Leantime
Lean project management system for small teams and startups helping to manage projects from ideation through delivery.
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Still maintained? Yes: 175 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.12.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Jira, Asana, Basecamp, Monday.com and Productboard.
At a glance
Leantime quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 11,935
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.12.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "⭐ If you find Leantime useful, please star us on GitHub! ⭐."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Leantime scores 96/100, #7 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management: 175 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.12.0, 15 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 11,935 stars add 16.3 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 3.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
175 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.12.0 released 15 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 16.3 / 20
12k 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
- 175
- Last 90 days
- 817
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 45 tools in Software Development - Project Management by health , between Kaneo (#6) and Forgejo (#8) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Latest release | v3.12.0 · 15 days ago |
| Stars | 11,935 |
| Open issues | 239 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | leantime/leantime ↗ |
Leantime vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Leantime (Software Development - Project Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plane | 99 | 62k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| OpenProject | 97 | 17k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Leantime (this tool) | 96 | 12k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Kanboard | 86 | 9.9k | MIT | today |
| Vikunja | 85 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Taiga | 67 | 858 | MPL-2.0 | yesterday |
Leantime: common questions
What does Leantime replace?
Repoly lists Leantime as an open-source alternative to Jira, Asana, Basecamp, Monday.com and Productboard. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Leantime stands against the others.
Is Leantime still maintained?
Leantime had 175 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v3.12.0, is from 15 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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