Open Source Alternatives

Alternatives to Jira

Project tracking and issue management by Atlassian.

2 drop-in replacements1 building block
atlassian.com/jira ↗

Jira is a trademark of its respective owner.

Updated Apr 2026

Quick Compare
openprojectPlane
Score1513
Overlap75%80%
Migrationmoderatemoderate
LicenseGPL-3.0GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Best forTeams with DevOpsSmall teams

Drop-in Replacements

Ranked by Discovery Score

1

openproject

1575% coverage

OpenProject is the open source alternative. It covers traditional project management (waterfall, Gantt) and agile (Scrum boards, backlogs) in one tool.

14.8k ★+48/wkRubyGPL-3.0
2

Plane

1380% coverage

Open source Jira/Linear alternative

Plane is the open source alternative to Jira, covering sprints, kanban boards, and roadmaps without the Jira prices or the Linear waitlist. It's what Jira should have been: clean UI, fast, and you can self-host it.

47.3k ★+263/wkTypeScriptGNU Affero General Public License v3.0

Building Blocks

Jira is a platform — it bundles multiple capabilities into one subscription. These tools each cover one piece. Teams often assemble 2–3 of them instead of paying for the full suite.

kaneo

14covers: issue tracking35%

Explore Other Tools

Linear 3Trello 3ClickUp 2Asana 2Monday.com 2Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) 2Datadog 15New Relic 10Auth0 9OpenAI API 7

We cover new project management tools every week

Including when one of these alternatives ships a major update. Free.