Huly
All-in-one project management platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion).
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Still maintained? Yes: 54 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.7.426 (Jul 2026).
Also an alternative to Notion, Slack, Jira and Linear.
At a glance
Huly quick facts
- Health score
- 98/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 28,017
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.7.426, Jul 2026
- Licence
- EPL-2.0
Top alternatives to Huly
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "⭐️ Your star shines on us. Star us on GitHub!"
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Huly scores 98/100, #3 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management: 54 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.7.426, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 28,017 stars add 17.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
54 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.7.426 released 4 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.8 / 20
28k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 54
- Last 90 days
- 697
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 45 tools in Software Development - Project Management by health , between Plane (#2) and OneDev (#4) .
Details
| Licence | EPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, K8S, Nodejs |
| Latest release | v0.7.426 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 28,017 |
| Open issues | 669 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | hcengineering/platform ↗ |
Huly vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Huly (Software Development - Project Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plane | 99 | 62k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Huly (this tool) | 98 | 28k | EPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| OpenProject | 97 | 17k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Vikunja | 85 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Taiga | 67 | 858 | MPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Colanode | 58 | 5.2k | Apache-2.0 | 7 months ago |
Huly: common questions
What does Huly replace?
Repoly lists Huly as an open-source alternative to Notion, Slack, Jira and Linear. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Huly stands against the others.
Is Huly still maintained?
Huly had 54 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.7.426, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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