtasks, due dates, tags, and rich-text descriptions on Windows, macOS, or Linux
Stay with TickTick if
- You require automatic cross-platform synchronization; Kanri states that cloud sync will never be built in
- You rely on calendar planning, habit tracking, Pomo focus sessions, or task statistics, which are not documented as current Kanri features
- You need production-ready reminders; reminders appear only on Kanri's roadmap rather than in its current feature list lower risk tolerance is important because Kanri is still in active development and recommends regular—
Deployment and operations
Kanri is a local desktop application for recent Windows, macOS, and Linux versions. Installers are available from its download page and GitHub Releases, with Homebrew also supported on macOS. Apple Silicon users may need to remove quarantine attributes because the app is unsigned. Source builds require Node.js, a package manager, and the Tauri development environment. The supplied repository facts mark it as self-hostable, but no Docker or Kubernetes packaging is provided; the primary documented
Migration considerations
Kanri documents basic Trello import and granular or full export, but no TickTick importer or direct TickTick compatibility. A TickTick migration would therefore require an unsupported manual or intermediate process based on the supplied material. Kanri stores offline data in a single JSON file and recommends regular exports/backups.
Feature fit
What Kanri covers
- Task-like cards with completion workflows
- Kanban board views
- Subtasks or checklist-like items
- Due dates
- Project grouping through boards
- Task detail descriptions
What’s different or missing
- No built-in cloud synchronization
- No documented calendar planning views
- No current reminders; roadmap item only
- No documented habit tracking
- No documented Pomo focus timer
- No documented task-history statistics
- No documented TickTick import
- No documented mobile apps
Project snapshot
- GitHub stars
- 1,994
- Contributors
- 28
- Language
- Vue
- Last commit
- Jul 15, 2026
- Latest release
- Sep 24, 2025
Categories: Calendars & Scheduling, Workflow Automation, Project Management, Task Management
Sources and editorial review14 linked sources
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Modern offline Kanban board app for Windows, MacOS and Linux made with Tauri and Nuxt.
repository description · github.comKanri helps you create Kanban boards easily, right from your desktop. No internet connection or account needed.
readme · github.comFamiliar Kanban board layout with customizable columns, cards, including rich-text descriptions, sub-tasks, due-dates and tags
readme · github.comOffline data storage in one simple `.json` file
readme · github.comBasic data import from Trello, granular or full export for backups.
readme · github.comthere will never be any cloud sync built in.
readme · github.comreminders, card images, etc.
readme · github.comKanri is supposed to be a simpler, more user-friendly *offline* alternative to other cloud-based Kanban applications.
verdict · github.comFamiliar Kanban board layout with customizable columns, cards, including rich-text descriptions, sub-tasks, due-dates and tags
shared feature · github.comthere will never be any cloud sync built in.
missing feature · github.comKanri is available for Windows, macOS and Linux (only supporting more recent versions of the respective operating systems).
deployment · github.comLicensed under GPL v3 (with some files under Apache 2.0 or other licenses stated in the files themselves).
deployment · github.comBasic data import from Trello, granular or full export for backups
migration · github.comThis project is still in active development and is provided "AS IS". Please make regular backups/exports to prevent any data loss.
consider original · github.com
