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I've been looking for a competitive open source alternative to Jira for a non-profit I volunteer at because they cannot afford to pay for any cloud service and

I've been looking for a competitive open source alternative to Jira for a non-profit I volunteer at because they cannot afford to pay for any cloud service and Trello has its limitations. Does Plane offer all pro features for open source instances as well? Does it support login via Google or other identity providers?

fmjrey 3y ago
A good alternative to jira and other tools used in application lifecycle management is tuleap [1]. The PM/agile part is very configurable and it is also offering integrated wiki, gitolite, and hooks to integrate with some CI/CD. Also LDAP and OpenID integration is available in the community edition [2]. [1] https://www.tuleap.org/ https://www.tuleap.org/ [2] https://docs.tuleap.org/administration-guide/users-management/security/user-authentication.html https://docs.tuleap.org/administration-guide/users-managemen...
smallerfish 3y ago
Check out Youtrack - not open source, but free if you have 10 or fewer users.
- simmanian 3y ago
  we are trying to work with ~35 volunteers for this purpose, but i will check it out nonetheless.
- viharkurama 3y ago
  Youtrack is great but complicated with it's UX. Code level extensibility with Project management tools is near zero. We are working on our extensibility framework called Propel, it gives you the ability to write code with React to extend Plane. Open-sourcing in Q3 2023.
  - shamiln 3y ago
    Now this extensibility is what I’m interested in, as I’m working in a project which needs front end extensibility and have no idea where to start!
  - contravariant 3y ago
    That's a bit unfair towards youtrack, you can extend its behaviour with arbitrary javascript. It's not the cleanest development experience I had but it is powerful. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean by "code level extensibility".
lstamour 3y ago
Edit: I should clarify, supporting open source is the best possible model for price pressure and innovation, especially in the cloud hosting space, but I also wanted to let other non-profits know about the discount if Jira is too expensive per-user due to volunteers, etc. FYI, Atlassian has a non-profits license. While the cloud version only has a discount so you still have to pay per user, the on-prem version is free. Best part about running on-prem under this license is that a lot of on-prem extensions have opted in to atlassian marketplace licensing and offer free plans for non-profits. While this would be expensive to do in the cloud, because the plugins run on your server, it’s basically free for everyone involved. The downside is you still have to manage and renew licenses, and don’t expect too much support given the free price. > Atlassian also offers free Data Center (self-managed) licenses for registered charitable non-profit organizations that are non-government, non-academic, non-commercial in nature, non-political, and have no religious affiliation. More at https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#trials https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#trial... under the faq question about non-profit pricing…
- simmanian 3y ago
  unfortunately, we are a buddhist organization so we do not qualify.
kirbyfan64sos 3y ago
Check out Taiga: https://www.taiga.io/ https://www.taiga.io/ By the creators of Penpot, free plan is basically only missing premium support. Not sure about the login though...there seem to be some plugins for it, not sure how that works with the hosted version?
- simmanian 3y ago
  thanks! looks like it's also open source as well.
- viharkurama 3y ago
  We have a singular focus working only on Plane and making it big for everyone. We are still in early stages, so had to rush on few decisions, but we treat every user the same.
  - cutemonster 3y ago
    What's the differences between Plane and Tagia? (I actually came to think about Tagia me too when I saw this HN about Plane)
- gchamonlive 3y ago
  Do you know if it integrates with GitHub pull-requests?
brightball 3y ago
You can do a lot on free ClickUp
- umangrathi 3y ago
  Recommend Clickup highly for multi user flows on a free tier (infinite users), only issue you can not attach many files (have uses google drive link for that earlier)
netsharc 3y ago
I've used Redmine although with just 2 users: https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki The per-project wiki feature is useful for documentation.
- NickNameNick 3y ago
  I always liked how Redmine has a tree of projects, rather than just a list.
  - andrewl 3y ago
    OpenProject (www.openproject.org) is a fork of Redmine. I have not used it, but I did extensive research on it a couple of years ago while looking for a new project management system for our division. I think it is worth a look.
- kypro 3y ago
  I used to use Redmine at a company I worked for several years ago. There was probably about 20 of us in total. It worked well.
tupolef 3y ago
Try a stack like this : Zammad + Taiga.io|Redmine + Growi|Xwiki + Rocket.chat
mch82 3y ago
Try GitLab with all project features disabled except the issue tracker. It works quite well & simple Kanban workflows are super easy to setup. Edit: in the spirit of the thread, also try Plane.

fmjrey 3y ago

A good alternative to jira and other tools used in application lifecycle management is tuleap [1]. The PM/agile part is very configurable and it is also offering integrated wiki, gitolite, and hooks to integrate with some CI/CD. Also LDAP and OpenID integration is available in the community edition [2]. [1] https://www.tuleap.org/ https://www.tuleap.org/ [2] https://docs.tuleap.org/administration-guide/users-management/security/user-authentication.html https://docs.tuleap.org/administration-guide/users-managemen...

smallerfish 3y ago

Check out Youtrack - not open source, but free if you have 10 or fewer users.

simmanian 3y ago
we are trying to work with ~35 volunteers for this purpose, but i will check it out nonetheless.
viharkurama 3y ago
Youtrack is great but complicated with it's UX. Code level extensibility with Project management tools is near zero. We are working on our extensibility framework called Propel, it gives you the ability to write code with React to extend Plane. Open-sourcing in Q3 2023.
- shamiln 3y ago
  Now this extensibility is what I’m interested in, as I’m working in a project which needs front end extensibility and have no idea where to start!
- contravariant 3y ago
  That's a bit unfair towards youtrack, you can extend its behaviour with arbitrary javascript. It's not the cleanest development experience I had but it is powerful. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean by "code level extensibility".

lstamour 3y ago

Edit: I should clarify, supporting open source is the best possible model for price pressure and innovation, especially in the cloud hosting space, but I also wanted to let other non-profits know about the discount if Jira is too expensive per-user due to volunteers, etc. FYI, Atlassian has a non-profits license. While the cloud version only has a discount so you still have to pay per user, the on-prem version is free. Best part about running on-prem under this license is that a lot of on-prem extensions have opted in to atlassian marketplace licensing and offer free plans for non-profits. While this would be expensive to do in the cloud, because the plugins run on your server, it’s basically free for everyone involved. The downside is you still have to manage and renew licenses, and don’t expect too much support given the free price. > Atlassian also offers free Data Center (self-managed) licenses for registered charitable non-profit organizations that are non-government, non-academic, non-commercial in nature, non-political, and have no religious affiliation. More at https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#trials https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#trial... under the faq question about non-profit pricing…

simmanian 3y ago
unfortunately, we are a buddhist organization so we do not qualify.

kirbyfan64sos 3y ago

Check out Taiga: https://www.taiga.io/ https://www.taiga.io/ By the creators of Penpot, free plan is basically only missing premium support. Not sure about the login though...there seem to be some plugins for it, not sure how that works with the hosted version?

simmanian 3y ago
thanks! looks like it's also open source as well.
viharkurama 3y ago
We have a singular focus working only on Plane and making it big for everyone. We are still in early stages, so had to rush on few decisions, but we treat every user the same.
- cutemonster 3y ago
  What's the differences between Plane and Tagia? (I actually came to think about Tagia me too when I saw this HN about Plane)
gchamonlive 3y ago
Do you know if it integrates with GitHub pull-requests?

brightball 3y ago

You can do a lot on free ClickUp

umangrathi 3y ago
Recommend Clickup highly for multi user flows on a free tier (infinite users), only issue you can not attach many files (have uses google drive link for that earlier)

netsharc 3y ago

I've used Redmine although with just 2 users: https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki The per-project wiki feature is useful for documentation.

NickNameNick 3y ago
I always liked how Redmine has a tree of projects, rather than just a list.
- andrewl 3y ago
  OpenProject (www.openproject.org) is a fork of Redmine. I have not used it, but I did extensive research on it a couple of years ago while looking for a new project management system for our division. I think it is worth a look.
kypro 3y ago
I used to use Redmine at a company I worked for several years ago. There was probably about 20 of us in total. It worked well.

tupolef 3y ago

Try a stack like this : Zammad + Taiga.io|Redmine + Growi|Xwiki + Rocket.chat

mch82 3y ago

Try GitLab with all project features disabled except the issue tracker. It works quite well & simple Kanban workflows are super easy to setup. Edit: in the spirit of the thread, also try Plane.