Donetick vs Huly
| Tagline | Task and chore manager for personal and family use with advanced scheduling | All-in-one project management, tracker, and team collaboration - a Linear/Jira alternative |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | Asana, Trello, monday.com | Linear, Jira, Slack |
| GitHub stars | 2.3k | 26k |
| Language | Go | TypeScript |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | EPL-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 4/5 Involved |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 3 days ago | today |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Donetick
- Optimised for household chores rather than professional project management
- No Gantt charts, sprints, or developer-tool integrations
- Reporting is limited to basic history logs rather than burndown or velocity charts
- Small community; fewer integrations and third-party plugins compared to established tools
Huly
- Self-hosting the full multi-service architecture (MongoDB, MinIO, Elastic, transactors) is complex
- Documentation for self-hosting is sparse relative to its breadth
- Breadth over depth: individual modules are less mature than dedicated tools like Linear or Slack
- Self-hosted edition trails the managed cloud on some features
Bottom line
Choose Donetick if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Huly for the larger community and ecosystem. Huly has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.