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Build your own Trello.

A complete AI build prompt for a visual Kanban board with cards, checklists, and due dates. Your own code, identity, and workflow.

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What your Trello-inspired app will do

Build an original visual project board called Boardwalk, inspired by Trello. It is for individuals planning projects with lists and cards. The primary flow is creating a board, adding cards to lists, and moving cards as work progresses.

  • Boards: create, rename, duplicate, and archive boards. Each board contains ordered lists; users can add, rename, reorder, and remove lists after choosing where existing cards should go.
  • Cards: create and edit titles, descriptions, colored labels, and due dates. Move cards between lists using drag-and-drop or an accessible move menu. Persist list and card order.
  • Card details: add a checklist, tick checklist items, show completion progress, and record dated text notes. Archive cards and restore them from a board archive.
  • Find work: search cards by title and description; filter by label or due status; clear filters in one action. Show overdue dates without relying only on color.
  • Starting points: offer an original personal tasks board and a project launch board, plus a completely blank board. Export and import board data as validated JSON.

Is a DIY Trello alternative right for you?

Trello is an approachable reference for a first software clone project. A personal board has a small set of entities and visible state changes, so you can build a useful version without starting with team infrastructure.

A useful first project: A personal project launch plan, household board, or editorial pipeline with just a few lists and reusable card details.

Start with a smaller version

Create a card, move it to another list, tick a checklist item, reload, and verify the final state. Include a move menu so the board remains usable without dragging.

Know the tradeoffs

The personal MVP stores data in the browser. Sharing boards, managing member access, and synchronizing changes across devices require a backend. JSON exports help move data between local instances.

Understand the build-vs-buy tradeoffs

Building your own Trello: useful answers

Is this a ready-to-use Trello alternative?

This page provides a customizable build brief for a visual Kanban board with cards, checklists, and due dates. It is not a hosted app. Your AI coding agent implements the software; you then need to test, run, and maintain it.

Can I customize the Trello clone prompt?

Yes. Choose Product & audience, Design, Features, Tech stack, or Data & behavior in the editor. Save and copy the complete assembled prompt, or download it as Markdown. Edits are saved in this browser.

What does the starting version leave out?

Verify that card moves and checklist progress survive reload, filters do not modify stored order, archives are reversible, and invalid imports leave existing data untouched. Support touch and keyboard alternatives to dragging. Keep shared permissions, automations, and external integrations outside the MVP.

Original software. Familiar inspiration.
Use your own brand, code, layout, and assets. Clone4.me is independent and is not affiliated with Trello. Read our approach.

Curated by Clone4.me · AI-assisted build briefs · Scope reviewed October 14, 2026

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