Plane
Track issues, epics, and product roadmaps in the simplest way possible (alternative to JIRA, Linear and Height).
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Still maintained? Yes: 199 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.4.3 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Jira, Asana, Monday.com, Linear and Productboard.
At a glance
Plane quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 61,722
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.4.3, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Plane
Full rankings: Jira alternatives, Asana alternatives, Monday.com alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Meet Plane, an open-source project management tool to track issues, run ~sprints~ cycles, and manage product roadmaps without the chaos of managing the tool itself. ๐งโโ๏ธ."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Plane scores 99/100, #2 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management: 199 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.4.3, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 61,722 stars add 19.2 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). It scores full marks on every term.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
199 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.4.3 released 2 days ago
- Stars 19.2 / 20
62k 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
- 199
- Last 90 days
- 785
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 45 tools in Software Development - Project Management by health , between Gitea (#1) and Huly (#3) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v1.4.3 ยท 2 days ago |
| Stars | 61,722 |
| Open issues | 816 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | makeplane/plane โ |
Plane vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Plane (Software Development - Project Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plane (this tool) | 99 | 62k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Huly | 98 | 28k | EPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| OpenProject | 97 | 17k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Leantime | 96 | 12k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Vikunja | 85 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Taiga | 67 | 858 | MPL-2.0 | yesterday |
Plane: common questions
What does Plane replace?
Repoly lists Plane as an open-source alternative to Jira, Asana, Monday.com, Linear and Productboard. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Plane stands against the others.
Is Plane still maintained?
Plane had 199 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.4.3, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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