Linear alternatives

Open-source alternatives

• Huly

  Fit: PartialCore overlap exists; named gaps need replacing or rebuilding.Fit is not feature parity. A Tier ANo paid feature gates in the self-run edition Eclipse Public License 2.0 This commercially-friendly copyleft license provides the ability to commercially license binaries; a modern royalty-free patent license grant; and the ability for linked works to use other licenses, including commercial ones. May Commercial useDistributionModificationPatent usePrivate use Must Disclose sourceLicense and copyright noticeSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com Self-hostable: yesYou can run it on your own server.

  Issue tracking and planning overlap; evaluate existing Linear integrations and rebuild unsupported automation. Huly combines tasks with documents and collaboration.

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  OpenProject

  Fit: PartialCore overlap exists; named gaps need replacing or rebuilding.Fit is not feature parity. C Tier CDaily-workflow features need a paid edition GNU General Public License v3.0 Permissions of this strong copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com Self-hostable: yesYou can run it on your own server.

  Issue/work-package tracking overlaps; interface and project planning differ. Recreate cycles/workflows and validate integrations; no native Linear importer verified.

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  Plane Community

  Fit: PartialCore overlap exists; named gaps need replacing or rebuilding.Fit is not feature parity. C Tier CDaily-workflow features need a paid edition GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceNetwork use is distributionSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com Self-hostable: yesYou can run it on your own server.

  Issues and cycles overlap; verify importer field fidelity and note native time tracking/work-item types require Commercial Edition.

Source-available or unresolved

Kept apart: these are not open source by the OSI definition, or their license scope is not settled.

• Taiga

  Fit: PartialCore overlap exists; named gaps need replacing or rebuilding.Fit is not feature parity. U Tier ULicense or parity scope unresolved Mozilla Public License 2.0 Permissions of this weak copyleft license are conditioned on making available source code of licensed files and modifications of those files under the same license (or in certain cases, one of the GNU licenses). Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. However, a larger work using the licensed work may be distributed under different terms and without source code for files added in the larger work. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must Disclose sourceLicense and copyright noticeSame license (file) No LiabilityTrademark useWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com Self-hostable: yesYou can run it on your own server.

  Agile issue/backlog workflows overlap. No native Linear importer verified; plan data transformation and integration replacement.