Our verdict
Leantime and Orangescrum are both work-management tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, Leantime scores 4.1/5 versus 3.4/5 for Orangescrum. Choose Leantime if you're Small teams and founders who are not formal project managers or Neurodivergent-friendly workflows needing clarity and reduced decision fatigue; choose Orangescrum if you're Very small teams (up to 5) wanting a free self-hosted PM tool or Teams that may later upgrade to a paid self-hosted Enterprise edition.
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | Leantime | Orangescrum |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.1/5 | 3.4/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted core, AGPL-3.0) | Free (open-source Community edition, GPLv3; up to 5 users) |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 5 · REST/JSON API, Slack, Mattermost… | 5 · Google Drive, Dropbox, GitHub… |
| Best for | Small teams and founders who are not formal project managers, Neurodivergent-friendly workflows needing clarity and reduced decision fatigue, Teams wanting strategy + execution (goals, canvases) in one tool | Very small teams (up to 5) wanting a free self-hosted PM tool, Teams that may later upgrade to a paid self-hosted Enterprise edition, Agencies wanting tasks, time tracking, and Gantt in one tool |
| Category | work-management | work-management |
| Founded | — | 2011 |
| HQ | — | San Jose, California, USA |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
Leantime
- Built for non-project-managers and neurodivergent users (ADHD/autism/dyslexia)
- Combines strategy (goals, canvases) with task execution
- Free, self-hostable AGPL-3.0 core via Docker
- Founder-led support and active development
- Some advanced features and integrations are Cloud/Enterprise-only
- Smaller integration ecosystem than enterprise suites
- Less suited to large, heavily governed organizations
Orangescrum
- Free, self-hostable open-source Community edition (GPLv3)
- Covers tasks, agile boards, Gantt, and time tracking
- Backed by an established vendor with paid upgrade paths
- Cloud and paid self-hosted Enterprise options available
- Free Community edition is capped at 5 users
- Open-source edition trails the commercial editions
- UI and integrations feel dated next to modern tools
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