Top pick · highest health
Plane
Track issues, epics, and product roadmaps in the simplest way possible (alternative to JIRA, Linear and Height).
Docker
Task Management & To-do Lists
Open source alternatives to Jira
We track 8 open-source Jira alternatives, of which 6 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 5 ship a Docker image. Plane leads on health at 99/100 with 199 commits in the last 90 days; across all 8 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, EPL-2.0, GPL-2.0 and 3 other licences.
updated Oct 2026 8 alternatives best health 99 ★ 135k combined 8,415 commits / 90d 5 with Docker
Top picks to replace Jira
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Healthiest
Health 99/100: 199 commits in 90 days, latest release v1.4.3, Docker image available.
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Most active
6,297 commits in the last 90 days, more than any other option here.
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Permissive licence
MIT, so you can fork or embed it without publishing changes; health 86/100.
Showing 8 of 8 tools
All 8 Jira alternatives, ranked by health
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Huly
All-in-one project management platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion).
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OpenProject
Manage your projects, tasks and goals. Collaborate via work packages and link them to your pull requests on Github.
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Leantime
Lean project management system for small teams and startups helping to manage projects from ideation through delivery.
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Kanboard
Simple visual task board.
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Vikunja
The to-do app to organize your life.
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Taiga
Agile Project Management Tool based on the Kanban and Scrum methods.
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Redmine
Flexible project management web application.
Ruby
Jira alternatives compared
Plane edges Huly 99 to 98, and most of the difference is stars: 62k stars against 28k stars.
The most recent release is Plane v1.4.3, published 2 days ago. Taiga publishes no tagged releases, which costs up to 25 of the 100 points. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Nodejs (2), PHP (2) and Ruby (2) are the most common. Kanboard and Taiga are permissively licensed; Plane, Huly, OpenProject and 3 more are copyleft. Redmine is not hosted on a forge Repoly can read, so it has no measured score yet.
5 of these 8 also appear among the Asana alternatives; Huly, Kanboard and Redmine are specific to Jira.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit | Docker |
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| Plane Steady at 99 since 11 Sep | 99 | 62k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| Huly Steady at 98 since 11 Sep, no release for 3 months | 98 | 28k | EPL-2.0 | yesterday | Yes |
| OpenProject Steady at 97 since 11 Sep | 97 | 17k | GPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| Leantime Steady at 96 since 11 Sep | 96 | 12k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| Kanboard Steady at 86 since 11 Sep | 86 | 9.9k | MIT | today | No |
| Vikunja | 85 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today | No |
| Taiga | 67 | 858 | MPL-2.0 | yesterday | Yes |
| Redmine | 10 | 0 | GPL-2.0 | unknown | No |
Jira alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Jira?
Plane scores highest at 99/100, with 199 commits in the last 90 days, 62k stars on GitHub and its latest release (v1.4.3) published 2 days ago. OpenProject has the most raw commit activity at 6297 commits in 90 days.
Which Jira alternatives use a permissive licence?
2 of 8 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Kanboard (MIT), Taiga (MPL-2.0). 6 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Jira alternatives run in Docker?
5 of 8 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Plane, Huly, OpenProject, Leantime, Taiga. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.
Is Plane or Huly the better Jira alternative?
On measured health Plane leads, 99 to 98. Plane has 199 commits in 90 days, 62k stars and v1.4.3 from 2 days ago; Huly has 54 commits in 90 days, 28k stars and v0.7.426 from 4 months ago. Plane is ahead or level on every term Repoly measures.
Are the Jira alternatives still maintained?
6 of the 7 measured options score 70 or above. Every measured option had commits in the last 90 days. None scores under 40.
What languages are the Jira alternatives written in?
Nodejs: Huly and Taiga. PHP: Leantime and Kanboard. Ruby: OpenProject and Redmine. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.
