DumbDo vs OpenProject
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted project management & tasks options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare DumbDo with
choose an app… Plane Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan Habitica Self-Hosted Planka Leantime git-bug Kanboard
Compare OpenProject with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Memos Mark Text Joplin Plane SiYuan Logseq Outline Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Khoj Chatwoot Wiki.js Huly Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan SimpleX Chat Etherpad Habitica Self-Hosted Planka Phabricator Leantime Centrifugo Screego Typebot git-bug Kanboard Berty Mumble Kaneo The Lounge Papercups Redmine Taskwarrior Zammad WorkAdventure OpenEMR Maybe Tasks Taskcafe Vikunja Kimai2 Octobox Nullboard Godo Worklenz Donetick Tasks.md Restyaboard Kanban Tegon MantisBT Taskell FossBilling ZenTao Kanban Lite eLabFTW Tracks Gerrit OrangeHRM GanttProject eigenfocus osem Bugzilla Taiga Firefly III Importer LibreBooking Phorge 4ga Boards Todoman Web Vikunja Frontend Mobile Trac Admidio The Bug Genie Agorakit Facilmap LibrePlan HamsterBase Tasks DumbBudget WorkAdventure Tasks ShipShipShip TaskLite OpenHabitTracker Fab-manager May croodle rgit Traq myTinyTodo Our Shopping List DumbKan SCM Manager FlowInquiry Satdress motion.tools (Antragsgrün) Grr Task Keeper Mergeable Bileto Mobilizon Tasks Galette phpCollab minimal-git-server Rukovoditel PyInventory CiviCRM on Drupal Listaway eTraxis 92five Active Collab Bénévalibre BitBucket Server Buddy Enterprise Coin Crucible Cultivons Diacamma Dokos Kanban Tool Kantree Liberaforms Paheko PMB Pollaris ProjeQtOr Smederee Solo Tuleap
Feature DumbDo OpenProject Category Project Management & Tasks Project Management & Tasks License GPL-3.0 GPL-3.0 Language JavaScript Ruby Setup difficulty Easy Hard Min. RAM 50 MB 2,048 MB Deployment bare-metal docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 180 ★ 15,794 First released 2025 2012 Replaces — Jira, Asana
Why pick each one
Choose DumbDo if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Written in JavaScript Tiny footprint — runs in 50 MB RAM DumbDo details Choose OpenProject if… Very feature-complete Good for classic project management Strong permissions OpenProject details
Frequently asked questions Is DumbDo or OpenProject better? Neither is universally better. OpenProject has the larger community, while DumbDo is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are DumbDo and OpenProject free and open-source? Yes. DumbDo is licensed under GPL-3.0 and OpenProject under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run DumbDo and OpenProject with Docker? DumbDo: check the project docs for container support. OpenProject: yes.