Jira is a proprietary issue tracking and agile project management tool from Atlassian, built around Scrum and Kanban workflows for software development teams. Full details →

Switching from Jira to an open source alternative means moving off Atlassian’s per-seat pricing and, for Data Center customers, its steep on-premises licensing, in favor of software you host yourself. OpenProject is the closest equivalent for teams that need Jira’s configurable issue types, custom workflows, and Gantt-based planning — it’s self-hosted via Docker under the GPL-3.0 license, with agile boards and backlogs covering standard Scrum and Kanban workflows. Taiga is a leaner, Scrum/Kanban-first alternative for teams that just need sprint boards, backlogs, and burndown charts without OpenProject’s broader work-package configurability — it’s fully AGPL-3.0 licensed and self-hostable via Docker at no cost. Wekan is a lighter fit still for teams whose actual usage is closer to a simple kanban board than full issue tracking. All three lack the depth of Atlassian’s Marketplace ecosystem, but they remove the recurring licensing cost and keep issue data on infrastructure you control.

Open Source Alternatives

OpenProject is a self-hostable, open source project management tool with Gantt charts, agile boards, and issue tracking, offered as an alternative to Asana and Jira.

GPL-3.0 (Community edition)

Wekan is a free, open source kanban board application that closely mirrors Trello's board/list/card model, fully self-hostable via Docker or Snap.

MIT

Taiga is a free, open source, Scrum- and Kanban-focused project management tool built for agile teams, offered as a lighter-weight, self-hostable alternative to Asana and Jira.

AGPL-3.0