project management / issue tracking / agile planning
OpenProject is a self-hosted, web-based project management suite offering agile boards, issue tracking, Gantt charts, time tracking, and team collaboration.
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
Choose when you want a permissively licensed, Go-based PM that makes AI agents first-class board members.
AI-native, free, open-source alternative to Jira, Trello, ClickUp & Monday. Built for Scrum teams where humans and AI agents collaborate as equals — on the same board, the same sprints, the same goals. Self-hosted. Fully customizable via config and plugins.
Choose when you want an Elixir-based company operating system with goals and projects rather than a Ruby monolith.
The open source company operating system.
Choose when you prefer a TypeScript/AGPL Linear-style PM with built-in AI agents and a lighter UI.
Open-source, self-hosted alternative to Linear and Plane. Project management and issue tracking where teams and AI agents work side by side to plan and ship products.
Choose when you want a modern, actively developed TypeScript/AGPL PM with a polished UI and docs/issue tracking.
🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platform to manage tasks, sprints, docs, and triage.
Choose when you want an all-in-one PM plus chat/notion-style docs to replace several tools.
Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)
Choose when you want a goals-first, neurodivergent-friendly PM with a simpler UX than OpenProject.
Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.
Choose when you want a modern, MIT-licensed PM that is intentionally leaner than OpenProject.
🎯 All you need. Nothing you don't. Open source project management that works for you, not against you.
Choose when you need a mature Scrum/agile PM with built-in bug tracking and an active PHP codebase.
Zentao is an agile(scrum) project management system/tool, Free Upgrade Forever!
Choose when you want a self-hosted, analytics-focused PM with calendar planning and realtime email.
Self-hosted project management, featuring customizable project boards, cross-project workload and flow analytics, calendar-aware planning, a sticky-note wall, portable imports/backups, realtime email notifications, and a MCP/Agent automation layer.
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
Choose only when a simple self-hosted kanban/notes board is enough and you don't need Gantt or portfolio features.
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
Choose only when you need a lightweight, realtime kanban board and not a full PM suite.
PLANKA is the Kanban-style project mastering tool for everyone
Choose only when a realtime kanban board is all you need and you want a minimal self-hosted tool.
Straightforward realtime kanban boards management for intuitive task tracking. 4ga Boards features an elegant dark mode, collapsible todo lists, and multitasking tools to supercharge your team's productivity.
Choose only for legacy Java environments where an archived, unmaintained self-hosted PM is acceptable.
An open source, free, high performance, stable and secure Java Application Business Platform of Project Management and Document
Choose only when you need an enterprise-grade issue tracker and not the full PM/Gantt suite.
Request Tracker, an enterprise-grade issue tracking system
Choose only for a lightweight PHP agile PM if you accept an unmaintained codebase.
GitScrum is a Project Management Tool, developed to help entrepreneurs, freelancers, managers, and teams Skyrocket their Productivity with the Agile methodology and Gamification.
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
Choose when you need a desktop-only Gantt scheduling app rather than a collaborative web server.
Official GanttProject repository.
These projects were analysed and named openproject among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how openproject rates them is a separate judgement, made when openproject is analysed in its own right.
calls openproject “Choose this for a mature on-premise project management platform with Gantt charts and time tracking, and if you prefer a long-established Ruby ecosystem over a modern collaborative UI.”
🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platform to manage tasks, sprints, docs, and triage.
calls openproject “Choose when you want a mature, GPL-licensed PM with Gantt and roadmaps, without chat/CRM modules.”
Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)
calls openproject “Mature GPL-3.0 project management suite; choose it when you need traditional project/portfolio planning and Gantt charts.”
Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.
calls openproject “if you need portfolio management and Gantt charts with a GPLv3 Ruby on Rails codebase”
🎯 All you need. Nothing you don't. Open source project management that works for you, not against you.
calls openproject “choose when you need traditional PM with Gantt, issue tracking, and structured workflows.”
PLANKA is the Kanban-style project mastering tool for everyone
calls openproject “Choose when you need portfolio management, Gantt charts, and traditional PM modules; GPL-3.0, Ruby-based.”
Kanban project management software
calls openproject “choose if you need enterprise Gantt/portfolio/classic project management and a Ruby stack instead of AI-native Scrum.”
AI-native, free, open-source alternative to Jira, Trello, ClickUp & Monday. Built for Scrum teams where humans and AI agents collaborate as equals — on the same board, the same sprints, the same goals. Self-hosted. Fully customizable via config and plugins.