Alternatives to GitHub Projects

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Linear

89/100freemiumexplicit relation

Fast, opinionated project management for software teams with a keyboard-first interface, cycles, roadmaps, and deep GitHub/GitLab integration. Used by Vercel, Anthropic, and Coinbase. The modern Jira alternative that engineering teams actually enjoy using, with a clean design and responsive UI that makes issue tracking feel effortless rather than burdensome.

Linear offers a Free plan for up to 2 teams and 250 active issues. Paid plans include Basic at $10/user/month billed annually (unlimited issues, 5 teams), Business at $16/user/month (unlimited teams, private workspaces, Insights), and custom Enterprise agreements.Review →

Jira

freemiumexplicit relation

Atlassian's project management and issue tracking tool powering agile workflows, sprint planning, bug tracking, and deep integration with Bitbucket and Confluence. Supports Scrum and Kanban boards with customizable workflows, automation rules, and advanced reporting. The enterprise standard for engineering teams managing complex software delivery across distributed organizations.

Freemium agile project management and issue tracking platform for software teams. Free plan ($0/mo) supports up to 10 users with 2GB storage, Scrum/Kanban boards, and basic roadmaps. Standard tier starts at $7.75/user/mo ($790/yr for 10 users) with up to 35k users, 250GB storage, and granular permissions. Premium tier is $15.25/user/mo ($1,525/yr for 10 users) adding Advanced Roadmaps, unlimited storage, 24/7 support, Atlassian Intelligence AI, and 99.9% SLA. Enterprise tier provides custom pricing for multi-instance management, Atlassian Guard SAML/SCIM, and 99.95% SLA.

Plane

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Plane is an open-source project management and issue tracking tool designed as a modern, self-hostable alternative to Jira, Linear, and Asana. Gives teams full control over their data and infrastructure while delivering a polished, feature-rich interface. Combines issue tracking, sprint management, documentation (Plane Pages), and modules into a single workspace with cycles, views, and kanban boards.

Open-source project management platform (AGPL-3.0) positioned as a self-hostable alternative to Jira and Linear. Community Edition is 100% free ($0) for self-hosted Docker/K8s deployments. Cloud Free tier is $0 for small teams with unlimited projects and issues. Cloud Pro starts at $8/seat/mo ($10/mo monthly) adding time tracking, workspace wikis, and custom analytics dashboards. Cloud Business is $15/seat/mo ($18/mo monthly) for recurring tasks and advanced automations; Enterprise offers custom pricing for SSO/SAML, air-gapped deployments, and SLA support.

Open-source GitHub Projects alternatives

Plane — see all open-source developer tools.

Free GitHub Projects alternatives

Linear, Jira, Plane offer a free plan or free tier.

More Productivity & Workflow tools

same category, not editor-selected alternatives — see how GitHub Projects compares →

Grok BotGrok Bot is SpaceXAI's beta workspace for persistent AI teammates that use apps, websites, files, terminals, plugins, and MCP on a user-scoped cloud computer. Bots can learn routines, coordinate in parallel, and, when enabled by team policy, launch Cursor Cloud Agents that work on code in isolated environments and return pull requests and verification artifacts.RaycastBlazingly fast, extensible productivity launcher for macOS that replaces Spotlight and serves as a keyboard-driven command center. Includes instant app launching, clipboard history, snippet management, window management, calculator, and a built-in AI chat with multiple models. Extension store with 1,000+ community integrations (GitHub, Jira, Linear, Docker). Script commands for shell automation, plus a React/TypeScript API for custom extensions.ObsidianKnowledge management app based on local Markdown files with powerful linking and graph visualization. Bidirectional links, graph view, canvas for spatial thinking, templates, daily notes, and 5,000+ community plugins. All data is stored as plain .md files with no vendor lock-in. Custom themes, Vim mode, and Dataview support database-like queries. Sync and Publish are paid add-ons; the core app remains free for personal use.ZapierThe most popular no-code automation platform connecting 9,000+ apps and app connections to automate workflows without writing code. Features multi-step Zaps with conditional logic, AI Copilot for natural language workflow creation, Tables, Forms, and MCP integration for AI orchestration. Task-based pricing with a free tier at 100 tasks/month. Used by businesses from solo operators to enterprise teams for eliminating repetitive work across their software stack.AppsmithAppsmith is an open-source low-code platform for building internal tools, admin panels, and dashboards. Drag-and-drop UI builder with 45+ widgets, connects to any database or API. Supports JavaScript for custom logic. Self-hostable alternative to Retool with 35K+ GitHub stars.OpenWikiOpenWiki is LangChain’s open-source CLI for generating and maintaining an agent-focused wiki inside a codebase. It can create an openwiki/ documentation folder, update it from repository changes, add guidance to AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md, and run via an interactive CLI or daily GitHub Action so coding agents have durable context without stuffing every detail into prompts.Agent OrchestratorAgent Orchestrator manages fleets of parallel AI coding agents, each working in isolated git worktrees. It handles CI failures, code review comments, and pull request coordination while keeping humans involved for judgment calls. The current canonical repository is maintained under Untrivial AI.JeanJean is an open-source desktop dev environment for AI agents from coolLabs (the team behind Coolify). It runs multiple coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, and others — in parallel inside isolated git worktrees, each with its own chat session and terminal. Magic git commands handle commits, PR descriptions, code reviews, and merge conflicts with AI assistance, while built-in Linear and GitHub integrations load issue context into every session.NotionAll-in-one workspace combining notes, wikis, project management, databases, and documents in a single flexible platform. Features a block-based editor supporting rich text, tables, kanban boards, calendars, galleries, and embeds. Powerful databases with relations, rollups, formulas, and filtered views. Includes Notion AI for writing assistance, team collaboration with permissions, templates gallery, and API for integrations. Used by millions for personal and team knowledge management.

FAQ

Which GitHub Projects alternative is listed first?

Linear is first in the editor-selected list of 3 GitHub Projects alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 89/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source GitHub Projects alternatives?

Yes — Plane are open source.

Are there free GitHub Projects alternatives?

Yes — Linear, Jira, Plane offer a free plan or free tier.