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.
Redmine
Long-running issue tracker and project manager with Gantt charts, time tracking, wikis and a large plugin ecosystem.
Alternative to
Will it still be around?
Stable
Score 75/100
Can a business use it freely?
Free, share changes
GPL-2.0-or-later · open source (copyleft)
Features compared
has,doesn't3 features
7/11 Jira features free in Redmine
Jira has every feature Redmine 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 Redmine has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | JiraStandard plan | Redmine7 of 11 free |
|---|---|---|
| Jira has, Redmine doesn't3 | ||
| Scrum boards and sprints | Included | PartlyThrough plugins |
| Kanban boards | Included | PartlyThrough plugins |
| Automation rules | IncludedMonthly run limit | No |
| Both have7 | ||
| Issue tracking with custom workflows | Included | YesCustom workflows per role |
| Timeline and roadmaps | Included | YesGantt chart and roadmap |
| Custom fields and issue types | Included | Yes |
| GitHub and GitLab integration | Included | YesRepository browser |
| Time tracking | Included | Yes |
| Project roles and permissions | Included | Yes |
| API and webhooks | Included | YesREST API |
| Neither has fully1 | ||
| SAML single sign-on | Higher planAtlassian Guard | PartlyLDAP; SAML and OIDC through plugins |
Sources
- Jira, checked 2026-10-09: atlassian.com
- Redmine, checked 2026-10-09: redmine.org
Flat Rate Deploy
A 25-user team on Jira Standard pays about $198 a month. Redmine on OpenTools costs $39 a month, setup included, so you save $159 a month, about $5,715 over three years.
Monthly cost
- Redmine on OpenTools
- $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: 75/100
Stable · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit 2 days ago (100/100).
- 794 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- No GitHub releases published, so release cadence is not scored.
Bus factor
30% weight39/100
- Top contributor wrote 71% of the last 100 commits (past 12 months).
- 2 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weightNot scored; its weight is shared by the other parts.
- Issues are disabled on GitHub, so this part is not scored.
License
Free, share changes
GPL-2.0-or-later · Open source (copyleft)
What you need to do
Free for any use, commercial included. Running it in your company, changed or not, asks nothing of you; only if you hand modified copies to others must you publish your changes under the same license.
For Redmine
Changes you distribute must be shared under the GPL.
GPL-2.0-or-later · 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).
License text checked 2026-10-09 · Read it
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 6.0k
- Forks
- 2.5k
- Commits, 12 mo
- 794
- last 2 days ago
- Releases
- –
- none on GitHub
- Contributors
- 8
- 2 in last 100 commits
- Issues
- Off
- disabled on GitHub
Snapshot from 2026-10-09
Top contributors
No pull requests merged on GitHub since 10 October 2025. Some projects, such as Odoo, merge changes outside GitHub's merge button, so their contributors don't show here yet.