ZenTao easysoft/zentaopms

Chinese-origin agile ALM covering products, Scrum, Waterfall and Kanban projects, stories, tasks, bugs and test cases; PHP.

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ZenTao at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

ZenTao (22.6, Sept 2026, ~1.7k stars on the GitHub mirror) is an all-in-one PM and QA suite with Scrum, Waterfall and Kanban models, stories, tasks, bugs and test management. Dual licensed: the default ZPL 1.2 is not OSI approved, but you may choose AGPL-3.0 instead. Paid Biz, Max and Cloud editions add features. One-click installers for Windows and Linux plus Docker are documented, but the English manual is old (12.0). No hardware figures found.

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How much of Jira does it replace?

3 of 5 jobs. Scrum, Kanban and bug tracking with built-in QA; advanced features are in paid Biz and Max editions.

Issue and bug tracking Partial replacement

Backlogs and sprint planning Partial replacement

Scrum and Kanban boards Partial replacement

Roadmaps and Gantt timelines Not covered

Time tracking Not covered

For roadmaps and Gantt timelines, time tracking, see other Jira alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

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Runs on my machine? Self-hosted (one-click installers, source or Docker) or ZenTao Cloud One-click Installation for Windows zentao.pm · free-open-source-project-management-software-installation-1.html ↗ 1d ago

Code licence Dual ZPL 1.2 (default, not OSI) or AGPL-3.0 at your choice The default license agreement is the ZPL, or you can choose to use our source code under the AGPL. github.com · LICENSE.EN ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence No separate model weights github.com · zentaopms#readme ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use Yes under AGPL-3.0 conditions; paid editions add features The default license agreement is the ZPL, or you can choose to use our source code under the AGPL. github.com · LICENSE.EN ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? None required; ZenTao Biz, Max and Cloud are optional paid editions ZenTao Biz, ZenTao Max, and ZenTao Cloud are available for you if ZenTao Opensource can not meet your feature requirement. github.com · zentaopms#readme ↗ 1d ago

Hardware Not documented Know the answer? —

Operating systems Windows and Linux one-click installers, source install on macOS, Docker (per the 12.0 manual) Source Code Installation for macOS zentao.pm · free-open-source-project-management-software-installation-1.html ↗ 1d ago

Setup effort Easy; one-click installers for Windows and Linux, or Docker One-click Installation for Linux zentao.pm · free-open-source-project-management-software-installation-1.html ↗ 1d ago