Open-source Paymo alternatives

OpenProject is a web-based project management application for teams and organizations that value transparency, flexibility and control over their data. It covers projects, portfolios, products, tasks, bugs, agile workflows, roadmaps and team collaboration in one platform, and it is built with Ruby and Angular under the GPL-3.0 license.

Key capabilities include agile boards with Kanban and Scrum, project planning and scheduling with Gantt charts, product and release planning, bug tracking, and time tracking with cost reporting and budgeting. Collaboration tools cover wikis, forums, news, and meeting agendas and minutes. Integrations are listed for Nextcloud, XWiki, GitHub and GitLab, among others.

The project presents itself as an open-source alternative to Jira and Asana, along with tools such as MS Project, Monday and YouTrack. It can be self-hosted, which suits organizations with data sovereignty requirements. A free Community Edition is available to download, a 14-day free trial exists, and an Enterprise Edition adds support and add-ons in the cloud or on-premises.

Leantime is an open-source project management system designed for teams where most members are not trained project managers. It joins strategy, planning and execution in one tool and is built with neurodivergent users in mind, including people with ADHD, dyslexia and autism. The README pitches it as simple like Trello yet as capable as Jira.

Task management covers kanban boards, Gantt, table, list and calendar views, unlimited subtasks and dependencies, milestones, sprints and timesheets. Planning and strategy tools include goal and metrics tracking, idea boards, retrospectives, lean and business model canvases, SWOT and risk analysis. There are also wikis and documents, project dashboards, comments on everything, two-factor authentication, LDAP and OIDC, S3 or local file storage, plugins and an API, in over 20 languages.

Leantime is written in PHP, licensed under AGPL-3.0 and installs on your own server, with all of the listed features included in the open-source version. It is positioned as an alternative to Asana, ClickUp, Monday and Notion-style tools, and integrates with Slack, Mattermost and Discord. A hosted option is available at leantime.io.

Redmine is a configurable project management web application that you can host yourself. It is written with the Ruby on Rails framework, is cross-platform and cross-database, and can be configured to fit different ways of working. This repository is a GitHub mirror of the official Subversion repository.

The project site lists the main features: support for multiple projects, flexible role-based access control, an issue tracking system, a Gantt chart and calendar, news, documents and file management, feeds and email notifications, a wiki and forums for each project, and time tracking. Custom fields can be added to issues, time entries, projects and users. Integration covers Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and CVS, issues can be created by email, and LDAP authentication, user self-registration and multiple languages and databases are supported.

Redmine is open source software distributed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License. Plugins and themes extend it, and a user's guide, developer's guide, FAQ and online demo are available on the project site.

Worklenz is a project management application intended to help organizations plan work, track progress, and collaborate in one place. Teams can create projects, break them into tasks with due dates and priorities, assign people, and follow status through reports. The code is released under the AGPL-3.0 license.

Beyond task tracking, it offers time tracking on tasks and projects for resource allocation and billing, resource management, project templates, file sharing and comments for collaboration, and reports on project status, team workload, and performance. Analytics and an integration with MinIO for file storage are also part of the repository.

The frontend is built with React and Ant Design, and the backend uses TypeScript, Express.js, and PostgreSQL. You need Node.js 18 or newer and PostgreSQL 15 or newer, or you can use the Docker Compose quick start. It suits agencies and small to mid-sized teams who want a project and time-tracking tool they can run on their own servers.

Eigenfocus is a project management tool aimed at keeping things simple. It combines list and board views, issues with labels, comments and due dates, built-in time tracking with reports, and a Focus Space with timers and ambient sounds, without the clutter of heavier suites.

The free edition covers unlimited projects, boards and issues, Markdown descriptions and file attachments, and light and dark themes, and runs from a Docker image or Docker Compose file on port 3001. The PRO edition adds multiple users with roles and permissions, custom fields, grid and timeline views, custom statuses and issue types, project templates and SSO through Google, Microsoft, GitHub or OIDC.

PRO is sold as a one-time purchase rather than a subscription, and a managed Cloud edition is also available for teams that prefer not to host it. The license is listed as Other, and the app is built with Ruby. Environment variables control the host URL and SSL behavior.

Ever Teams is an open work and project management platform from Ever Co, described as the workplace for humans. It combines project and task management with time tracking, and its topics position it as an alternative to tools such as Jira and Linear, with kanban boards, issue tracking and team management.

The README states the platform is in active development, so it should be used with caution. Planned features include workforce management, time and activity tracking, productivity metrics, projects, tasks and issues, organizations and teams, tags and labels, integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Jira, and dark, black and light themes. It ships as a web platform, mobile apps for iOS and Android built with React Native and a browser extension, and it uses the headless APIs of Ever Gauzy, the company's open business management platform.

Hosted web, demo and staging applications are linked from the repository, along with documentation and a Storybook for the UI kit. Ever Teams is written in TypeScript and licensed under AGPL-3.0.