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20 self-hosted Linear alternatives

Linear is a SaaS issue tracking and project management tool for software teams to plan, track, and manage product development using issues, cycles, roadmaps, triage, custom workflows, integrations, and built-in analytics.

Alternatives to Linear

Open-source alternative to Jira/Linear for tasks, cycles, docs and analytics; offers cloud and self-hosted deployments.

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58.4k stars5.5k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Huly is an open-source all-in-one platform combining project management, team chat, and collaborative documentation as an alternative to tools like Jira, Linear, Slack, and Notion.

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27.5k stars2.1k forksEPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Open source project management tool with boards, tasks, templates, and team collaboration—an alternative to Trello, Asana, and Notion.

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26.4k stars2.6k forkslast commit Slowing down

WeKan is an open-source Kanban board app with real-time collaboration, boards/lists/cards, access controls, and multiple deployment options like Docker.

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21.1k stars3k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

OpenProject is an open source project management platform for planning, tracking, and collaborating on work with Gantt charts, agile boards, roadmaps, and time reporting.

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15.9k stars3.4k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted, real-time Kanban board built with React and Node.js; supports collaborative boards, markdown notes, SSO, and flexible notifications.

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12.5k stars1.4k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Leantime is an open-source, PHP-based project management system combining strategy, planning and execution with Kanban, Gantt, dashboards, wikis, time tracking and AI-assisted features.

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11.5k stars1.1k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open source Kanban project management tool with boards, tasks, WIP limits, search, and automation, designed for simple self-hosted team workflows.

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9.8k stars2k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Open-source, self-hostable project management with kanban/list views, GitHub sync, PostgreSQL backend and Docker/Helm deployment options.

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8.6k stars716 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Open source agile project management tool with Scrum and Kanban boards, issue tracking, backlog planning, and team collaboration features.

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2.1k stars520 forksMPL-2.0last commit Slowing down

MantisBT is a free web-based issue tracker for managing bugs, tasks, and projects with customizable workflows, email notifications, and role-based access control.

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1.8k stars764 forkslast commit Actively maintained

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ZenTao is an open source project management system for agile teams, combining product planning, Scrum/Kanban execution, bug tracking, testing, docs, and reporting.

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1.7k stars406 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Nextcloud Deck is a Kanban-style project and personal task management app for Nextcloud, with boards, cards, labels, comments, and file attachments.

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1.4k stars350 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Bugzilla is an open source, web-based bug and issue tracker for managing products, components, milestones, and releases with powerful search and workflows.

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852 stars316 forksMPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source realtime Kanban-style board for teams with an advanced Markdown editor, SSO, import/export, and Docker deployment. Built with React and Sails.js on PostgreSQL.

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698 stars123 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Kanba is a lightweight, open-source Trello-style project management tool with boards, lists, and team collaboration, built for simple, fast self-hosting.

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651 stars106 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

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Open-source Kanban board and task management app built with ASP.NET Core Blazor. Supports projects, boards, cards, subtasks, time-tracking, attachments, reminders and Trello import.

292 stars15 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

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Self-hosted PHP project management and issue tracking system with multi-project support, milestones, custom fields, built-in Markdown wiki, and REST API.

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204 stars30 forksGPL-3.0last commit Slowing down

Python-based, highly customizable issue tracker with web, email, REST, XML-RPC and CLI interfaces; supports multiple databases and extensible workflows.

43 stars15 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Tuleap is an all-in-one Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform combining project management, issue tracking, source code management, and CI integration.

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What replacing Linear actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 16 of 20 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, EPL-2.0, MIT, GPL-3.0, MPL-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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