replacing Linear
Open Source Linear Alternatives
Modern issue tracker for software teams — Linear pricing: $8-$14/user/month. Below: 4 free,
self-hostable open source projects that cover the same ground, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
There are 4 open source Linear alternatives tracked on this registry, against Linear pricing of $8-$14/user/month. The most-adopted is Plane with 59,546 GitHub stars under AGPL-3.0, written in TypeScript. Together the set has 93,534 stars across 3 languages and 3 licences. All 4 are free to self-host with no licence fee, and 4 of 4 received a commit in the last 90 days. 4 head-to-head Linear comparisons are available.
Linear is fast and well-designed, but cloud-only with per-seat pricing that compounds. No self-hosting option exists. Data portability is limited to CSV export.
Our top 3 Linear 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 · Linear vs Plane →
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 · Linear vs Huly →
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 · Linear vs Vikunja →
last updated nightly · ranking method: github stars, live-tracked
Frequently asked questions
What is the best open source alternative to Linear?
Plane is the most-starred open source alternative to Linear in this registry, with 59,546 GitHub stars. 4 alternatives are compared here in total.
Are there free alternatives to Linear?
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 Linear?
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.