Alternatives to Trello in 2026

Plane makeplane

🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platform to manage tasks, sprints, docs, and triage.

Complete system Production-ready A product or engineering team wants a modern Jira alternative it can self-host.

★ 62k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 5 days ago

Platform hcengineering

Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)

Complete system Usable Only for existing installs; new users should look at the Platform-Collective fork.

★ 28k EPL-2.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 5 days ago

WeKan wekan

FLOSS kanban, built with Meteor. Official Public Support at GitHub issues only. Official Private Pre-Paid Support at https://wekan.fi/commercial-support/ only. Translation PRs to imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json, other translations at https://app.transifex.com/wekan/wekan . No telemetry.

Complete system Production-ready You want a free self-hosted Trello replacement and are comfortable with MongoDB.

★ 21k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 7 days ago

ActivityWatch ActivityWatch

The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.

Complete system Production-ready You want private automatic time tracking without a cloud service.

★ 19k MPL-2.0 Python Active, pushed 7 days ago

OpenProject opf

OpenProject is the leading open source project management software for product, project and portfolio management. A powerful Jira alternative with agile planning, issue tracking, roadmaps, Gantt charts, time tracking, collaboration features, and more. Available on premises or in the cloud. ⭐ Star us on GitHub

Complete system Production-ready An organisation, especially in the public sector or EU, needs classic project management with data sovereignty.

★ 17k GPL-3.0 Ruby Active, pushed 5 days ago

Leantime Leantime

Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.

Complete system Production-ready A small team without a dedicated PM wants a friendly self-hosted tool.

★ 12k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 4 days ago

Kanboard kanboard

Kanban project management software

Complete system Production-ready You want a lightweight, stable kanban board that runs on almost any PHP host.

★ 9.9k MIT PHP Active, pushed 3 days ago

Kaneo usekaneo

⚡ Project management that doesn't become the project. Boards, Gantt charts, and GitHub integration. Self-host it or use Kaneo Cloud.

Complete system Usable A small team finds Plane or Jira too heavy and wants something simple to host.

★ 9.6k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 7 days ago

Solidtime solidtime-io

Modern open-source time-tracking app

Complete system Usable An agency wants a modern self-hosted Toggl or Clockify replacement.

★ 9k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 7 days ago

CCPM automazeio

Project management skill system for Agents that uses GitHub Issues and Git worktrees for parallel agent execution.

Developer tool Experimental A developer uses Claude Code heavily and wants spec-driven tasks tracked in GitHub Issues.

★ 8.4k MIT Shell Active, pushed 14 days ago

Vikunja go-vikunja

The task manager you actually own.

Complete system Production-ready You want a Todoist-style task app you host yourself, for yourself or a small team.

★ 5.9k AGPL-3.0 Go Active, pushed 5 days ago

Jantt AhmadHassan-BTed

The AI-native JSON Gantt chart engine. Dependency-free interactive timelines with React, script-tag, CLI, topological DAG solver, and formal JSON schema.

Building block Experimental You need to render Gantt charts from JSON, perhaps generated by AI, in a web app.

★ 5.8k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 3 days ago

DooTask kuaifan

DooTask是一款开源在线项目任务管理工具，提供各类文档协作工具、在线思维导图、在线流程图、项目管理、任务分发、即时IM，文件管理等工具；同时消息功能使用非对称加密技术让你的沟通更安全。

Complete system Usable A Chinese-speaking team wants tasks and chat in one self-hosted tool.

★ 5.6k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 5 days ago

Kimai kimai

Kimai is the #1 open-source time-tracking application. From freelancers to companies and organisations - everyone can manage timesheets, generate reports, create invoices and so much more... Web-based multi-user application, available as On-Premise or SaaS version: https://www.kimai.org

Complete system Production-ready A freelancer or company with many staff needs proven self-hosted time tracking and invoicing.

★ 5.1k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 8 days ago

SparkleShare hbons

Share and collaborate by syncing with any Git repository instantly. Linux, macOS, and Windows

Complete system Usable Rarely now; consider Syncthing or Nextcloud instead.

★ 5k GPL-3.0 C# Active, pushed 2 months ago

Freeplane freeplane

Application for Mind Mapping, Knowledge Management, Project Management. Develop, organize and communicate your ideas and knowledge in the most effective way.

Complete system Production-ready You want a free mind mapper with scripting and formulas and do not mind a Java desktop interface.

★ 4.4k GPL-2.0 Java Active, pushed 3 days ago

Projectile bbatsov

Project Interaction Library for Emacs

Developer tool Production-ready You use Emacs and work across several codebases.

★ 4.2k GPL-3.0 Emacs Lisp Active, pushed 33 days ago

EspoCRM espocrm

EspoCRM – Open Source CRM Application

Complete system Production-ready A small or mid-size business wants a fast, configurable open-source CRM that runs on ordinary PHP hosting.

★ 3.5k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed today

Tududi chrisvel

A calm, open system for organizing life and work. Tasks, projects, notes, areas, and smart workflows - self-hosted or hosted.

Complete system Usable You want a calm personal task and project organiser on your own server.

★ 3.5k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 2 days ago

Worklenz Worklenz

All in one project management tool for efficient teams

Complete system Usable An agency wants project and resource planning in one self-hosted tool.

★ 3.3k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 2 days ago

TreeSheets aardappel

Hierarchical spreadsheet: a free-form data organizer that replaces outliners, mind maps and spreadsheets.

Complete system Production-ready You think in nested structures and want a fast, free desktop organiser.

★ 3.2k Zlib C++ Active, pushed 7 days ago

Alexandrie Smaug6739

📚 The open-source, offline-first Notion, Obsidian & Confluence alternative. Advanced Markdown, multi-tenant teams, OIDC/SSO, and local S3 backups. Deploy in one command.

Complete system Usable A small team wants self-hosted notes and wiki pages with a Markdown-first editor.

★ 2.9k MIT Vue Active, pushed 17 days ago

Organice 200ok-ch

An implementation of Org mode without the dependency of Emacs - built for mobile and desktop browsers

Complete system Usable You keep your life in Org files and want to use them on a phone.

★ 2.7k AGPL-3.0 JavaScript Active, pushed 23 days ago

Vscode-project-manager alefragnani

Project Manager Extension for Visual Studio Code

Developer tool Production-ready You juggle many repositories in VS Code.

★ 2.7k GPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 27 days ago

Invobook Hasnayeen

Self-hosted app for Time Tracking, Invoice Generation, Project & Client Management, built with Laravel & Filament.

Complete system Experimental Hold off; the author says it is undergoing major changes and pivoting.

★ 2.2k MIT Blade Active, pushed 11 days ago

Kanri kanriapp

Modern offline Kanban board app for Windows, MacOS and Linux made with Tauri and Nuxt. Built with simplicity and user experience in mind.

Complete system Usable You want a private local kanban board for personal tasks.

★ 2.1k GPL-3.0 Vue Active, pushed 6 days ago

Paca Paca-AI

AI-native, free, open-source alternative to Jira, Trello, ClickUp & Monday. Built for Scrum teams where humans and AI agents collaborate as equals — on the same board, the same sprints, the same goals. Self-hosted. Fully customizable via config and plugins.

Complete system Experimental A Scrum team wants to experiment with AI agents as team members on a self-hosted board.

★ 2k Apache-2.0 Go Active, pushed yesterday

Nimbalyst nimbalyst

Nimbalyst - The open-source visual workspace for Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode. Run multiple coding agents in parallel, edit their work visually in markdown, mockups, and diagrams, and track tasks. Free, MIT-licensed desktop app for macOS, Windows, Linux, with mobile companion for iOS and Android.

Developer tool Experimental You run several coding agents at once and want one visual place to manage them.

★ 2k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 6 days ago

Gantt DHTMLX

JavaScript Gantt Chart

Building block Production-ready You need a solid Gantt chart in a web app and basic features are enough.

★ 1.9k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 2 months ago

Django-helpdesk django-helpdesk

A Django application to manage tickets for an internal helpdesk. Formerly known as Jutda Helpdesk.

Building block Production-ready You run a Django site and want a helpdesk inside it rather than a separate product.

★ 1.7k BSD-3-Clause Python Active, pushed 7 days ago

Timewarrior GothenburgBitFactory

Timewarrior - Commandline Time Tracking and Reporting

Developer tool Production-ready You track time from the terminal and want strong reporting.

★ 1.7k MIT C++ Active, pushed 17 days ago

Server traggo

self-hosted tag-based time tracking

Complete system Usable You want flexible personal time tracking and like tags over fixed project hierarchies.

★ 1.6k GPL-3.0 Go Active, pushed 36 days ago

DevOps AI Guidelines VersusControl

First AI Journey for DevOps - with comprehensive learning paths, practical tips, and enterprise guidelines

List, course or other material Usable A DevOps engineer wants a structured reading list for using AI in infrastructure work.

★ 1.6k MIT Python Active, pushed 39 days ago

Itsaplan croffasia

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Open-source, self-hosted alternative to Linear and Plane. Project management and issue tracking where teams and AI agents work side by side to plan and ship products.

Complete system Experimental A product team wants a Linear-like tracker without seat fees and plans to involve coding agents.

★ 1.4k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 14 days ago

OpenDataV AnsGoo

OpenDataV 是一个纯前端的拖拽式、可视化、低代码数据可视化🌈开发平台，你可以用它自由的拼接成各种✨炫酷的大屏，同时支持用户方便的开发自己的组件并接入平台。

Framework or platform Experimental A Chinese-speaking team wants to build big-screen dashboards in Vue.

★ 1.4k Apache-2.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 14 days ago

Lotti matthiasn

A private logbook with a staff of personal AI assistants. Agents read what you record and propose what to do next — you approve the changes. End-to-end encrypted sync between your own devices — servers only ever see ciphertext. Local AI optional.

Complete system Usable You want a local-first personal journal and task log with optional local AI.

★ 1.2k GPL-3.0 Dart Active, pushed 7 days ago

Time-tracker-4-browser sheepzh

A browser extension that helps you track time, analyze your habits and block addictive sites

Complete system Production-ready You want to see where your browsing time goes and keep the data in your own browser.

★ 1k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed yesterday

TimeScribe WINBIGFOX

Modern & private time tracking for macOS & Windows. No cloud, no registration, no paywall. Just download and track your work hours 100% offline.

Complete system Usable An employee or freelancer wants to log their own hours privately on their computer.

★ 926 GPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 42 days ago

Travels mutativejs

A fast, framework-agnostic undo/redo core powered by Mutative JSON Patch

Building block Usable You are adding undo and redo to an editor, drawing tool or form builder in JavaScript.

★ 918 MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 15 days ago

Watson jazzband

:watch: A wonderful CLI to track your time!

Developer tool Usable A freelancer who lives in the terminal wants simple time logs.

★ 2.5k MIT Python Slowing, pushed 11 months ago

Klog jotaen

Command-line tool for time tracking in a human-readable, plain-text file format.

Developer tool Usable You want time records in a readable text file you can keep in git.

★ 690 MIT Go Active, pushed 11 days ago

TimeTracker DRYTRIX

Self-hosted time tracking & invoicing for freelancers and teams: timers, projects, PDF and Peppol e-invoicing. Open-source Toggl/Clockify alternative.

Complete system Usable A European freelancer or small firm needs time tracking and Peppol-compliant invoicing on its own server.

★ 634 GPL-3.0 Python Active, pushed 6 days ago

Ever Teams ever-co

Ever® Teams™ - The Workplace for Humans. Open Work & Productivity Platform - https://ever.team

Complete system Usable A remote team wants open-source time tracking tied to tasks and is willing to run Gauzy.

★ 598 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 7 days ago

Aw-watcher-web ActivityWatch

Browser watcher for ActivityWatch

Integration Production-ready You use ActivityWatch and want per-site detail in your time reports.

★ 564 MPL-2.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 23 days ago

Tock kriuchkov

Tock is a powerful time tracking tool for the command line. It saves activity logs as plaintext files and provides an interactive terminal UI for viewing your time.

Developer tool Usable You want Timewarrior-style tracking with a nicer terminal interface.

★ 498 GPL-3.0 Go Active, pushed 11 days ago

Titra titraio

titra - modern open source project time tracking for freelancers and small teams

Complete system Usable A small team wants simple self-hosted time tracking and can run MongoDB.

★ 497 AGPL-3.0 JavaScript Active, pushed 2 months ago

Time to Leave TTLApp

Log work hours and get notified when it's time to leave the office and start to live.

Complete system Usable You work fixed daily hours and want a simple personal timecard.

★ 489 GPL-3.0 JavaScript Active, pushed 5 days ago

WakaTime CLI wakatime

Command line interface used by all WakaTime text editor plugins

Developer tool Production-ready You use WakaTime or a compatible self-hosted server; plugins install it for you.

★ 464 BSD-3-Clause Go Active, pushed 6 days ago

Solidtime-desktop solidtime-io

solidtime timetracker desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux

Complete system Experimental Your team tracks time in solidtime and you want a desktop timer.

★ 367 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 33 days ago

Hours dhth

A no-frills time tracking toolkit for command line nerds

Developer tool Usable You want very simple task time tracking without leaving the terminal.

★ 353 MIT Go Active, pushed 10 days ago

Awatcher 2e3s

Activity and idle watchers

Integration Usable You use ActivityWatch on Linux and the default watchers do not support your desktop.

★ 318 MPL-2.0 Rust Active, pushed 41 days ago

Bartib nikolassv

A simple timetracker for the command line. It saves a log of all tracked activities as a plaintext file and allows you to create flexible reports.

Developer tool Usable You want terminal time tracking with data you can read and edit by hand.

★ 856 GPL-3.0 Rust Slowing, pushed 7 months ago

Operon hasanyilmaz

Task management system for humans and agents in Obsidian.

Integration Experimental You plan your work in Obsidian and want richer task management there.

★ 291 GPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 3 days ago

Miru-web saeloun

Miru | Time Tracking and Invoicing and Employee Benefits. Built using Ruby On Rails and ReactJS

Complete system Usable A services firm wants to replace separate timer, invoicing and expense tools with one self-hosted app.

★ 268 MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 2 days ago

Minute ktmouk

⏰ The open-source time tracking app for individuals.

Complete system Experimental You want a personal, self-hosted time log rather than a team billing tool.

★ 261 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 12 days ago

Ziit 0PandaDEV

The Swiss army knife of code time tracking.

Complete system Usable You want WakaTime-style coding stats without sending data to a third party.

★ 257 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 11 days ago

Cronomix zagortenay333

All-in-one timer, stopwatch, pomodoro, alarm, todo, time tracker and flashcards gnome-shell extension

Complete system Usable You use GNOME and want these tools in the top bar.

★ 657 MIT TypeScript Slowing, pushed 7 months ago

Browser-wakatime wakatime

Chrome extension for automatic time tracking and metrics generated from your browsing activity.

Integration Production-ready You use WakaTime and want research and documentation time counted alongside coding.

★ 489 BSD-3-Clause TypeScript Slowing, pushed 5 months ago

Visualstudio-wakatime wakatime

Visual Studio plugin for automatic time tracking and metrics generated from your programming activity.

Integration Production-ready You use Visual Studio and WakaTime.

★ 352 BSD-3-Clause C# Slowing, pushed 7 months ago

Asana Asana, Inc.

Work management software for teams and AI agents. Plan, automate, and execute critical workflows together.

Complete system Production-ready Marketing, operations or cross-functional teams want a clear project and task tool that non-technical staff use.

4.7k readers a month Since 2008 Commercial

Jira Atlassian

Jira brings teams together to reach the next level of productivity with AI agents that orchestrate, plan, and track projects at scale.

Complete system Production-ready A software team wants the industry-standard tracker with deep integrations and configurable workflows.

3.7k readers a month Commercial

Microsoft Project Microsoft

Project management software

Complete system Production-ready Professional project managers in construction, engineering or government need formal schedules and critical-path planning.

1.2k readers a month Since 1984 Commercial

ClickUp ClickUp

Our mission is to make the world more productive. To do this, we built the everything app for work - Tasks, Docs, Goals, and Chat.

Complete system Production-ready A team wants to replace several tools with one highly configurable workspace and has patience to set it up.

978 readers a month Since 2017 Commercial

Smartsheet Smartsheet Inc.

Personalize workflows, predict outcomes, and move faster with Smartsheet – a platform built for the way you work.

Complete system Production-ready A project office or operations team that thinks in spreadsheets needs structured tracking and reporting across many projects.

860 readers a month Since 2006 Commercial

Harvest Harvest

Time tracking and management software with powerful easy reporting and streamlined online invoicing. Loved by 73,000 businesses. Get started for free.

Complete system Production-ready An agency or consultancy bills by the hour and wants staff to track time easily against project budgets.

503 readers a month Commercial

Basecamp 37signals

Trusted by millions, Basecamp puts everything you need to get work done in one place. It’s the calm, organized way to manage projects, work with clients, and communicate company-wide.

Complete system Production-ready A small company or agency wants calm project communication with clients and a predictable flat bill.

Commercial

Microsoft Planner Microsoft

Task management software

Complete system Production-ready A team on Microsoft 365 wants basic task tracking it already pays for.

300 readers a month Commercial

Wrike Wrike

Wrike is the trusted work delivery platform for people and AI. We help enterprises reach the outcome faster, without losing control of how work gets done.

Complete system Production-ready A marketing or professional services department needs structured project delivery with request intake and resource planning.

223 readers a month Since 2006 Commercial

Notion Projects Notion Labs

With Notion’s connected workspace, get your projects to the finish line faster and with less context switching.

Complete system Production-ready A team already keeps its docs in Notion and wants projects next to them.

Commercial

Zoho Projects Zoho Corporation

Zoho Projects is a cloud-based project management tool that helps teams plan, track, collaborate, and achieve project goals. Try our online project management software for free!

Complete system Production-ready A cost-conscious team wants Gantt-capable project management, particularly alongside other Zoho apps.

Commercial

monday work management monday.com

Get more work done with AI agents that work side by side with your people. Execute, manage, and operate together on one AI Workspace to drive business results.

Complete system Production-ready A business team wants colourful, configurable boards that can model many kinds of work.

Commercial

Toggl Track Toggl

The best time tracker and capacity planning software. Track employee time, plan capacity, manage tasks and projects, and calculate profitability. Try for free.

Complete system Production-ready Freelancers or teams want simple time tracking that people will actually use, with clean reports.

53 readers a month Commercial

Teamwork.com Teamwork.com

Irish project management software company

Complete system Production-ready An agency running billable client projects wants delivery and profitability tracking in one tool.

49 readers a month Since 2007 Commercial

Linear Linear Orbit, Inc.

Purpose-built for planning and building products with AI agents.

Complete system Production-ready A product engineering team wants a quick, opinionated tracker and is happy to work its way.

Commercial

Track40 Track40

Track40 keeps every customer job on one board, with the owner, the deadline and the details the next person needs before the work can move on.

Complete system Usable A small operations team handing customer jobs between people wants each job's owner and next step visible.

Commercial

Clockify CAKE.com

Time tracking software used by millions. A simple time tracker and timesheet app that lets you track work hours across projects.

Complete system Production-ready A team wants free time tracking for many users and may add paid features later.

Commercial

Everhour Everhour

Time tracking with built-in billing and budgeting. Set project budgets, track billable hours, and get threshold alerts—all inside Asana, ClickUp, Monday, Jira & more. Free trial.

Complete system Production-ready A team runs projects in Asana or a similar tool and wants time tracked inside it.

Commercial

Timely Timely

Complete system Production-ready Consultants or agency staff forget to start timers and want timesheets drafted from what they actually did.

Commercial

Hubstaff Hubstaff

Track employee time, monitor productivity, and turn approved hours into payments and insights. Hubstaff helps teams manage work, costs, and performance.

Complete system Production-ready A business manages remote contractors or field staff and needs verified hours tied to pay.

Commercial