Plane

Project management

Plane organizes tasks, cycles, documentation, and triage in one project workspace. Compare its workflow model with the way your team plans work.

Who it may suit

Project planning for teams working with issues and cycles.

Replaces

  • Jira
  • Linear
  • Monday.com
  • ClickUp
Official positioning or migration source

"Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative" (repo description)

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Strengths for small teams

  • Work items, cycles and modules Source

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  • Pages for docs alongside tasks Source

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  • Plane Cloud or self-host Source

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License

AGPL-3.0

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Self-hosting effort

Moderate

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The Docker installer is guided, but the production setup includes several services and Plane recommends external PostgreSQL and storage to reduce single-server data-loss risk. Backups, upgrades, and service configuration therefore require ongoing operations beyond a basic one-container app.

Documentation-based estimate; not hands-on tested. Official self-hosting effort evidence

Pricing

Free cloud tier; paid Pro plan starts at $6 per seat/month.

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Managed cloud

Available

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Self-hosted: Available

Sections checked: see dates beside each section.

Repository activity

Stars: 61,789

Last push: 2026-10-30

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Repository metadata source

Docker Compose deployment

Upstream Compose preview; fetched 2026-11-02. Pinned public source file

services:
  web:
    container_name: web
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: ./apps/web/Dockerfile.web
      args:
        DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
    restart: always
    depends_on:

First 10 lines; see source for the complete file. Review all required companion files before deploying.

  • apps/api/.env (required; not in the verified source tree)
  • .env (required; not in the verified source tree)
  • apps/web/Dockerfile.web
  • apps/admin/Dockerfile.admin
  • apps/space/Dockerfile.space
  • apps/api/Dockerfile.api
  • apps/live/Dockerfile.live
  • apps/proxy/Dockerfile.ce
  • apps/api/ (build context)
  • apps/proxy/ (build context)
Official website

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