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.
Plane
Issue tracking with cycles, modules and pages, aimed at software teams.
Alternative to
Will it still be around?
Healthy
Score 92/100
Can a business use it freely?
Free, share hosted changes
AGPL-3.0 · open source (copyleft) · relicensed stricter in 2023
Features compared
has,doesn't5 features
7/14 Jira features free in Plane
Jira has every feature Plane has on this list.
✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 7
Headline Jira features on the Standard plan, and whether Plane has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | JiraStandard plan | Plane7 of 14 free |
|---|---|---|
| Jira has, Plane doesn't5 | ||
| Agile reports (burndown, velocity) | Included | PartlyBasic analytics; dashboards paid |
| Custom fields and issue types | Included | Paid editionCustom properties and work item types are Pro |
| Automation rules | IncludedMonthly run limit | Paid editionPaid plans |
| GitHub and GitLab integration | Included | Paid editionIntegrations are Pro |
| Time tracking | Included | Paid editionWorklogs are paid |
| Both have7 | ||
| Issue tracking with custom workflows | Included | Yes |
| Scrum boards and sprints | Included | YesCycles |
| Kanban boards | Included | Yes |
| Backlog | Included | Yes |
| Timeline and roadmaps | Included | YesGantt layout |
| Project roles and permissions | Included | Yes |
| API and webhooks | Included | Yes |
| Neither has fully2 | ||
| Cross-team planning | Higher planPremium plan | Paid editionInitiatives are paid |
| SAML single sign-on | Higher planAtlassian Guard | Paid editionOIDC and SAML are Pro |
Sources
- Jira, checked 2026-10-09: atlassian.com
- Plane, checked 2026-10-09: plane.so, docs.plane.so
Flat Rate Deploy
A 25-user team on Jira Standard pays about $198 a month. Plane on OpenSoft costs $39 a month, setup included, so you save $159 a month, about $5,715 over three years.
Monthly cost
- Plane on OpenSoft
- $39
- Jira
$198
You save each month
$159/mo
80% less than today
Saving from month one
You save
- Over 3 years
- $5,715
- In year one
- $1,905
List price checked 7 Oct 2026 · Source · Disclaimer
Health score: 92/100
Healthy · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit yesterday (100/100).
- 781 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- 16 releases in the past 12 months (100/100).
Bus factor
30% weight100/100
- Top contributor wrote 23% of the last 99 commits (past 12 months).
- 24 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weight67/100
- 61% of all issues are closed (772 open, 1209 closed) (52/100).
- 23 of 30 recent issues got a reply or were closed (77/100).
License
Free, share hosted changes
AGPL-3.0 · Open source (copyleft)Relicensed 2023
What you need to do
Free for any use, commercial included. If you change the code and people outside your company use it over the network, you must publish your changes under the same license.
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 · Open source (copyleft). OSI-approved license that requires sharing changes under the same license when you distribute (AGPL: also when you offer it over a network).
Detected by GitHub as AGPL-3.0.
License history
- Apache-2.0 → AGPL-3.0 · Moved from Apache-2.0 to AGPL-3.0. · commit
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 61k
- Forks
- 6.0k
- Commits, 12 mo
- 781
- last yesterday
- Releases, 12 mo
- 16
- last 2 months ago
- Contributors
- 173
- 24 in last 99 commits
- Open issues
- 772
- 1.2k closed
Snapshot from 2026-10-08
Top contributors
How points workPoints for pull requests merged into Plane and reviews of them since 9 October 2025. Building something another user asked for earns more.
