Self-hosted alternatives to Monday.com
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Below are 10 open-source projects that cover the same ground, each scored 0–100 on how actively it is actually maintained — commit volume, release cadence and recent trend. 7 of the 10 are currently rated healthy or better. Ordering reflects that score, not sponsorship.
| Project | Health | Activity (11 mo) | Stars | Licence | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenProject Manage your projects, tasks and goals. Collaborate via work packages and link them to your pull requests on Gi | Thriving · 94 | 16k | GPL-3.0 | 2 Sept 2026 | |
| Gitea Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, co | Thriving · 91 | 58k | MIT | 29 Aug 2026 | |
| Kaneo Project management platform focused on simplicity and efficiency. | Thriving · 89 | 9.2k | MIT | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| Vikunja The to-do app to organize your life. | Thriving · 89 | 5.5k | AGPL-3.0 | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| Plane Track issues, epics, and product roadmaps in the simplest way possible (alternative to JIRA, Linear and Height | Thriving · 86 | 60k | AGPL-3.0 | 23 Aug 2026 | |
| OneDev All-In-One DevOps Platform. With Git Management, Issue Tracking, and CI/CD. Simple yet Powerful. | Healthy · 80 | 15k | MIT | 23 Sept 2026 | |
| Octobox Take back control of your GitHub Notifications. | Healthy · 79 | 4.5k | AGPL-3.0 | 1 Sept 2026 | |
| Kanboard Simple visual task board. | Steady · 65 | 9.9k | MIT | 29 Aug 2026 | |
| Planka Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello). | Steady · 64 | 13k | ⊘ Proprietary | 10 Aug 2026 | |
| Taiga Agile Project Management Tool based on the Kanban and Scrum methods. | Unrated | — | MPL-2.0 | — |
How these were picked
Every project listed here is open source and can run entirely on hardware you control. We start from the categories that match Monday.com's job — Software Development - Project Management, Task Management & To-do Lists — then rank by health score so that a popular-but-abandoned project never appears above a smaller one that is actively shipping. The scoring method is documented in full.
The scores are recomputed from repository data on every rebuild, so this page reflects the state of these projects as of 1 Oct 2026 — not the day it was written.
OpenProject
Manage your projects, tasks and goals. Collaborate via work packages and link them to your pull requests on Github.
Best fit: It suits teams requiring a structured, self-hosted environment to manage complex workflows and link project tasks directly to code repositories.
Worth knowing: As a comprehensive Ruby-based application, it can be resource-intensive to host and maintain compared to lightweight task lists.
Gitea
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD.
Best fit: Teams and individuals who want a complete, self-hosted code management and collaboration platform without the resource demands of heavier enterprise alternatives.
Worth knowing: It requires significant ongoing management for upgrades, backups, and user access control, and it overlaps heavily with more established self-hosted Git solutions.
Kaneo
Project management platform focused on simplicity and efficiency.
Best fit: It is well-suited for technical teams looking for a lightweight, source-available project management tool that can be hosted locally without proprietary vendor lock-in.
Worth knowing: Given the crowded market of project tracking tools, it may lack the extensive ecosystem of integrations and plugins found in more mature, long-standing alternatives.
Vikunja
The to-do app to organize your life.
Best fit: It suits individuals or teams seeking an independent, self-hosted task tracker that avoids third-party cloud services.
Worth knowing: You may find it overlaps significantly with mature, well-known project management alternatives, and its feature set depends on how you choose to configure and maintain the instance.
Plane
Track issues, epics, and product roadmaps in the simplest way possible (alternative to JIRA, Linear and Height).
Best fit: Development teams looking for a streamlined, self-hosted issue tracker to manage roadmaps and sprints without relying on cloud-based proprietary alternatives.
Worth knowing: The software is licensed under the AGPL-3.0, which imposes strict copyleft requirements if you modify and network the application. It also competes in a crowded space with well-established proprietary and open-source project management tools.