Project and task management

Linear alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

makeplane/plane55,662AGPL-3.0Modern project management platform for tasks, sprints, boards, triage, and issue tracking.Open on GitHub opf/openproject15,781GPL-3.0Project management software with agile planning, issue tracking, roadmaps, Gantt charts, and collaboration.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Linear Agent and other AI/agent workflows (coded agent platform)
Coding sessions, Loops, Code Intelligence and other AI features
Enterprise features (SAML/SCIM, audit logs, SLAs, account management)
Scale/production hardening, uptime SLA, and priority support
Built integrations & polished product UX

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Linear, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.