Best self-hosted project management for Developer / Engineering Teams (2026)

OpenProject is a leading open-source project management platform that runs entirely on your own infrastructure. The free Community Edition gives unlimited users and projects work-package tracking, Gantt charts, agile boards (Scrum/Kanban), time and cost tracking, roadmaps, and per-project wikis. It began in 2012 as a fork of ChiliProject (itself a fork of Redmine) and is maintained by OpenProject GmbH in Berlin, which also sells Enterprise on-premises and cloud editions.

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Plane is a modern, fast open-source project management platform positioned as an alternative to Jira, Linear, and ClickUp. Its AGPL-3.0 Community Edition self-hosts on Docker or Kubernetes at full parity with Plane Cloud, offering issue tracking, sprints/cycles, Kanban and Gantt views, project wikis (Pages), and an AI workspace. Founded in 2022 with teams in San Francisco and Hyderabad, it is the most-starred open-source PM project on GitHub.

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Taiga is a free, open-source project management platform built for cross-functional agile teams working in Scrum or Kanban. Self-hostable on your own server (Docker), it offers backlogs, sprints, story points, customizable Kanban boards, issue tracking, a wiki, and time-tracking integrations, with a deliberately clean, usability-first interface. It is developed by Kaleidos Ventures SL in Madrid, Spain, and the backend is built on Django/Python.

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AppFlowy is a privacy-first, open-source workspace that brings projects, wikis, and team collaboration together, widely regarded as the leading open-source alternative to Notion. It offers documents, databases with grid/board/calendar views, project tracking, and AI features, and can be self-hosted (AppFlowy Cloud) so teams keep full control of their data. Built largely in Rust and Dart (Flutter) for cross-platform native apps, it is AGPL-3.0 licensed and was founded in 2021.

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Huly is an open-source, all-in-one project management platform positioned as an alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, and Motion. It combines issue/project tracking, virtual office with built-in chat and video, collaborative docs, a team planner with time-blocking, two-way GitHub sync, and modules spanning HR/ATS and CRM. Licensed under EPL-2.0 with a Docker-first self-host repo (huly-selfhost), it is built by Hardcore Engineering Inc. and is one of the fastest-growing open-source PM platforms.

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Redmine is a long-running, free and open-source web-based project management and issue-tracking tool written in Ruby on Rails. Released in 2006 by Jean-Philippe Lang, it offers flexible issue tracking with custom workflows, Gantt charts, a calendar, time tracking, per-project wikis and forums, document management, and multi-project support, all extensible through a large plugin ecosystem (including agile boards). It is GPL-2.0 licensed and self-hosted on your own server.

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Kanboard is a free and open-source Kanban project management tool focused on simplicity and minimalism. Created by Frédéric Guillot and first released in 2014, it offers a clean drag-and-drop board with configurable columns, work-in-progress (WIP) limits, swimlanes, task filtering via a simple query language, subtasks, automatic actions, and a plugin system. It is MIT-licensed and self-hosts on a basic PHP server using SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.

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Tuleap is an open-source Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and project management platform that unifies agile planning, issue/tracker management, document management, Git/SVN code hosting, code review, CI/CD, and test management in one self-hosted system. The Community Edition is free under GPL-2.0; an Enterprise edition adds support and premium features. Originally built by Enalean in Saint-Alban-Leysse, France, Tuleap was acquired by Dassault Systèmes in April 2026.

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Vikunja is a fast, self-hostable open-source to-do and project manager positioned as an alternative to Todoist, ClickUp, and Notion-style task tools. Written in Go, it offers list, Kanban, Gantt, and table views, subtasks, reminders, attachments, filters, and team sharing, with core features (including reminders and attachments) not paywalled. The core is AGPL-3.0 and free to self-host; Vikunja Cloud and a Pro tier add hosted convenience and admin features.

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Wekan is a completely free and open-source collaborative Kanban board, MIT-licensed and built with Meteor. Maintained by Lauri Ojansivu since 2016, it offers boards, lists, cards, swimlanes, drag-and-drop, due dates, task assignments, custom fields, granular permissions, and real-time collaboration with no artificial limits. It self-hosts on your own server or via Docker/Snap and is favored by privacy-focused teams that want a Trello alternative they fully control.

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ZenTao is an open-source project management system built around Scrum, Waterfall, and Kanban, with a strong emphasis on software R&D workflows. Developed by EasyCorp (Easysoft), it covers product/backlog management, sprints and tasks, bug tracking, test/QA management, document management, CI, and to-do management in one tool. The free Community edition is dual-licensed under ZPL and AGPL and self-hosts on a PHP stack; paid Pro and Biz editions add advanced features and support.

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Phorge is a community-maintained open-source software development and project management platform, forked from Phabricator after its original maintainer discontinued it in 2021. Phorge picks up Phabricator's tooling: Maniphest (tasks/bug tracking and project management), Differential (code review), Diffusion (repository hosting), Phriction (wiki), and workboards (Kanban). It is Apache-2.0 licensed, self-hosted on a PHP stack, and actively developed by a non-profit community in 2026.

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Worklenz is an open-source, all-in-one project and work management platform built to help teams plan, assign, and track work, with task management, multiple views, time tracking, resource/workload management, and client portals. Developed by Ceydigital Solutions in Bandarawela, Sri Lanka, it was open-sourced in May 2024 under the AGPL-3.0 license and self-hosts via Docker; a free hosted tier (up to ~12 seats) and paid Pro/Business plans are also offered.

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Focalboard is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana, created by Mattermost. It provides board, table, gallery, and calendar views over cards with custom properties, templates, and filtering, available both as a standalone self-hosted server (Personal Server) and bundled into Mattermost as Boards. As of September 2023 Mattermost moved Focalboard to community maintenance; the repository remains active with community commits into 2026 but is no longer a primary Mattermost roadmap item.

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Tracks is a free, open-source, self-hosted web application built to help you implement David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. Written in Ruby on Rails and licensed under the GNU GPL, it organizes work into projects and contexts, supports next actions, deferred/tickler items, notes, and recurring todos, and ships with a built-in web server for easy self-hosting. It is maintained by a team of community contributors.

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