Plane vs Taskcafe
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 Plane with
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Compare Taskcafe with
choose an app… Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan OpenProject Habitica Self-Hosted Planka Leantime git-bug Kanboard Kaneo Taskwarrior OpenEMR Maybe Tasks Vikunja Kimai2 Octobox Nullboard Godo Worklenz Donetick Tasks.md Restyaboard Kanban Tegon Taskell Nextcloud Deck Kanban Lite Taiga Mobilizon Tasks
Feature Plane Taskcafe Category Project Management & Tasks Project Management & Tasks License AGPL-3.0 MIT Language TypeScript TypeScript Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 2,048 MB 256 MB Deployment docker docker, source GitHub stars ★ 55,704 ★ 5,208 First released 2023 2020 Replaces Jira, Linear, Asana Trello, Asana
Why pick each one
Choose Plane if… Polished modern interface Good for product teams Active development Plane details Choose Taskcafe if… Released under the MIT license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Mature project with 5.2k GitHub stars Written in TypeScript Taskcafe details
Frequently asked questions Is Plane or Taskcafe better? Neither is universally better. Plane has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Plane and Taskcafe free and open-source? Yes. Plane is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Taskcafe under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Plane and Taskcafe with Docker? Plane: yes. Taskcafe: yes.