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Share a Trello board without adding board guests
Export the whole board as JSON — lists, cards and recent activity — and publish only the cards and fields the other team needs.
IMPORT AVAILABLESYNC COMING
What you export
BULK SCOPEEntire board. Premium Workspace admins can also export all Workspace boards.
FORMATJSON (all board members) · CSV (Premium Workspaces)
Trello plan and export limits
- JSON includes board structure and the 1,000 most recent actions, including comments.
- CSV export is available to Premium Workspaces and omits comments.
- JSON is the recommended format for AlignLane.
Step by step
- 1Open the board menuBOARD → ··· MENUUse the board you want to share.
- 2ExportPRINT, EXPORT AND SHARE → JSONPremium Workspaces can choose CSV instead.
- 3UploadALIGNLANE → BOARD → IMPORTTrello JSON is detected automatically.
- 4Map lists and cardsMAPPING PREVIEWLists become statuses; choose which cards and fields are shared.
- 5PublishSHAREReview the import report, then copy the share link.
What crosses into AlignLane
Default mapping for a Trello export. Every field can be excluded before import; unknown or sensitive columns are excluded by default.
| Trello field | AlignLane field | Default |
|---|---|---|
| card.name | Title | Shared |
| list.name | Status | Shared |
| card.members | Visible owner | Shared |
| card.due | Due date | Shared |
| card.shortLink | Source ID + link | Shared |
| card.labels | Labels | Optional |
| card.desc | Description | Optional |
| actions (comments) | — | Excluded |
What stays internal
- Card comments and activity history
- Checklists
- Archived and closed cards
- Members’ email addresses
Excluded columns are not stored. Re-imports match rows by Trello ID and update only what changed — see the import docs.
AlignLane vs guest access in Trello
GUEST ACCESS IN TRELLOSingle-board guests are free on Trello Standard and Premium; guests on multiple boards are billed like members.A board guest sees every card on the board they join — there is no card-level concealment inside a board.Source ↗ (checked 2026-10-16)
A SHARED LANEUnlimited read-only viewers, only the tasks and fields you publish, and an Overview built around who owns the next move — without the client learning Trello.
Questions
Does the other team need Trello?
No. Read-only viewers open the AlignLane link. Sign-in is only required for identity or partner actions.
Is this live sync?
No. This is a bulk file import you can re-run. Live source sync is labelled separately when released.
Will re-importing create duplicates?
AlignLane matches source IDs where available and shows an import report. Duplicate-handling behaviour is covered in the import docs.
Why not just invite the client into Trello?
Sometimes that is enough. Single-board guests are free on Trello Standard and Premium; guests on multiple boards are billed like members. A board guest sees every card on the board they join — there is no card-level concealment inside a board.