Boards Plugin in Maintenance Mode

In August 2023, Mattermost announced that the company would no longer support the Boards plugin and would transition to community support.

However, in the first half of 2024, after receiving feedback and evaluating the adoption of the Boards plugin among Enterprise customers, Mattermost decided to continue providing support for the plugin with its current capabilities.

The current state of Mattermost Boards

• The Mattermost Boards plugin is currently in maintenance mode. Mattermost is only supporting bug fixes for issues reported by our Enterprise customers, as well as security vulnerabilities, as needed.

• Mattermost is not actively developing new features for Boards, and there are no plans for future improvements in the roadmap.

• Boards has been removed from the in-product App Marketplace and is not enabled by default for new Mattermost instances.

What does this mean for current customers that are using Boards?

• If a customer is actively using Boards, they can continue to use it as-is with no action required. They will receive any bug fixes or security patches for Boards prepackaged with future server updates.

• If customers have new Boards feature requests, they can forward them to their CSM or Account Executive for future consideration; however, Boards isn't in the product roadmap at this time for any improvements or new features.

What does this mean for new Mattermost Enterprise customers?

• Boards is not available by default for new Enterprise customers with self-hosted or cloud-based installations.

• If Boards is table stakes for an Enterprise customer:

  • Self-hosted Enterprise customers can upload and enable Boards manually in the System Console.

  • Cloud Enterprise customers can request our Cloud Support Team enable Boards for their instance.

FAQ

I can’t find Boards in the Plugin Marketplace, isn’t Boards back?

Mattermost Boards has been removed from the in-product App Marketplace to limit new adoption due to the limited resources currently available to support it. However, you can manually upload Boards plugin to your self-hosted instance or request the Cloud Support team to activate it for your cloud instance. 

Where can I find Boards plugin bundle to manually upload?

The Boards plugin is currently prepackaged with the Mattermost server and can be found in the server’s installation directory. The default path is typically <mattermost-install-directory>/plugins. Additionally, you can find the latest plugin releases on the Boards plugin repository’s releases page.

Can I use Boards in Cloud?

The Boards plugin is not enabled by default in Cloud and is not available in the in-product App Marketplace. However, it can be enabled upon request to the Cloud Support team.

Is Boards only available for licensed servers? 

No, Boards remains available for all servers, regardless of license. However, due to limited support resources, priority is given to our Enterprise customers and addressing security vulnerabilities.

Do we also support Focalboard? 

No, Focalboard is now community-supported. The Boards plugin has been moved to its own repository under the Mattermost organization at mattermost/mattermost-plugin-boards . Meanwhile, the Focalboard repository has been transferred to the Community organization on GitHub.

What is the difference between Focalboard and Boards?

Boards is a plugin designed for managing boards within a Mattermost installation, while Focalboard offers the same boards functionality as a stand-alone deployment that does not require a Mattermost server. 

How do I export my Boards data?

• You can export your boards to CSV files. To do this, select the options menu (…) to the left of the New button at the top of the board, then select Export to CSV. The CSV will contain all the cards in that board and their associated properties. Learn more in our docs.
• If you’re missing cards in your CSV export, you may have a search query that’s filtering items in the board. Try clearing your search and exporting to CSV again.