Alternatives to Linear

5 editor-selected alternatives · Linear overview →

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Jira

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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.

ClickUp

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ClickUp is an all-in-one productivity and project management platform that aims to replace multiple work tools by combining task management, documents, goals, whiteboards, chat, and time tracking in a single application. Solves tool fragmentation and context switching by providing a unified workspace. Known for its extensive customization, hundreds of integrations, and generous free tier.

Freemium all-in-one productivity and project management suite. Free Forever plan ($0) provides unlimited tasks and members with 100MB storage and sprint tracking. Unlimited tier is $7/user/mo billed annually ($10 monthly) with unlimited storage, integrations, dashboards, and custom fields. Business tier is $12/user/mo billed annually ($19 monthly) adding Google SSO, workload management, advanced automations (10K runs/mo), and time approvals. Enterprise offers custom pricing with SAML SSO, HIPAA compliance, SCIM, and dedicated CSM. ClickUp Brain AI add-on is available at $9/user/mo.

GitHub Projects

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GitHub's built-in project management tool that organizes issues, pull requests, and draft items into customizable boards, tables, and roadmap views directly within your repositories. Features custom fields, automated workflows for moving items based on PR/issue status, grouping, filtering, milestones, and iteration planning. Integrated with GitHub Issues and PRs for seamless developer workflows. Free for all GitHub users. A lightweight alternative to Jira for GitHub-centric teams.

Freemium project planning and issue management platform built directly into GitHub. GitHub Free ($0/mo) includes unlimited public/private projects with up to 1,200 items, custom fields, and Table, Board, and Roadmap views. GitHub Team ($4/user/mo billed annually) unlocks higher item capacities and granular project-level role permissions. GitHub Enterprise ($21/user/mo billed annually) adds SAML SSO, SCIM directory sync, audit log streaming, Enterprise Managed Users, and 99.9% uptime SLAs.

Notion

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All-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.

Freemium connected workspace and AI knowledge assistant. Free tier ($0/mo) includes unlimited blocks for individuals and basic Notion AI trial. Plus ($10-$12/user/mo) offers unlimited blocks for teams, unlimited file uploads, and 30-day page history. Business ($15-$18/user/mo) adds SAML SSO, private teamspaces, and 90-day page history. Enterprise offers custom pricing with SCIM, audit logs, unlimited history, and HIPAA support. Notion AI Add-on ($8-$10/user/mo) provides unlimited workspace Q&A, AI drafting/summaries, AI database autofill, and Slack/Drive/Jira connectors.Review →

Open-source Linear alternatives

Plane — see all open-source developer tools.

Free Linear alternatives

Jira, Plane, ClickUp, GitHub Projects, Notion offer a free plan or free tier.

More Productivity & Workflow tools

same category, not editor-selected alternatives — see how Linear 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.OrcaOrca is an open-source Agent Development Environment (ADE) for running 25+ coding agents in parallel, each in an isolated git worktree. Supports Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, Amp, Goose, Grok, and Aider with BYOK subscriptions. Includes a WebGL terminal with infinite splits, built-in git tracking, hot-swap accounts, and an iOS/Android companion app for monitoring agent work on the move.

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FAQ

Which Linear alternative is listed first?

Jira is first in the editor-selected list of 5 Linear alternatives. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source Linear alternatives?

Yes — Plane are open source.

Are there free Linear alternatives?

Yes — Jira, Plane, ClickUp, and more offer a free plan or free tier.