Gollum vs Leantime
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Feature Gollum Leantime Category Wikis & Documentation Project Management & Tasks License MIT AGPL-3.0 Language Ruby PHP Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 256 MB 512 MB Deployment binary, docker, source docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 14,308 ★ 11,271 First released 2010 2019 Replaces Confluence, Notion Asana, Trello, Notion
Why pick each one
Choose Gollum if… Pages are plain files in Git Easy version control Gollum details Choose Leantime if… Goal-focused approach Accessible to non-techies Active development Leantime details
Frequently asked questions Is Gollum or Leantime better? Neither is universally better. Gollum has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Gollum and Leantime free and open-source? Yes. Gollum is licensed under MIT and Leantime under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Gollum and Leantime with Docker? Gollum: yes. Leantime: yes.