Plane
92 · HealthyIssue tracking with cycles, modules and pages, aimed at software teams.
Open source Project management
itsaplan
89 · HealthyIssue tracking and project planning with kanban boards, Gantt charts and AI agents that work alongside the team.
OpenProject
88 · HealthyProject management suite with Gantt charts, agile boards, time tracking and wikis.
Huly
84 · HealthyAll-in-one workspace combining issue tracking, docs, chat and video calls.
Leantime
83 · HealthyGoal-oriented project management designed with neurodivergent users in mind.
Redmine
75 · StableLong-running issue tracker and project manager with Gantt charts, time tracking, wikis and a large plugin ecosystem.
Paca
74 · StableScrum-focused project management with boards and sprints, built for teams that work alongside AI agents.
Kanboard
73 · StableMinimal kanban board focused on simplicity and low resource use.
Kan
73 · StableTrello-style boards with lists, cards, labels, comments and import from Trello.
Super Productivity
71 · StableTo-do list with timeboxing and time tracking that can pull tasks in from Jira, GitHub and GitLab.
Kaneo
71 · StableLightweight project management with boards, lists and timelines, designed to stay simple.
WeKan
70 · StableKanban boards with swimlanes, checklists, due dates and import from Trello.
Vikunja
64 · StableTo-do and project app with list, kanban, Gantt and table views.
Worklenz
49 · CautionProject management with tasks, timelines, workload views, time tracking and client portals.
Focalboard
14 · At riskKanban-style boards for tasks and projects, originally from Mattermost.
Source-available and unverified licenses
The code for these is public, but the license is not an OSI open source license, or we have not verified it yet. Check the license notes on each project before relying on it.
Multica
88 · HealthyTask board where people and AI coding agents pick up issues, report progress and work through the same backlog.
Fizzy
84 · HealthyKanban tool from 37signals where cards nobody touches fade away, keeping boards focused on current work.
PLANKA
68 · StableReal-time Kanban boards for teams, with projects, labels, attachments and notifications.
Multica
Task board where people and AI coding agents pick up issues, report progress and work through the same backlog.
Will it still be around?
Healthy
Score 88/100
Can a business use it freely?
Internal use only
Apache-2.0 + extra terms · source-available, not open source
Features compared
has,doesn't1 feature
3/4 Jira features free in Multica
Jira has every feature Multica has on this list.
✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 3
Headline Jira features on the Standard plan, and whether Multica has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | JiraStandard plan | Multica3 of 4 free |
|---|---|---|
| Jira has, Multica doesn't1 | ||
| Agile reports (burndown, velocity) | Included | PartlyUsage analytics |
| Both have3 | ||
| Issue tracking with custom workflows | Included | Yes |
| Kanban boards | Included | Yes |
| Automation rules | IncludedMonthly run limit | YesAutopilots on a schedule |
Sources
- Jira, checked 2026-10-09: atlassian.com
- Multica, checked 2026-10-09: github.com, multica.ai
Flat Rate Deploy
A 25-user team on Linear Basic pays about $250 a month. Multica on OpenTools costs $39 a month, setup included, so you save $211 a month, about $7,596 over three years.
Monthly cost
- Multica on OpenTools
- $39
- Linear
$250
You save each month
$211/mo
84% less than today
Saving from month one
You save
- Over 3 years
- $7,596
- In year one
- $2,532
List price checked 7 Oct 2026 · Source · Disclaimer
Health score: 88/100
Healthy · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit yesterday (100/100).
- 5553 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- 50+ releases in the past 12 months (100/100).
Bus factor
30% weight93/100
- Top contributor wrote 30% of the last 100 commits (past 12 months).
- 27 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weight61/100
- 64% of all issues are closed (1003 open, 1772 closed) (56/100).
- 19 of 30 recent issues got a reply or were closed (63/100).
License
Internal use only
Apache-2.0 + extra terms · Source-available, not open source
What you need to do
Free for use inside your own company. Hosting it for customers, selling it or building it into a product you sell needs a commercial license.
For Multica
Internal use is free, commercial included; hosting it for third parties or embedding it in a product you sell needs a commercial license.
Apache-2.0 with Multica additional conditions · Source-available, not open source. The code is public, but the license restricts how you can use it, usually by banning competing hosted services or capping production use. Not open source.
License text checked 2026-10-09 · Read it
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 52k
- Forks
- 6.8k
- Commits, 12 mo
- 5.6k
- last yesterday
- Releases, 12 mo
- 50+
- last 9 days ago
- Contributors
- 329
- 27 in last 100 commits
- Open issues
- 1.0k
- 1.8k closed
Snapshot from 2026-10-09
Top contributors
Points for pull requests merged into Multica and reviews of them since 16 September 2026 (older history is still loading). Building something another user asked for earns more. 37 people have points on Multica in all.
