Plane
Overview
Plane is a modern, open-source project management platform designed as an alternative to Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp. It helps teams track issues, run sprint cycles, manage product roadmaps, and collaborate on documentation — all without the complexity of managing multiple tools. With a growing community of over 54,000 GitHub stars, Plane has quickly become one of the most popular open-source project management tools available.
Key Features
- Issue Tracking: Efficiently create and manage tasks with a rich text editor, file uploads, and sub-property organization
- Sprints/Cycles: Maintain team momentum with cycle-based sprint planning and burndown charts
- Modules: Break complex projects into smaller, manageable modules with independent tracking
- Custom Views: Create and save filtered views to display only the most relevant issues
- Pages/Docs: Built-in documentation with AI capabilities and rich text editing
- Analytics: Real-time insights across all project data with trend visualization
- Roadmaps: Visual product roadmaps for high-level planning and stakeholder communication
- Self-Hosted: Deploy on your own infrastructure with Docker or Kubernetes
License
Plane is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0), a strong copyleft license that ensures the software remains free and open-source while protecting network use.
Platforms
- Web (all modern browsers)
- Self-hosted on Linux (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Plane Cloud (hosted by the Plane team)