replacing Asana
Open Source Asana Alternatives
Project management and task tracking — Asana pricing: $10.99-$24.99/user/month. Below: 3 free,
self-hostable open source projects that cover the same ground, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
There are 3 open source Asana alternatives tracked on this registry, against Asana pricing of $10.99-$24.99/user/month. The most-adopted is Plane with 59,546 GitHub stars under AGPL-3.0, written in TypeScript. Together the set has 81,116 stars across 3 languages and 2 licences. All 3 are free to self-host with no licence fee, and 3 of 3 received a commit in the last 90 days. 3 head-to-head Asana comparisons are available.
Asana's free plan limits to 15 team members. Premium at $10.99/user/month adds timeline views. Advanced features need Business at $24.99/user/month.
Our top 3 Asana alternatives
Plane is a project management platform written primarily in TypeScript and released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. It lives in the same ecosystem as issue trackers and product-management suites: the repository topics include boards, bug-tracker, issue-tracker, kanban, gantt, and product-management. The backend stack is built with Django and Node.js, the frontend with React Router, and the documented data store is PostgreSQL. Deployments are packaged for Docker and Kubernetes, so the application can run inside infrastructure a team already controls.
AGPL-3.0 · TypeScript · Asana vs Plane →
OpenProject is a web-based open source project management software for teams and organizations that need transparency, flexibility, and data sovereignty. It lives in the open source project management ecosystem, with Ruby as the repository language and Angular as a listed topic. The project is positioned as an open alternative to Asana and Basecamp, and the README also compares it with Jira, MS Project, Monday, and YouTrack.
GPL-3.0 · Ruby · Asana vs OpenProject →
Vikunja is a self-hosted task and project management application that carries the tagline "The task manager you actually own." It lives in the Go and Vue.js ecosystem: the backend is written in Go, the frontend uses Vue.js, and the project ships a documented OpenAPI interface with Swagger docs published against the hosted demo instance. The repository sits on GitHub under the go-vikunja organization, is licensed AGPL-3.0-or-later across most of the codebase with the contents of `desktop/` under GPL-3.0-or-later, and is published as the Docker image `vikunja/vikunja` with the current release marked as v2.6.0.
AGPL-3.0 · Go · Asana vs Vikunja →
last updated nightly · ranking method: github stars, live-tracked
Frequently asked questions
What is the best open source alternative to Asana?
Plane is the most-starred open source alternative to Asana in this registry, with 59,546 GitHub stars. 3 alternatives are compared here in total.
Are there free alternatives to Asana?
Yes. Every project listed on this page is open source and free to self-host — there is no licence fee. Some projects also sell a managed hosted version, but the self-hosted path costs nothing.
What should I look at when replacing Asana?
Compare licence terms, community size (stars), primary language and release activity. A fast-moving project with a compatible licence and an active maintainer base matters more than raw star count when you are committing to a migration.