Basecamp vs Redmine
Thinking of swapping Basecamp for the open-source Redmine? Here’s the honest trade-off.
6k Ruby GPL-2.0 3 days ago
What you give up vs Basecamp
- Dated UI compared to modern tools like Linear or Jira
- Many capabilities require third-party plugins of varying quality
- Manual setup (Ruby, database, web server) is non-trivial
- No official mobile apps or managed hosting
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Redmine on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Basecamp: flat fee that still rules out self-hosting).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (GPL-2.0).