Plane
Project Management & TasksOpen-source project and issue tracking tool
Replaces Jira, Linear
3 self-hosted Linear alternatives
Linear is a commercial issue tracking and project management tool known for its speed and polished interface. It is aimed at software product teams. These open-source apps let you replace Linear with software you host and control yourself.
Best self-hosted Linear alternatives
Last reviewed Oct 11, 2026 · 597 words
Plane is the self-hosted Linear alternative I would pick: it has the same issue, cycle, and project shape that Linear teams think in, a modern interface, and by far the largest community in this group at about 60,000 stars. The cost is hardware and polish. The directory estimates Plane at 2 GB of RAM and rates it Medium to deploy, and nothing self-hosted yet matches Linear's speed and keyboard-first feel. Teams that chose Linear specifically for that feel should expect to notice the difference every day.
What you gain and what you give up
Gained: no per-seat bill as the team grows, issue data that stays inside your network (relevant for regulated work and security bugs), and the freedom to script against the database and API without rate limits set by someone else. Given up: the speed and finish of Linear's interface, its maintained integrations with GitHub, Slack, and other tools, which on a self-hosted tracker you either configure yourself or do without, and the fact that someone else handles upgrades, backups, and uptime. Plan for a Postgres backup and an upgrade routine before the first issue goes in.
Which replacement fits which team
| App | Stars | Directory difficulty | RAM estimate | Shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plane | about 60,700 | Medium | 2 GB | Issues, cycles, modules, roadmaps, pages |
| Huly | about 27,900 | Medium | 2 GB | Issue tracking plus chat, docs, virtual office |
| Tegon | about 1,900 | Medium | 1 GB | Archived; do not start here |
Plane maps most directly onto Linear: cycles stand in for Linear's cycles, modules for projects, and it offers list, kanban, and gantt views, with pages for specs. The catalogue's caveats are that it is resource heavy and some features are still maturing. Huly is the option for teams that want to replace Linear and a chat tool and a docs tool at once; the catalogue flags a complex deployment stack and heavy resource use, and it is young (first released 2023, same as Plane). Tegon appears on the alternatives list but is archived, so pass on it. If your team is small and the real need is a shared task board rather than an engineering tracker, Vikunja runs in an estimated 256 MB and is rated Easy.
How the migration actually goes
Linear can export a workspace's issues to CSV, and it has a public GraphQL API for anything richer. CSV is fine for titles, descriptions, states, assignees, and labels; it is weak on comment threads, attachments, issue relations, and history. Do not assume any importer carries over every field cleanly. The dependable path is a short script that reads Linear's API and writes to Plane's or Huly's API, which also lets you decide how Linear's teams, projects, and cycles map onto the new tool's structure. Two practical tips: migrate only open and recently closed issues rather than years of history, and keep the Linear workspace readable for a few months so old links in commits and pull requests still resolve.
Bottom line: move to Plane
Stand Plane up with Docker on a host with at least 2 GB free for it, migrate one team's open issues with a script, and run both tools side by side for one cycle before cutting over. Choose Huly instead only if consolidating chat and docs into the same system is a goal in its own right. The project management category lists the lighter boards if Plane turns out to be more tool than you need.