Plane
Open-source Jira/Linear alternative with AI-assisted planning, self-hostable.
About
Plane is an open-source project-management platform that positions itself as a modern alternative to Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp. It covers issues, cycles (sprints), modules, pages/docs, and an inbox triage flow, with a Linear-style keyboard-driven UX. The project trended globally on GitHub and grew to 40,000+ stars, driven by frustration with legacy tools and a strong self-hosting story.
Plane AI can draft task descriptions, break requirements into sub-tasks, and help structure iteration plans from existing work items. It ships as both a hosted cloud product and a self-hosted deployment (Docker), and its core is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Limitations: AGPL-3.0 restricts how the code can be used in proprietary hosted offerings; some advanced enterprise features live only in the paid cloud tier; and as a fast-moving young project, upgrades occasionally require manual migration steps.
What it can do
- Issues, cycles, and modules
- Triage inbox
- Plane AI task drafting and planning
- Docs/pages
- Self-hosted deployment
- GitHub/Slack integrations
Setup
Use the hosted cloud at plane.so or self-host with Docker Compose from the makeplane/plane repo.
Prerequisites
For self-hosting: Docker and a Postgres instance; for cloud: just a workspace signup.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 66; Trending score 80/100 from researcher assessment.
★ 45,000 GitHub stars