OpenProject vs Taiga
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 OpenProject with
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Compare Taiga with
choose an app… Plane Huly Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan Habitica Self-Hosted Planka Phabricator Leantime git-bug Kanboard Redmine Maybe Tasks Taskcafe Vikunja Tasks.md Restyaboard Kanban Tegon MantisBT Taskell ZenTao Nextcloud Deck Kanban Lite Bugzilla Phorge Trac The Bug Genie Traq FlowInquiry Rukovoditel eTraxis
Feature OpenProject Taiga Category Project Management & Tasks Project Management & Tasks License GPL-3.0 MPL-2.0 Language Ruby Python Setup difficulty Hard Hard Min. RAM 2,048 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal docker GitHub stars ★ 15,794 ★ 844 First released 2012 2014 Replaces Jira, Asana Jira, Trello
Why pick each one
Choose OpenProject if… Very feature-complete Good for classic project management Strong permissions OpenProject details Choose Taiga if… Strong agile features Mature platform Good API Taiga details
Frequently asked questions Is OpenProject or Taiga better? Neither is universally better. OpenProject has the larger community; both share a hard setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are OpenProject and Taiga free and open-source? Yes. OpenProject is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Taiga under MPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run OpenProject and Taiga with Docker? OpenProject: yes. Taiga: yes.