Plane vs Tale

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

Plane

AGPL-3.0

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

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Tale

MIT

Open-source workspace where teams and AI agents plan tasks, run them in sandboxes, and review results together.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Plane	Tale
License	AGPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	60,545	32
Forks	6,002	5
Open Issues	1,090	258
Last Commit	Oct 8, 2026	Oct 9, 2026
First Released	Nov 19, 2022	Nov 30, 2025
Categories	Time & Task Management Tools Developer Tools Collaboration & Communication Tools	AI Agent Builders Task Management
Tags	#project management #kanban #collaboration #self hosted #docker	#ai #ai-agents #LLM #automation #collaboration

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