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# Focalboard
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[Focalboard](https://www.focalboard.com) is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
It helps define, organize, track and manage work across individuals and teams. Focalboard comes in two editions:
* **Focalboard Personal Desktop**: A stand-alone desktop app for your todos and personal projects. This is a single-tenant locally run server running Focalboard for optimal speed and performance.
* **Focalboard Personal Server**: A self-hosted server for your team to collaborate.
The same MIT-licensed binary powers both desktop and server editions.
## Try out Focalboard
**Focalboard Personal Desktop (Windows, Mac or Linux Desktop)**
Try out **Focalboard Personal Desktop** by going to the Windows Store or the Apple AppStore, searching for `Focalboard` and installing to run the compiled version locally.
If you're running a Linux Desktop, [download the latest `focalboard-linux.tar.gz` release](https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/releases), unpack the `.tar.gz` archive, and open `focalboard-app` from the `focalboard-app` folder.
Note: For Windows and Mac users, while we don't yet offer **Focalboard Personal Desktop** outside of Store-based installs, it is in [consideration for the future](https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues/99) (please upvote the ticket if you're interested in this addition).
**Focalboard Personal Server (Ubuntu)**
You can download and run the compiled **Focalboard Personal Server** by following [our latest install guide](https://www.focalboard.com/download/personal-edition/ubuntu/).
To download the latest server release, see: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/releases
## Building the server
Please refer to the [Developer's Tips & Tricks](https://www.focalboard.com/contribute/getting-started/dev-tips/) for more detailed steps. Here's a summary:
First, install basic dependencies:
* Go 1.15+
* Node 10+ and npm
* Mingw64 on Windows
```
make prebuild
make
```
## Running and testing the server
To start the server, run `./bin/focalboard-server`
Server settings are in config.json.
Open a browser to [http://localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000) to start.
## Building and running standalone desktop apps
You can build standalone apps that package the server to run locally against SQLite:
* Mac:
* `make mac-app`
* run `mac/dist/Focalboard.app`
* *Requires: macOS Catalina (10.15)+, Xcode 12+.*
* Linux:
* Install webgtk dependencies
* `sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev`
* `sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev`
* `make linux-app`
* run `linux/dist/focalboard-app`
* *Tested with: Ubuntu 18.04*
* Windows:
* Open a git-bash prompt
* Install win-node-env `npm install -g win-node-env`
* `make win-wpf-app`
* run `cd win-wpf/msix && focalboard.exe`
* *Requires: Windows 10*
Cross-compilation currently isn't fully supported, so please build on the appropriate platform. Refer to the GitHub Actions workflows (build-mac.yml, build-win.yml, build-ubuntu.yml) for the detailed list of steps on each platform.
## Unit tests
Before checking-in commits, run: `make ci`, which is simlar to the ci.yml workflow and includes:
* Server unit tests: `make server-test`
* Webapp eslint: `cd webapp; npm run check`
* Webapp unit tests: `cd webapp; npm run test`
* Webapp UI tests: `cd webapp; npm run cypress:ci`
## Stay informed on progress
* **Changelog**: See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for the latest updates
* **Developer Discussion**: Join the [Developer Discussion](https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/discussions) board
* **Chat**: Join the [Focalboard community channel](https://community.mattermost.com/core/channels/focalboard)
## Share your feedback
File bugs, suggest features, join our forum, learn more here: https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/wiki/Share-your-feedback!
## Contributing
Contribute code, bug reports, and ideas to the future of the Focalboard project. We welcome your input! Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to get involved.