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Open-source alternatives to monday work management

monday work management does 4 jobs: tasks, assignees and deadlines, Kanban task boards, roadmaps and Gantt timelines, project workflow automations. Most projects replace one or two of them, so pick the job you actually need.

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Facts checked 15 Oct 2026

We track 3 open-source alternatives to monday work management, but none currently has confirmed commercial use, local running and no paid services together. None of the 3 projects we track covers all 4 monday work management jobs, so most people combine two or more.

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3 projects

Leantime

Leantime/leantime
★ 12k active today

Goals-focused project management with kanban, Gantt, table and calendar views, sprints, milestones, timesheets and wikis; PHP and MySQL.

Replaces Tasks, assignees and deadlines + Kanban task boards + Roadmaps and Gantt timelines (partly) Not: project workflow automations
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · AGPL-3.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

OpenProject

opf/openproject
★ 16k active today

Mature web project management with work packages, agile boards, Gantt charts, roadmaps, time and cost tracking, wikis and meetings.

Replaces Tasks, assignees and deadlines + Roadmaps and Gantt timelines (partly) Not: Kanban task boards, project workflow automations
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · GPL-3.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: CPU works
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

WeKan

wekan/wekan
★ 21k active today

Long-running MIT kanban board app with swimlanes, calendar, Gantt and table views, Trello import, and Windows, Mac and Linux bundles.

Replaces Kanban task boards (partly) Not: tasks, assignees and deadlines, roadmaps and Gantt timelines, project workflow automations
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · MIT
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: CPU works
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Common questions about monday work management alternatives

Is there a free, open-source alternative to monday work management?

Yes. Leantime, OpenProject and WeKan are free to download and run on your own computer without paid API keys. Each covers only part of what monday work management does, so check which job you need.

Can I do tasks, assignees and deadlines locally without a monday work management subscription?

Yes, with OpenProject (GPL-3.0) and Leantime (AGPL-3.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Can I do Kanban task boards locally without a monday work management subscription?

Yes, with WeKan (MIT) and Leantime (AGPL-3.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Which monday work management alternatives can I use commercially?

Confirmed: WeKan. With conditions: Leantime and OpenProject. This is not legal advice; read each licence.

Does any open-source project replace all of monday work management?

Not as of 2026-10-15. Tasks, assignees and deadlines, Kanban task boards, roadmaps and Gantt timelines and project workflow automations are covered by different projects.

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