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Leantime

★ 11k

Goal-oriented project management suite designed for non-PM and ADHD-friendly workflows

Leantime does the job of Asana and Monday.com, self-hosted. It is AGPL-licensed, so a hosted fork has to publish its changes, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. Asana bills $11-14/user for it. 11k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Asana, Monday.com.

Licence
AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$11-14/user
GitHub stars
11k
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Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How Leantime runs

Where it runs

Leantime runs on your machine or their cloud.

Installing it

Paid hosted signup, or the free open-source edition via Docker Compose/official image or a PHP release archive plus MySQL/MariaDB.

Where your data lives

Self-hosted project data lives in MySQL 8 or MariaDB 10.6+, while uploaded files use the local filesystem or configured S3-compatible storage; hosted-account data lives in Leantime's cloud.

What setup takes

There is no longer a permanent free hosted tier: the free route means operating PHP, MySQL/MariaDB, persistent storage, backups, and a web-facing Docker or LAMP stack.

The catch compared with Asana

Leantime covers projects and goals but has fewer polished integrations, rules, mobile workflows, dashboards, and enterprise controls than Asana.

Leantime questions

Is Leantime open source?

Yes — it is released under AGPL-3.0.

Can Leantime replace Asana?

Our verdict on Asana is YES. Plane (56k stars), Focalboard (26k stars), Huly (23k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Asana — self-host with real ops work and stop paying $13.49/mo.

Can I self-host Leantime?

Yes — we rate it medium to self-host, and it runs on your machine or their cloud. Paid hosted signup, or the free open-source edition via Docker Compose/official image or a PHP release archive plus MySQL/MariaDB.

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