Focalboard vs Plane

Comparing two open source alternatives to Jira and Linear and Monday.com and ClickUp . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Focalboard

AGPL-3.0

Open-source, self-hosted project management tool — a free alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

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Plane

AGPL-3.0

Open-source project management platform — an alternative to Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Focalboard	Plane
License	AGPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	26,153	49,016
Forks	2,540	4,216
Open Issues	779	795
Last Commit	May 11, 2026	May 12, 2026
First Released	Oct 6, 2020	Nov 19, 2022
Categories	Time & Task Management Tools Knowledge Management Tools Collaboration & Communication Tools	Time & Task Management Tools Developer Tools Collaboration & Communication Tools
Tags	#kanban #project management #collaboration #docker #self hosted	#project management #kanban #collaboration #self hosted #docker

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