Plane Has a Free Project Management Tool — Open-Source Jira Alternative

Plane is an open-source project management tool — issues, sprints, and roadmaps without Jira's complexity and pricing.

What You Get for Free (Cloud Free Tier / Self-hosted)

• Issues — create, assign, label, and prioritize
• Sprints/Cycles — time-boxed development cycles
• Kanban boards — drag-and-drop board view
• Roadmaps — Gantt chart for planning
• Modules — group issues by feature/epic
• Custom properties — add fields specific to your workflow
• Views — saved filters and layouts
• GitHub integration — link PRs to issues
• Pages — built-in wiki/docs alongside issues

Quick Start

Self-hosted:

git clone https://github.com/makeplane/plane.git
cd plane
docker compose up -d
# Open http://localhost

Or sign up at plane.so — free tier includes unlimited members.

Why Developers Switch from Jira

Jira is slow, expensive, and over-engineered:

• Fast — loads instantly, no 5-second page loads
• Simple — issues, sprints, boards — no 200 settings pages
• Free — unlimited members on free tier
• Open source — self-host, customize, own your data

A 10-person team paid $70/month for Jira and spent 20% of sprint planning fighting Jira's UI. After Plane: same workflow, faster UI, free — team estimates take half the time because the tool doesn't get in the way.

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