# PLANKA privacy rating

Self-hostable kanban board for teams with real-time updates, card attachments, notifications and Markdown descriptions. Offered as a free Community edition and a paid Pro edition or hosted service.

## Summary

PLANKA scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the task management criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It partly meets open source. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).

- Website: https://planka.app
- Source code: https://github.com/plankanban/planka
- Jurisdiction: Germany. Fourteen Eyes member. EU member (GDPR).
- Platforms: Web
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Task management](https://privacyratings.com/task-management/)
- Grade: C (65/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Partial | Source-available under the PLANKA Community License, a fair-use license that restricts commercial hosting and is not OSI-approved. Pro features are proprietary. | https://github.com/plankanban/planka/blob/master/LICENSE.md |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | No third-party trackers. The website counts visits on its own servers as daily totals, with no cookies, IP addresses or identifiers, and the software sends no telemetry. | https://planka.app/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by Pro licenses and hosted plans, with no ads. The privacy policy says data is not sold. | https://planka.app/pricing |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/task-management/planka/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/task-management/planka.md