Project and task management
Routine 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.
The projects
AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy★75,040 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceOpen-source collaborative workspace for notes, docs, and project organization with extensible blocks.Open on GitHub ↗makeplane/plane★55,669 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceModern open-source project management platform for tasks, sprints, docs, and team workflows.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Advanced AI agents and automations (specialized agents that operate across services)
- AI meeting notes (automated transcription & summarization at scale)
- Built-in offline-first synchronization across platforms
- Native macOS/iOS/Windows/Linux apps and menu-bar widget
- Enterprise features (SSO, audit logs, compliance controls)
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Routine, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.