replacing Jira
Open Source Jira Alternatives
Issue tracker and project management for software teams — Jira pricing: $8.15-$16/user/month. Below: 6 free,
self-hostable open source projects that cover the same ground, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
There are 6 open source Jira alternatives tracked on this registry, against Jira pricing of $8.15-$16/user/month. The most-adopted is Plane with 59,546 GitHub stars under AGPL-3.0, written in TypeScript. Together the set has 172,671 stars across 4 languages and 4 licences. All 6 are free to self-host with no licence fee, and 6 of 6 received a commit in the last 90 days. 6 head-to-head Jira comparisons are available.
Jira's pricing scales per-user and per-feature, with Advanced Roadmaps and other tools locked behind Premium. The interface complexity is a common complaint — it was built for enterprise workflows and carries that weight. Self-hosted options were discontinued.
Our top 3 Jira 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 · Jira vs Plane →
Gitea is a self-hosted, all-in-one software development service written in Go. It provides Git hosting, code review, issue tracking, project management (kanban), wiki, team collaboration, package registry, and CI/CD capabilities. The project aims to deliver a lightweight, painless alternative to larger platforms by running as a single binary across Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Windows on multiple architectures.
MIT · Go · Jira vs Gitea →
Huly is a platform, not a single app. The repository ships a framework for building business applications together with several ready-made ones: Chat, Project Management, CRM, HRM and ATS. It lives in the TypeScript ecosystem and is distributed under the Eclipse Public License 2.0. Other products are built on top of it, including Huly itself and TraceX, which is why the README describes it as a framework first and a product second.
EPL-2.0 · TypeScript · Jira vs Huly →
last updated nightly · ranking method: github stars, live-tracked
Frequently asked questions
What is the best open source alternative to Jira?
Plane is the most-starred open source alternative to Jira in this registry, with 59,546 GitHub stars. 6 alternatives are compared here in total.
Are there free alternatives to Jira?
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 Jira?
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.