Donetick vs Plane
| Tagline | Task and chore manager for personal and family use with advanced scheduling | Open-source issue tracking, sprints, and roadmaps - a Jira and Linear alternative |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | Asana, Trello, monday.com | Jira, Linear, Asana |
| GitHub stars | 2.3k | 52k |
| Language | Go | TypeScript |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 3/5 Moderate |
| 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
Plane
- Some advanced features (e.g. certain enterprise workflows, intake, advanced analytics) are gated behind the paid Pro/Enterprise tiers
- Self-hosted community edition lags behind the cloud version on newer features
- Automation rules are far less mature than Jira's
- Mobile apps are less polished than Linear's
Bottom line
Choose Donetick if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Plane for the larger community and ecosystem. Plane has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.