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Plane vs galene
Plane has 59,546 GitHub stars, 5,776 forks, 1,103 open issues and last shipped yesterday. galene has 1,404 stars, 195 forks, 59 open issues and last shipped 10 days ago. Plane leads on adoption by 4,141% (59,546 vs 1,404 stars). Plane is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; galene is written in Go under MIT. Plane has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, galene 14%. Plane 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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| Plane | galene | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 60K | ★ 1.4K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-08 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.8K | ⑂ 195 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Plane if
- You weight community size — 60K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick galene if
- You want the galene feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and galene fits your workflow better
About Plane
Plane is an open source project management platform for teams that need to track issues, run cycles, and manage product roadmaps without handing their data to a proprietary SaaS vendor, and it is aimed at engineering, product, and operations teams that would otherwise pay for Jira, Linear, ClickUp, or Asana.
read the full Plane overview →
About galene
Galene is a videoconference server. It lives in the Go, WebRTC, SFU, video conferencing, file sharing, and webapp ecosystem. It is listed as Business Software / Collaboration & Communication. It is described as a fully featured, easy to deploy videoconferencing system requiring very moderate server resources. It gives browser users named groups, operator permissions, and file sharing. It solves the problem of running video meetings without a heavy hosted stack. It also supports extension, because the README points to client, protocol, and administrative API documents.
read the full galene overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Plane or galene more popular?
Plane has 59,546 GitHub stars and galene has 1,404. Plane has the larger community by that measure.
Are Plane and galene free?
Both are open source. Plane is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and galene under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Plane and galene?
Plane is written in TypeScript and galene in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Plane or galene?
Choose Plane if you want the larger community (59,546 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose galene if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.