Open-source YouTrack alternatives

Plane is an open-source project management tool for tracking issues, running sprints and managing product roadmaps. It is positioned as an alternative to Jira, Linear, Monday and ClickUp, and aims to keep the tool itself from getting in the way of the work.

The platform covers task and issue tracking, cycles for sprints, product roadmaps, documentation and a triage flow for incoming work, and topics also mention kanban boards and product management. It is built with a React and TypeScript front end and a Django and Python back end, using PostgreSQL and Redis, and it is packaged for Docker deployments.

You can start with a free account on Plane Cloud, the hosted option, or self-host Plane on your own servers using the deployment guides for full control over data and infrastructure. The code is AGPL-3.0 licensed. It suits teams moving off Jira or Linear who want an open codebase and the choice between a managed service and their own hardware.

Huly is an open-source platform meant to replace several tools at once, including Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion and Motion. Under the hood the Huly Platform is a framework for developing business applications such as CRM systems, and this repository includes applications for chat, project management, CRM, HR management and applicant tracking, with team and issue management covered too.

There are two important notices. First, the repository is frozen and no longer actively maintained, with development continuing in the Platform-Collective/platform repository. Second, the managed Huly service was shut down since nobody is funding its hosting any more. The remaining option is to self-host Huly or use another hosted provider, and the README points to a backup and restore guide and a community for migration help.

The code is written in TypeScript and licensed under EPL-2.0. Other teams have built products on top of the platform. Anyone interested in Huly today should look at the successor repository for current source code, issues and releases rather than relying on this one.

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.

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.

ZenTao is an all-in-one project management system built around agile development. Its scope goes beyond task boards to cover product management, project management, quality management with bug tracking, documentation, organization and office management, so teams can handle most of their process in a single self-hosted application.

The design supports three methodologies. The Scrum model is meant for fast software iterations, the Waterfall model puts weight on stages and strict process control for well-defined projects, and the Kanban model focuses on visualizing the flow of value. The maintainers present it as the first open-source project management software in China, with a history going back to 2009.

ZenTao is written in PHP and its project topics emphasize that it is self-hosted. The GitHub description promises free upgrades forever for the open-source edition, and the project website offers more detail on its other offerings. It suits software teams that want a single system for backlogs, sprints, test cases and bug reports and that are comfortable running a PHP application on their own server.

TaskView is a project and task management platform designed for small and growing software teams. It aims to offer more structure than a simple task board without the administrative overhead of large enterprise systems, and it can be run on your own infrastructure so that project data stays under your control.

Capabilities include custom workflows with configurable statuses, boards, roles and permissions, dependency and time tracking, analytics, and integrations with GitHub and GitLab. Projects can also be automated through an API, webhooks and MCP, so AI assistants that speak MCP can work with tasks. There are web, iOS and Android clients, and a graph view and kanban boards are mentioned in the topics. The README states it has no advertising or behavioral tracking.

The README calls TaskView source-available rather than open source, and the repository lists its licence as other, so review the terms before use. A hosted TaskView Cloud is available alongside the self-hosted community edition. The platform is built with TypeScript and Node.js, and suits agencies, startups and developers who want a self-hosted alternative to SaaS task managers.

Taiga Back is the backend part of Taiga, a project management platform. It is a Python codebase that serves the data and logic used by the Taiga front end, and it exposes an API that developers can use to build on top of Taiga.

The project maintains separate documentation hubs: an API reference for developers, installation guides for people who want to run Taiga on their own server, and a resources page for end users. Bugs can be reported through Taiga's own issue tracker, GitHub issues or by email, and a community forum handles setup questions. Code contributions are accepted under the MPL-2.0 license.

Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects, written in Python. It takes a minimalistic approach to web-based project management, with the stated mission of helping developers write great software while staying out of the way and imposing as little as possible on a team's established process.

It provides an interface to Subversion and Git, and other version control systems through plugins, an integrated wiki and convenient reporting. Wiki markup can be used in issue descriptions and commit messages, creating links and cross-references between bugs, tasks, changesets, files and wiki pages. A timeline lists all current and past project events in order, and a roadmap lists upcoming milestones. The Trac Project site provides a guide, FAQ, plugin list, cookbook and demos of the current stable release.

The GitHub repository is a mirror of the project maintained by Edgewall Software, the license is listed as Other with a BSD-style license in the topics, and you host Trac yourself on your own server. Its community runs on mailing lists and an IRC channel.

ActionView is an issue-tracking and project-management tool aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises that find commercial tools like Jira too expensive or too heavyweight to maintain over a project's lifetime. It positions itself explicitly as a free, open-source alternative with a modern single-page-application experience.

It supports agile Scrum and Kanban board views as well as a Gantt chart view, lets each project use either a global workflow or its own custom workflow with precisely controlled steps, offers configurable issue screens, a powerful filtering system with saveable custom filters, and a complete access-control model with user group authorization. Additional functionality includes custom notification schemes, per-issue activity history, worklogs and comments, team document sharing, a Markdown-based wiki, and statistical reporting across several dimensions.

The backend is built with the Laravel PHP framework and the frontend is a separate React and Redux application (actionview-fe). It supports installation on Ubuntu or CentOS with Apache or Nginx, as well as Docker. ActionView is released under the Apache-2.0 license, with a live demo available for evaluation.