Open-source alternatives to Atlassian Jira

5 alternatives, ranked by a published maintenance score computed from live GitHub signals (fetched 2026-09-04). We flag unmaintained projects on both sides — including Atlassian Jira itself when the data says so.

About Atlassian Jira: Proprietary; server licenses ended in 2024, and complexity/pricing complaints are perennial. It is closed-source, so the same public maintenance signals do not exist for it — we score only the alternatives below.

The alternatives

Plane

90 /100 actively maintained

Issues, cycles and roadmaps with a modern UI; self-hostable.

58,878 stars · last commit 2026-09-04 · latest release v1.4.2 (2026-08-23) · 1,081 open issues/PRs · AGPL-3.0 · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 90/100 was computed

Last commit	today	40/40
Latest release	12 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	15/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		90/100

Huly

90 /100 actively maintained

All-in-one tracker/wiki/chat platform positioning itself against Jira and Linear.

27,560 stars · last commit 2026-08-27 · latest release s0.7.437 (2026-08-01) · 847 open issues/PRs · EPL-2.0 · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 90/100 was computed

Last commit	8 days ago	40/40
Latest release	34 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	15/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		90/100

OpenProject

87 /100 actively maintained

Mature project management: backlogs, Gantt, time tracking.

16,023 stars · last commit 2026-09-04 · latest release v17.8.0 (2026-09-02) · 260 open issues/PRs · GPL-3.0 · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 87/100 was computed

Last commit	today	40/40
Latest release	2 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	12/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		87/100

Redmine

87 /100 actively maintained

The veteran issue tracker; plugins for almost everything.

6,027 stars · last commit 2026-09-04 · latest release 7.0.1 (2026-08-26) · 3 open issues/PRs · custom license · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 87/100 was computed

Last commit	today	40/40
Latest release	9 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	12/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		87/100

Leantime

87 /100 actively maintained

Project management aimed at non-project-managers; ADHD-friendly design.

11,518 stars · last commit 2026-08-15 · latest release v3.9.8 (2026-07-08) · 326 open issues/PRs · AGPL-3.0 · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 87/100 was computed

Last commit	20 days ago	40/40
Latest release	58 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	12/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		87/100