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Leantime vs Alexandrie
Leantime has 11,612 GitHub stars, 1,131 forks, 328 open issues and last shipped 13 days ago. Alexandrie has 2,757 stars, 195 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Leantime leads on adoption by 321% (11,612 vs 2,757 stars). Leantime is written in PHP under AGPL-3.0; Alexandrie is written in Vue under MIT. Leantime has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, Alexandrie 7%. Alexandrie was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (kanban, notion), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Leantime | Alexandrie | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 12K | ★ 2.8K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | Vue |
| Last push | 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.1K | ⑂ 195 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Leantime if
- You weight community size — 12K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Alexandrie if
- You want the Alexandrie feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You evaluated both and Alexandrie fits your workflow better
About Leantime
Leantime is an open source project management system in the Business Software / Project & Work Management category, written in PHP and licensed under AGPL 3.0. It is aimed at non project managers and combines strategy, planning, and execution in one place. The project describes itself as built with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind.
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About Alexandrie
Alexandrie is an open source, self hosted knowledge base and project & work management tool. It lives in the Vue/Nuxt, Golang, Docker, and offline first web app ecosystem. It provides an extended Markdown editor for organizing, searching, sharing, and exporting notes from desktop or mobile devices.
read the full Alexandrie overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Leantime or Alexandrie more popular?
Leantime has 11,612 GitHub stars and Alexandrie has 2,757. Leantime has the larger community by that measure.
Are Leantime and Alexandrie free?
Both are open source. Leantime is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Alexandrie under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Leantime and Alexandrie?
Leantime is written in PHP and Alexandrie in Vue. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Leantime or Alexandrie?
Choose Leantime if you want the larger community (11,612 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Alexandrie if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.