The purchase will help Atlassian round out its portfolio of offerings that has predominantly been geared towards IT industry clients; Trello, with its Kanban-style boards and a flexible card-based interface can be used for managing all sorts of projects and teams – whether that’s gearing up to launch a new restaurant or planning a weekend potluck.

The purchase will help Atlassian round out its portfolio of offerings that has predominantly been geared towards IT industry clients; Trello, with its Kanban-style boards and a flexible card-based interface can be used for managing all sorts of projects and teams – whether that’s gearing up to launch a new restaurant or planning a weekend potluck.

That’s a lofty goal, but it isn’t impossible, given that Trello noted in 2014 that it had roughly 4.75 million users and has since expanded its user base to 19 million. For reference, Evernote hit the 100 million mark after its first six years in mid-2014 and claimed roughly 200 million last June