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Anyone got a good opensource Jira alternative I can install locally? Most alternatives are cloud as well.

riffic 6y ago
Traditionally, redmine. Non-traditionally I'd say GitLab. Try looking here: https://alternativeto.net/software/jira/?license=opensource https://alternativeto.net/software/jira/?license=opensource
originalvichy 6y ago
Keep checking HN for the next week. I hope we see some good alternatives.
jasonv 6y ago
Anyone still use Trac? [https://trac.edgewall.org https://trac.edgewall.org] We were using it up until a while ago (edit: oh, did the math, 7 years ago)... could still totally get by with it. I keep my free Jira/Cloud account going, but when I look elsewhere, I don't really love the options either (Clubhouse, looking at you).
- 3np 6y ago
  To each their own I guess - Clubhouse has been a change for the better in every way compared to JIRA for me/us (cloud-only, though)
- user5994461 6y ago
  At the largest bank I worked with. Trac was the primary wiki that was in use for almost 15 years (largely abandoned for the last 5). Think 10 000 wiki pages and documents written by a thousand developers over the span of entire careers. Note that Trac is abandoned software, for example it cannot run on python 3, there's been issues filled on that for years and there's simply no effort to maintain it. I decommissioned it last year (hint: there's a long and painful migration story here). Users and documents have migrated to Sphinx, that's been actively used for the past 10 years and was always supposed to replace trac (hint: there's a longer story on how to handle or not handle a migration here). It looks really good but the markup and editing tool is not really user friendly. A few teams decided to move to the internal confluence instead, that's supposed to be the strategic solution in the company. Looks like they're up for another migration within 3 years.
TavsiE9s 6y ago
Depending on your requirements YouTrack by Jetbrains might fit the bill. Not opensource but available for local installation.
ryker_steel 6y ago
Open Project https://www.openproject.org/ https://www.openproject.org/ We use it on the side of JIRA. It is straightforward to use, can assign group to tickets, gantt charts, cost reporting...

Traditionally, redmine. Non-traditionally I'd say GitLab. Try looking here: https://alternativeto.net/software/jira/?license=opensource https://alternativeto.net/software/jira/?license=opensource

originalvichy 6y ago

Keep checking HN for the next week. I hope we see some good alternatives.

jasonv 6y ago

Anyone still use Trac? [https://trac.edgewall.org https://trac.edgewall.org] We were using it up until a while ago (edit: oh, did the math, 7 years ago)... could still totally get by with it. I keep my free Jira/Cloud account going, but when I look elsewhere, I don't really love the options either (Clubhouse, looking at you).

3np 6y ago
To each their own I guess - Clubhouse has been a change for the better in every way compared to JIRA for me/us (cloud-only, though)
user5994461 6y ago
At the largest bank I worked with. Trac was the primary wiki that was in use for almost 15 years (largely abandoned for the last 5). Think 10 000 wiki pages and documents written by a thousand developers over the span of entire careers. Note that Trac is abandoned software, for example it cannot run on python 3, there's been issues filled on that for years and there's simply no effort to maintain it. I decommissioned it last year (hint: there's a long and painful migration story here). Users and documents have migrated to Sphinx, that's been actively used for the past 10 years and was always supposed to replace trac (hint: there's a longer story on how to handle or not handle a migration here). It looks really good but the markup and editing tool is not really user friendly. A few teams decided to move to the internal confluence instead, that's supposed to be the strategic solution in the company. Looks like they're up for another migration within 3 years.

TavsiE9s 6y ago

Depending on your requirements YouTrack by Jetbrains might fit the bill. Not opensource but available for local installation.

ryker_steel 6y ago

Open Project https://www.openproject.org/ https://www.openproject.org/ We use it on the side of JIRA. It is straightforward to use, can assign group to tickets, gantt charts, cost reporting...