Nearly two decades running engineering organizations: Redmine is the veteran open-source project management and issue tracker, a Ruby on Rails application (GPLv2) still in active development. Its core strength is configurability: define your own trackers (bug, feature, task, or anything else), issue statuses, and role-based workflows that control exactly which transitions each role may perform, then extend records with custom fields of every type. Issues support subtasks, relations (blocks, precedes, duplicates), watchers, categories, and full journaled history, with saved custom queries and cross-project filtering for slicing the backlog any way you need. Around the tracker sit Gantt charts and calendars, a roadmap driven by versions, per-project wikis, forums, news, and document repositories, plus time tracking with estimated versus spent hours and activity-based reporting. Multi-project support runs deep - subprojects, per-project modules, and granular role-based permissions - and repository integration (Git, Subversion, Mercurial) links commits to issues automatically. Email notifications, inbound email-to-issue creation, LDAP authentication, a REST API, and a large plugin and theme ecosystem round it out. Recent 6.x releases brought substantial query and rendering optimizations. Self-hosting keeps your entire project history in your own database, free of per-seat licensing.

Kandev provides a command center for orchestrating AI coding agents across parallel workstreams. The Go backend paired with a Next.js frontend delivers kanban boards with drag-and-drop columns, pipeline workflow definitions with per-step agent handoffs, and an IDE-like review workspace combining file editor, file tree, terminal, browser preview, and unified git diffs. Multi-provider support connects Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Qoder, Grok, and custom agents through configurable profiles with per-agent prompts, runtimes, and review gates. Tasks execute in isolated git worktrees with multi-repository support, letting agents work on separate branches simultaneously while changes surface in a consolidated review interface. Native integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, Sentry, and Slack pull external issues into the kanban and link tasks to pull requests. Kandev exposes streamable HTTP and SSE MCP endpoints, enabling external clients — Cursor, Claude Desktop, Augment — to create tasks and read workspace context programmatically. Workflow definitions export as portable YAML for sharing across installations. Agentic workflows chain multi-step pipelines mixing different models per step — Opus for architecture, Sonnet for implementation, with human review gates between stages. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

The most-starred open-source project management platform on GitHub with over 55,000 stars, Plane delivers what Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp charge thousands per year for — issue tracking, sprint planning, documentation, and AI-powered workflows in one unified workspace that you own and control entirely. Work items feature a rich text editor with file uploads, sub-properties, custom states, priorities, labels, assignees, and cross-referencing, organized across five customizable layout views (list, board, table, spreadsheet, Gantt) with Command-K navigation for instant access to anything. Time-boxed Cycles provide sprint planning with automatic burn-down charts, velocity tracking, and scope change detection, while Modules break complex projects into manageable deliverables with progress aggregation. Built-in Pages combine AI-powered documentation with rich formatting, image embedding, and one-click conversion of notes into actionable work items. The AI layer reads across every project, cycle, document, and thread in the workspace — agents take real assignments, triage incoming requests, assign owners, track blockers, and ship status updates automatically. Native integrations connect GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Sentry, Figma, and 50+ tools with bidirectional issue sync and PR tracking, while import pipelines migrate entire workspaces from Jira, Linear, Asana, ClickUp, or Monday in minutes. The REST API with OAuth 2.0, HMAC-signed webhooks, typed SDKs in Node.js and Python, and a native MCP server enable custom automations. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

With nearly 10,000 GitHub stars and over a decade of development since 2013, Invoice Ninja is the most complete source-available invoicing platform for freelancers and small businesses — combining professional invoicing, online payments, expense tracking, and project management in a single self-hosted application. The Laravel API backend powers a React web portal and Flutter native applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, delivering a consistent experience across every device. Create professional invoices and quotes with real-time PDF preview, product libraries, custom templates, and automatic tax calculations. Clients receive branded emails and access their dedicated portal at your custom domain to view documents, approve quotes with e-signatures, and pay with one click via Stripe, PayPal, Square, GoCardless, Authorize.net, Braintree, or Mollie. Recurring invoices with auto-billing charge saved payment methods on schedule — weekly, monthly, or annually — with automatic reminders and late fee calculations. The built-in project management suite includes Kanban boards for task organization, billable time tracking with start/stop timers, and vendor expense management with receipt attachments. Bank account synchronization via Yodlee or GoCardless automatically imports transactions for reconciliation. E-invoicing with PEPPOL network integration supports electronic invoicing standards for European and government compliance. Reports cover invoices, expenses, profit and loss, tax summaries, and aged receivables. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Elastic License v2.

A personal to-do list that scales to team project management: Vikunja is an open-source task manager that grows with the work. Every project can be viewed four ways - classic list, drag-and-drop Kanban board, Gantt chart for timeline planning, and a spreadsheet-style table - so a project manager watches the Gantt while developers work the board, on the same data. Tasks carry the full attribute set: labels, priorities, due dates and reminders, recurring schedules, subtasks and task relations, file attachments, assignees, and comments, and Quick Add Magic parses natural-language input like dates and labels typed inline. Projects share with team members or via links, and saved filters slice tasks across projects. Built-in CalDAV support (VTODO) syncs tasks bidirectionally with clients like Thunderbird, DAVx5, and iOS Reminders, and one-click importers migrate from Todoist, Trello, and Microsoft To-Do. Nothing is metered - unlimited projects, tasks, filters, and attachments. A single Go binary with a Vue frontend runs against SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL, exposes a full REST API, and works as an installable PWA on mobile. AGPLv3-licensed.

Tududi is a self-hosted planner that turns a pile of tasks into a plan for the day, keeping projects, notes, goals, and habits on a server you control. One Add box files an Inbox item, Task, Note, or Project and understands natural-language dates, recurrence, tags, projects, and people, so "every first monday #home" becomes a recurring task without opening a form. The Today page switches between planning mode, with a timeline or list beside your calendar and optional AI help to sketch the day, and doing mode, with a Next card and a hint when a free slot fits a small task. Tasks have subtasks and live in projects and areas, projects link to season or year goals, and saved views, project templates, and optional Eisenhower and Kanban boards organize the work. Habits support build or quit goals with streaks, a strength score, and a history grid, while notes offer linked pages, backlinks, and mermaid diagrams. Households and teams share projects with read-only or read-write access, assign tasks to people, and follow an Everyone board; members without email sign in through one-time links. Telegram captures tasks and can send daily summaries, CalDAV syncs with reminder apps, OIDC handles single sign-on, and an MCP server lets Claude or Cursor manage tasks. AI stays off until you enable it and add a provider; local models work too. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

With over 57,000 GitHub stars and deployment across thousands of organizations worldwide, Gitea is the most popular self-hosted Git service, delivering a complete software development platform in a single Go binary that runs on as little as 512MB of RAM. The platform provides full repository management with pull requests featuring inline code review, branch protection rules, merge strategies including squash, rebase, and merge commit, and automated status checks through Gitea Actions. The built-in CI/CD system uses the same YAML workflow syntax as GitHub Actions and can directly reuse over 20,000 existing Actions plugins, allowing teams to migrate from GitHub with minimal pipeline rewrites using the open-source act_runner executor. The integrated package registry supports over 20 formats including npm, PyPI, Maven, NuGet, Cargo, Helm, Composer, Conda, RubyGems, Pub, and an OCI-compatible Container registry for Docker images with no additional configuration required. Project management features include issue tracking with labels, milestones, dependencies, and time tracking, alongside kanban project boards for visual workflow management. Gitea supports LFS for large file storage, built-in wiki pages per repository, webhook integrations with Slack, Discord, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, and custom HTTP endpoints, and OAuth2 authentication with LDAP, SAML, and PAM backend support. Repository mirroring enables bidirectional synchronization with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, while the comprehensive REST and GraphQL APIs power external integrations and the official tea CLI tool. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Trello's board model on your own server: Planka is an open-source Kanban project management tool. Boards organize into projects with lists, cards, labels, due dates, checklists, file attachments, and per-card stopwatch time tracking, all managed through drag-and-drop. Updates propagate over WebSockets, so a teammate moving a card or adding a comment appears instantly for everyone without a refresh - a genuine differentiator among self-hosted boards. Card descriptions use a full Markdown editor, custom fields adapt cards to your workflow, and views switch between Kanban, grid, and list layouts. Authentication supports OpenID Connect single sign-on with Google, Azure AD, Okta, or any OIDC provider - a feature Trello reserves for enterprise plans - and notifications reach 100+ channels including Slack, Discord, Telegram, and SMTP via Apprise. A REST API with 50+ webhook events supports custom integrations, and one-click board import eases migration. Built with React and Node.js on PostgreSQL, translated into 35+ languages, deployed via Docker.

A drag-and-drop task board that works fine on its own and can also hand cards to AI coding agents, Veritas Kanban shows what each agent is doing, what it changed, and what is waiting for your approval. Start with no agents at all. Cards move through To Do, In Progress, Blocked, and Done, and each one carries subtasks, dependencies, time tracking, comments, and an activity log. When you are ready, connect Codex, Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Hermes, or OpenClaw, give every agent an Intern, Specialist, or Lead permission level, and follow each agent's status and model on a live dashboard. Let a task run in its own Git worktree, read the diff, leave inline comments, approve or request changes, and open a GitHub pull request from the task panel. Squad Chat gives agents one shared channel that posts spawned, completed, and failed events. Workflows chain steps with parallel branches, loops, and human approval gates. Policy rules allow, deny, or hold agent actions for review. Assistants reach the board through an MCP server, a command-line client, or a REST API. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

What Trello fans wanted Trello to stay: Kan (kan.bn) is a minimalist, frills-free kanban board capturing the original vision before the enterprise pivots - and then adds the things 2025 actually demands. The core is exactly right: drag-and-drop cards across lists, labels and filters to find work fast, comments for discussion on cards, checklists, a detailed activity log tracking every change, and reusable board templates. Workspaces gather your team with member invites and role management, and board visibility controls decide who can view or edit each board. Migration is first-class: a built-in Trello importer brings existing boards over, so switching costs an afternoon, not a quarter. The standout differentiator is the bundled Model Context Protocol server exposing 46 tools across workspaces, boards, lists, cards, comments, checklists, labels, and members - meaning Claude Desktop, Cursor, Copilot, or any MCP client can read and manage your boards in natural language: "move everything assigned to me into Done" becomes a sentence, not a click marathon. The stack is modern TypeScript - Next.js, tRPC, Drizzle ORM over PostgreSQL, Better Auth (credentials or OAuth), Tailwind - with optional SMTP email and S3 file storage. Unlimited boards, lists, and cards; AGPL-licensed.

With over 15,000 GitHub stars and positioning itself as the most feature-complete open-source alternative to Airtable, APITable combines a buttery-smooth spreadsheet interface with a full database engine and automatic API generation that turns every datasheet into a queryable REST endpoint without writing a single line of backend code. Real-time collaborative editing powered by Operational Transformation algorithms supports 100,000+ rows with multiple simultaneous users, while seven built-in view types — Grid, Kanban, Gallery, Gantt chart, Calendar, Mindmap, and Form — let teams visualize the same data in whatever format suits their workflow. The one-click API panel exposes every table as a documented REST API with filtering, sorting, and pagination, effectively functioning as a backend-as-a-service for frontend developers and automation builders. Robot automation triggers workflows on record changes with integrations into n8n, Zapier, Appsmith, and Slack, while the extensible widget system provides 20+ open-source widgets for custom charts, dashboards, and data visualizations embedded directly into datasheets. Enterprise features include SAML single sign-on, field-level and row-level permissions via Mirrors, organizational team management, audit logging, database auto-backup, and data export. Bi-directional table linking with infinite cross-links creates relational data models across workspaces, and built-in templates cover CRM, project management, inventory, and content planning. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Solidtime is a time tracker for freelancers and agencies, offering a modern SaaS-quality interface that rivals commercial tools like Toggl and Clockify. The time tracking interface provides a running timer, calendar view, and weekly timesheet for flexible entry across desktop, mobile, and the dedicated macOS, Windows, and Linux desktop applications. Project management organizes work by client with hierarchical billable rates configurable at organization, member, project, and project-member levels, ensuring accurate billing across complex team structures. The invoicing module generates polished PDF invoices and structured EU e-invoices with configurable VAT rates, percentage and fixed discounts, EU reverse-charge handling, reusable company templates, and automatic line item generation from billable time entries. Reporting provides filterable summaries by user, project, client, and date range with exportable data for billing audits and team retrospectives. Multi-organization support manages separate workspaces from a single account with role-based permissions controlling access across organizations. Data import from Toggl, Clockify, and generic Timeentry CSV files enables migration from existing tools without losing historical records. The RESTful API with bearer token authentication enables automation and integration with external services. Docker deployment with PostgreSQL runs behind Nginx or Traefik reverse proxy. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

With nearly 5,000 GitHub stars and a Hacker News launch that garnered 147 points, Colanode delivers the first genuinely local-first alternative to both Slack and Notion in a single self-hosted workspace — writing every operation to a client-side SQLite database before syncing to your server, so teams work at full speed offline, on planes, or through intermittent connections without ever losing a draft. The real-time chat system provides channels and direct messages with instant delivery via WebSocket, while the rich text editor offers Notion-style block-based pages for documents, wikis, meeting notes, and knowledge bases with headings, code blocks, embeds, and nested hierarchies. Customizable databases organize structured data with custom fields and three dynamic views — table for spreadsheet-style browsing, kanban for visual workflow boards, and calendar for time-based planning. Conflict-free Replicated Data Types powered by Yjs handle concurrent editing across pages and database records: multiple users modify the same document simultaneously and the system merges changes automatically without manual conflict resolution. File management supports upload, sharing, and organization within workspaces using pluggable storage backends including local filesystem, S3-compatible services, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage with TUS resumable uploads for large files. The server runs Fastify with Zod validation on Node.js 20+, persists to PostgreSQL with pgvector extension, uses Redis for event broadcasting, and deploys via a single Docker image. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

Every bug a team finds, from the first report to the day it is marked resolved, lives in one shared list in MantisBT, an open-source issue tracker. Reporters file issues with a summary, steps to reproduce, severity, and attachments, and email notifications reach the reporter, the handler, monitors, and note authors. Six access levels, from viewer to administrator, can be overridden project by project, and private projects stay hidden from users below the configured level. Administrators define their own status values, workflow transitions, and custom fields. Sub-projects inherit versions and categories from their parents, and issues link as related, parent and child, or duplicates. @mentions pull colleagues into a discussion, tags group related work, and a chronological history records who changed what. Triage works from stored and shared filters, the My View page, and summary charts, while a roadmap and changelog track what each version contains. Reporting comes through CSV and Excel export, optional time tracking with billing totals, and RSS feeds. Sign-in can use LDAP or Active Directory, scripts reach the tracker through REST and SOAP APIs, plugins extend the interface, and 50 languages are included. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-2.0-or-later licensed.

Pomodoist pairs a task manager with a Pomodoro timer, so the list of what to do and the clock that gets it done live in the same app. Type a task the way you would say it and the quick-add bar sets its priority and estimates its Pomodoros as you type, filing it into the Inbox, Today, or Upcoming views. Plan the week on a calendar, drag cards across a kanban board, spread work along a timeline, or sort it into a four-quadrant priority matrix when everything feels urgent. Start a focus session and the timer tracks intervals against the task at hand, with configurable work and break lengths, while a 3D desktop companion focuses, rests, and celebrates along with you. Share a project and the discussion stays beside the tasks, with comments on shared items and the team's focus time visible next to the work itself. Reports chart weekly focus time, completed tasks, and habit streaks, and voice notes can become task checklists when typing is not an option. An MCP endpoint lets your AI tools manage the same projects after an OAuth sign-in, and optional Google Calendar and Telegram integrations meet the planner where you already are. The self-hosted instance unlocks every feature locally, with your own accounts and one-command backups of the whole database. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Ever Gauzy consolidates ERP invoicing, CRM sales pipelines, HRM employee records, applicant tracking, and project management into one full-stack TypeScript platform, eliminating the need to stitch together five separate SaaS subscriptions. Over 4,300 GitHub stars and 3,800+ releases back a CQRS architecture that separates command and query responsibilities across modules for invoices, expenses, payments, inventory, contacts, leads, deals, employee onboarding, candidate interviews, hiring workflows, sprints, goals, and KPI tracking. Time tracking captures hours via web timer, Electron desktop timer with activity monitoring and automatic screenshot capture, or browser extension, with timesheet submission and approval workflows supporting billable hour classification across Hubstaff and Upwork integrations. The multi-tenant architecture provides automatic tenant scoping with role-based permissions, while dual ORM support through TypeORM and MikroORM with Knex query builder ensures database flexibility across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. REST APIs documented with OpenAPI and Swagger expose every module for headless operation, complemented by an MCP server offering 323 tools for AI assistant integration. The Angular 19 dashboard provides dark, light, corporate, and material themes with i18n across 10 languages via Crowdin. Supports Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Pulumi deployment with Redis caching and OpenSearch full-text indexing. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

With over 37,800 GitHub stars and active development since its first release in 2008, ERPNext is the most-starred open-source ERP system — delivering accounting, inventory management, manufacturing, CRM, project tracking, asset management, HR, and point-of-sale capabilities through a unified web interface built on the Frappe Framework's metadata-driven architecture. The accounting module handles multi-company consolidation, multi-currency transactions, tax templates for GST and VAT, bank reconciliation, and automated journal entries with real-time profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow reporting. Manufacturing covers production planning with multi-level bill of materials, work order scheduling, capacity planning, subcontracting, and quality inspection at each production stage. Inventory tracks stock across multiple warehouses with batch and serial number tracing, automatic reorder levels, landed cost calculations, and perpetual inventory valuation using FIFO or moving average methods. The CRM module manages leads, opportunities, and customer communication with email integration, while project management tracks tasks, timesheets, and Gantt-based scheduling with budget controls. Custom applications extend functionality through the Frappe ecosystem without forking the core codebase, and the REST API enables integration with payment gateways, shipping providers, and third-party services. Deployable via Docker Compose or the bench CLI tool with MariaDB and Redis. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Give your coding agents a board they can work, not just read: Kanzo is a self-hosted kanban board where you and your agents move the same tasks through the same columns at the same time. Tell an agent to take the next task and it moves the card to doing, comments as it works, and leaves the result where you can read it in the browser. Projects follow the code automatically: the agent finds the right board from the Git remote of the repository it is working in, and you can link more repositories to a project from its menu. Press n to add a task, search every project with a slash or Command-K, paste an image straight into a card or comment, and park half-formed ideas in an optional Backlog column that agents leave alone until you promote them. The whole board is one folder, and a private Git repository you own keeps it in step across a laptop, a desktop, and a Raspberry Pi, with conflicts resolved by choosing which side to keep. Statuses are yours to rename in the config file, the board exports cleanly to Markdown or JSON, and one click in the sidebar installs updates and restarts the service. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.