Migration guide
Migrate from Nifty to Planoda
Nifty packs roadmaps, tasks, docs, and chat into one approachable tool for small teams, but its engineering depth and AI stay light. This guide moves your projects and tasks into Planoda so the all-in-one feel survives — on one schema that stays fast — while engineering gains a real tracker.
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Migration in short
- Migrating from Nifty to Planoda is a 7-step path: export, map, import, verify, then cut over.
- Start by exporting from Nifty — Export from Nifty, then map every field to its Planoda equivalent.
- 9 Nifty concepts map onto Planoda fields (issues, workflow states, cycles, estimates, labels, and more), previewed before anything is written.
- Run both tools in parallel for a short overlap, reconcile the counts, then make Planoda the system of record — no work is left behind.
Step by step
How to move from Nifty
Export from Nifty
Export each project's tasks to CSV from the task view (project → Tasks → ⋯ → Export), which pulls tasks with their task list, status, assignees, due dates, and priorities. The Nifty API is the richer path for milestones, subtasks, and many projects at once.
Map projects, task lists, and milestones
A Nifty project maps to a Planoda team or project, task lists become board columns or workflow states, and tasks become issues. Nifty milestones map to cycles for time-boxed work or to projects/initiatives for larger deliverables.
Translate subtasks, tags, and docs
Subtasks map to sub-issues, tags map to labels, and assignees match by email. Keep long-form Nifty docs in your docs tool and link them from issues, or move short-form content into the issue's rich-text description.
Import into Planoda
Drop your cleaned export into the CSV importer, or push records through the public REST API for large or incremental loads. The importer previews the mapping and flags any rows that need attention before anything is written.
Verify the imported data
Spot-check a sample of issues against the source: titles, assignees, states, priorities, comments, and links. Run a count reconciliation so the totals match before you trust the new workspace.
Run both tools in parallel
Keep the old tool read-only for a short overlap window while your team learns the new workflows. Route all new work into Planoda so nothing is created in two places.
Cut over and archive the source
Once the team is comfortable and open work is in sync, freeze the source tool, export a final backup, and make Planoda the system of record. Update bookmarks, integrations, and team docs.
Field mapping
What maps to what
How Nifty concepts map onto Planoda.
| Nifty | Planoda |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | Workspace |
| Project | Team / Project |
| Task list | Board column / Workflow state |
| Task | Issue |
| Subtask | Sub-issue |
| Status | Workflow state |
| Milestone | Cycle / Project |
| Tag | Label |
| Assignee | Assignee |
Pro tips
Make the move smoother
Use the Nifty API export when milestones and subtasks matter; CSV is fine for a single task-heavy project.
Map milestones to cycles first — it's the cleanest mapping and unlocks velocity reporting immediately.
Keep long-form docs linked rather than re-created in the tracker, and lean on issue comments for discussion.
FAQ
Migrating from Nifty — FAQ
A note from the founder
“I'm building Planoda in the open and putting my name on it. No borrowed logos, no invented stats — just the work, shipped and auditable. If it doesn't earn your trust, tell me.”
Dmitrii Selikhov is the founder of Planoda and a lead full-stack engineer with 15+ years building developer tools and leading teams as a technical lead, software architect, and CTO.
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Make the switch
Leave Nifty behind this weekend.
Bring your Nifty export — we'll match every workflow, field by field.