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Best Open-Source Alternatives
to Jira in 2026

Stop paying for Jira. These free, open-source tools give you full data ownership, no vendor lock-in, and deploy for as little as $5/month on your own VPS.

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superplane
8.1k ⭐ · NOASSERTION
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Feature Open SourceJira
Free to use (forever)
Self-hosted / private data
Open source (auditable code)
No vendor lock-in
Docker / 1-click deploy
Unlimited users / events
Custom domain & branding
Managed updates & backups
Built-in CDN & scaling
Enterprise SLA & support

Deploy superplane in Minutes

Follow these steps to get your self-hosted instance up and running.

  1. 1
    git clone https://github.com/superplanehq/superplane

    Clone the repository

  2. 2
    npm install && cp .env.example .env

    Install dependencies and configure env

  3. 3
    npm run build && npm start

    Build and launch the application

  4. 4
    Configure reverse proxy (nginx/Caddy)

    Point your domain at the app

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superplane

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8.1k

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docker-zerotier-planet

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Alt to JiraShellDocker
Oct 2026
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itsaplan

Analytics
1.8k

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Open-source, self-hosted alternative to Linear and Plane. Project management and issue tracking where teams and AI agents work side by side to plan and ship products.

Alt to JiraTypeScriptAGPL-3.0
Oct 2026
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