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Leantime vs taskwarrior
Leantime has 11,612 GitHub stars, 1,131 forks, 328 open issues and last shipped 13 days ago. taskwarrior has 6,076 stars, 421 forks, 436 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Leantime leads on adoption by 91% (11,612 vs 6,076 stars). Leantime is written in PHP under AGPL-3.0; taskwarrior is written in C++ under MIT. Leantime has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, taskwarrior 7%. taskwarrior was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | taskwarrior | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 12K | ★ 6.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.1K | ⑂ 421 |
| 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 taskwarrior if
- You want the taskwarrior feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and taskwarrior 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.
read the full Leantime overview →
About taskwarrior
Taskwarrior is a portable, MIT licensed command line task list management utility written in C++ for people who track to dos and projects from a terminal instead of a graphical app.
read the full taskwarrior overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Leantime or taskwarrior more popular?
Leantime has 11,612 GitHub stars and taskwarrior has 6,076. Leantime has the larger community by that measure.
Are Leantime and taskwarrior free?
Both are open source. Leantime is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and taskwarrior under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Leantime and taskwarrior?
Leantime is written in PHP and taskwarrior in C++. 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 taskwarrior?
Choose Leantime if you want the larger community (11,612 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose taskwarrior if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.