Move from Trello to devBoard

By Darko Bačić, founder of App Tube · 9 October 2026 · Facts checked 9 October 2026

When you finish, your open Trello cards sit on a devBoard board. Your lists are its columns, and your labels are its tags (labels). It takes about 45 minutes for one board. devBoard has no Trello importer, so this is a move by hand. Your AI assistant does most of the typing.

Before you start

Move only open cards. Archived cards, old comments and card history stay in Trello, where you can still read them.

Save a copy first. Trello can export a board to a file. Which formats you get can depend on your plan. Keep the file as your backup.

You also need:

• The role of admin or owner in devBoard. Members cannot make projects, columns or tags.
• An AI assistant connected over MCP, for step 5. MCP is the open standard that lets an AI assistant use other tools.

Still deciding? Read devBoard vs Trello, or the list of Trello alternatives.

What maps to what

Trello is flat: a board holds lists, and a list holds cards. A devBoard board works the same way, with two more levels. A subtask is a step inside a task, so a checklist item becomes one. An epic is a big piece of work split into smaller tasks. Trello has nothing like it, so add epics later if you want them.

Steps

1. List the open cards

Open the board in Trello. Copy the titles of the cards you still need into a plain text note, list by list. Put each checklist item on the line under its card, indented. You now have one short list per board.

2. Make the project

In devBoard, open Projects and press New project. Type a Project name and a Key of two to six letters. Ana, a freelancer, uses BAK for her bakery app board. Press Create project. The board opens with To do, In progress and Done.

3. Copy your lists as columns

On the board, click Board columns in the header. Press Add column, type a Column name and pick its Group. A Trello list called Doing goes in the In progress group. Press Add column to save it. The board now has the same lists as in Trello, up to 20.

4. Add the tags

Open the project and choose Tags. Press New tag, type a Tag name and press Create tag. Make one for each Trello label you still use. The tags now show when you edit a task.

5. Let your assistant create the tasks

Paste one list into your assistant. For example: "Create these ten tasks in BAK, assign me, due next week. Make each indented line a subtask of the task above it." The assistant answers with a key for each new task, like BAK-1. This turns an afternoon of typing into a few minutes.

Not connected yet? Connect devBoard to Claude Code first. Trello has its own MCP server too, on by default on its Premium and Enterprise plans. Connect both, and the assistant can read the cards from Trello instead of your paste.

6. Put the cards in their columns

Ask: "Move BAK-3 and BAK-5 to In progress." Or drag the cards on the board. They now sit where they sat in Trello.

7. Stop adding cards in Trello

Tell everyone that new cards go into devBoard from today. Trello stays as the place to look things up.

Check that it works

Put the two boards side by side. Each column should hold the same number of cards. Open two or three tasks and check the subtasks, tags and due dates. A card with subtasks shows how many are done, like 2/5.

What you leave behind

None of these move.

• Comments and history. Copy a comment into the description if it still matters.
• Attachments. Download the ones you need and drop them on the card, up to 10 MB each.
• Power-Ups and the data they keep.
• Butler automations. A card moves when someone moves it.
• Archived cards and closed boards.
• Calendar and Timeline views. devBoard has a board view and a list view.

More setup help is in the guides.

If it does not work