Best self-hosted project management for Small Business (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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Leantime is an open-source, goals-focused project management system designed for non-project managers and built with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind. It combines strategy, planning, and execution with task management, Kanban and Gantt views, time tracking, docs, goals, blueprints, retrospectives, and a personalized My Work dashboard. The core is AGPL-3.0 and self-hostable via Docker or direct install; paid Cloud and Enterprise tiers add advanced features and support.

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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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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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Planka is a Kanban-style project management tool built with React and Node.js as an open alternative to Trello, backed by PostgreSQL and shipped as a single Docker image. It offers unlimited boards and cards, real-time synchronization, markdown card descriptions, file attachments, OIDC single sign-on, and 35+ languages. Its source is publicly available under a custom PLANKA "Fair Use License" (not OSI-approved): a free Community tier covers internal organizational use, while some features require a paid Pro license.

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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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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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ProjectLibre is the leading open-source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project, running locally on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It covers Gantt charts, network diagrams, WBS/RBS charts, resource allocation, task dependencies, critical-path tracking, and earned-value costing, and can read and write Microsoft Project (.mpp) files. Founded by Marc O'Brien and Laurent Chretienneau, it is released under the Common Public Attribution License (CPAL) and has been downloaded millions of times worldwide.

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GanttProject is a free, open-source desktop project-scheduling application for Windows, macOS, and Linux, written in Java and licensed under GPL-3.0. Maintained since 2003 by BarD Software, it focuses on Gantt charts, task hierarchies and dependencies, milestones, resource assignments with load charts, PERT charts, and baselines, and can import/export Microsoft Project files plus export to PDF and HTML. It is a lightweight, single-user alternative to Microsoft Project.

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Orangescrum is a project management and collaboration tool offered in Cloud, Self-Hosted, and free open-source editions. The open-source Community edition (GPLv3, written in CakePHP) provides task management, project planning, agile/Scrum boards, document sharing, time tracking, Gantt charts, and collaboration, and self-hosts on a PHP stack. It is developed by Andolasoft; the free Community edition is limited to 5 users, with paid self-hosted Enterprise and Cloud editions removing that cap and adding features.

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Group-Office is a PHP-based, self-hosted groupware, CRM, and document-management platform developed by the Dutch company Intermesh since 2003. The open-source Group-Office Community edition is licensed under the AGPL and provides email, calendar, contacts, files, and notes; project management and time tracking are delivered through the commercial Group-Office Professional edition, which also runs on your own server. It integrates the Collabora Online office suite for in-browser document editing.

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