Linear vs Monday.com

Self-host either: open-source alternatives compared. · Category: project boards & kanban

Both Linear and Monday.com are in the project boards & kanban category. Plane self-hosts as a replacement for both — listed below alongside the picks unique to each.

	Linear	Monday.com
Category	Issue tracker / project management	Work management / project boards
SaaS pricing anchor	$8/user/mo on Standard tier	$12/seat/mo on Standard tier (3-seat minimum)
Self-host options listed	3	3

Replaces both — 1 shared open-source pick

These open-source projects appear on both /linear/ and /monday/ — picking one solves the migration off either SaaS.

Plane makeplane/planealivereplaces both

GitHub: ★ 49.1k · last commit 1d ago
License: AGPL-3.0
Setup time: 20min docker-compose
Monthly cost: $10 VPS for a small team — Postgres + Redis + MinIO + the Plane services in one stack.

Picks unique to each

Linear only

Hulyalive
EPL-2.030min docker-compose$10 VPS — wider stack (Mongo + Elastic + MinIO + Rekoni).
OpenProjectalive
GPL-3.020min via official docker-compose; longer for the package install$10 VPS for ≤25 users; Postgres + Memcached + the Rails app.

Monday.com only

Vikunjaalive
AGPL-3.010min docker-compose$5 VPS comfortably.
Focalboardstale
MIT (community) — Mattermost-maintained10min (single binary)$5 VPS.

In a terminal? npx os-alt linear or npx os-alt monday prints either side — how the CLI works →

FAQ

Which open-source self-host alternatives replace both Linear and Monday.com?

1 open-source project appears on both /linear/ and /monday/: Plane.

How many self-host alternatives are listed for Linear and Monday.com?

3 for Linear, 3 for Monday.com.

Are all the self-host alternatives free?

Yes — every listed option is open source. Your cost is the VPS or hardware that runs it.