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Every Ticket Tracker, Replaced

Every project tool sells the same three screens: a board, a backlog and a burndown. Plane, Huly, OpenProject, Vikunja and Wekan ship those screens as software you install, so adding a contractor costs nothing. Useful whether you are leaving Jira, outgrowing Trello, or just tired of Monday seat renewals.

14 tools replaced · 8 open source projects · 186.4k combined GitHub stars

Jira tracks issues, bugs, sprints and agile workflows for software teams, with configurable boards, backlogs and reporting.

// TAKE · Plane is the closest replacement for engineering teams, mapping cycles and modules onto sprints and epics without Jira's configuration overhead. Taiga is the more traditional scrum tool with backlogs and burndown charts, while OpenProject wins when you need a company-wide system of record rather than a developer tool.

Linear is an issue tracker and planning tool for software teams, built around fast keyboard-driven triage, cycles and roadmaps.

// TAKE · Plane is the closest clone in both data model and feel, with cycles, modules, a fast issue view and keyboard shortcuts, and it is the one to try first if Linear's workflow is what you actually want. Huly bundles far more around it, including chat, documents and HR, which is either a bonus or bloat depending on whether you want one tool or ten, while Vikunja is a capable task manager that will not carry roadmap planning.

Asana is a work management tool for planning projects, assigning tasks, tracking deadlines and reporting on progress across teams.

// TAKE · Plane is the closest match for teams that want Asana-style projects with real issue tracking, and OpenProject is the pick when you need Gantt charts, budgets and formal portfolio reporting. Wekan and Planka are boards and nothing more, so they will feel thin the moment you want workload views or cross-project rollups.

Monday is a visual work platform where teams build colour-coded boards, automations and dashboards to run projects and workflows.

// TAKE · Huly comes closest to the all-in-one pitch, bundling projects, chat, documents and time tracking in one workspace, though it is the heaviest thing here to self-host. Planka gives you the fast board-and-card feel for a fraction of the operational cost, and OpenProject is the one to choose when scheduling and budget tracking matter more than looks.

ClickUp bundles tasks, docs, goals, time tracking and dashboards into a single highly configurable work management app.

// TAKE · Nothing open source matches ClickUp's sprawl, but Plane gets closest for product teams with cycles, modules and custom views, and OpenProject covers the enterprise side with Gantt charts, cost reporting and fine-grained permissions. Worklenz is worth a look if you bill clients, since time tracking is built in rather than bolted on.

Trello organises work as cards on kanban boards, with lists, labels, due dates and power-ups for lightweight collaboration.

// TAKE · Planka is the closest clone of the Trello experience, with the same drag-and-drop cards and a genuinely similar interface, while Wekan is the older and heavier option with more granular permissions. Kan is worth trying because it imports Trello boards directly, and Kanri is a local desktop app, so it suits personal boards and nothing shared.

Basecamp is a project management tool built around message boards, to-do lists, schedules, file storage and group chat per project.

// TAKE · Basecamp's calm, discussion-first style is best approximated by Leantime, which pairs plain task lists with goals and retrospectives instead of sprint machinery. Huly comes closest on breadth by folding chat, docs and projects into one app, while Plane and OpenProject aim at the engineering and PMO workflows Basecamp deliberately avoids.

Height is an all-in-one project tracker for product teams, with tasks, spreadsheets, chat and AI that keeps admin work updated.

// TAKE · Plane is the nearest match for Height's product-team workflow, with cycles, custom views and an active release cadence, and Huly goes further by folding chat and documents into the same workspace. None of them reproduce Height's AI triage, and Operately is the interesting outlier, organised around goals and check-ins instead of a task list.

Any.do is a personal to-do list and calendar app with reminders, recurring tasks, shared lists and a daily planner view.

// TAKE · Vikunja is the closest fit, a proper personal task manager with lists, due dates, reminders and a usable mobile client rather than a team project tool. Donetick handles recurring chores better if you are splitting household work, while Plane and OpenProject are built for software and enterprise projects and are far too heavy for a to-do list.

Todoist is a personal and small-team task manager with projects, natural-language due dates, labels and reminders.

// TAKE · Vikunja is the closest thing to Todoist here, with quick entry, due dates, lists and Kanban and none of the project-management ceremony, and Donetick is better if your list is mostly recurring household chores. Plane, OpenProject and Huly are team delivery tools that will feel like overkill for a personal list.

TickTick is a personal task manager with lists, reminders, a calendar view, habit tracking and a built-in pomodoro timer.

// TAKE · Donetick is the closest in scale, built for personal and household tasks with recurring chores and assignment rather than sprints. Plane and OpenProject are far more capable but they are team project trackers, so using either for a personal to-do list means carrying issue types, cycles and permissions you will never need.

Teamwork is project management built for client work, with tasks, time tracking, billing and client-facing collaboration.

// TAKE · OpenProject is the closest match to Teamwork's mix of tasks, time tracking and reporting, though the interface is denser and there is no real client-portal equivalent. Plane is the more modern choice for product teams, while Vikunja and Kanri only make sense when a simple shared board is all you actually need.

Smartsheet is a spreadsheet-style work management platform for project plans, Gantt charts, forms and automated workflows.

// TAKE · Nothing here copies the spreadsheet-as-database idea outright, so the choice splits by what you actually use Smartsheet for: OpenProject if it is Gantt charts, work breakdowns and budgets, or Budibase if it is building small internal apps on tabular data. Plane and Taiga are polished but firmly agile issue trackers, so grid-first workflows and formula columns will feel absent.