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Plane
Company blog · plane.so/blogstartupsprogramming
Plane is the company blog at plane.so, writing about startups and programming. Since 2023, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 35 times, most often “Plane: Open-Source Project Management Software”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (14) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked page is the product site for Plane, an open-source, self-hostable project tracker that HN commenters name as an alternative to Jira, Trello and similar tools. It is not a blog.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 14 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Project management for teams and AI agents. Plan, track, and ship with Projects, Wiki, and AI. Available on cloud, self-hosted, and air-gapped.
Most-linked posts?
- /6 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2023-10-09
- Plane: Open-Source Project Management Software5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2023-05-30
- Plane One: An Alternative to Jira and Linear with a One-Time Price Model2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-04-12
- Plane, an open-source alternative to Jira, got to the #1 on GitHub2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-12-12
- /pricing2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-07-22
What Hacker News says?
Ive had great success with Kanboard, but at BeamMP we use plane[0], self-hosted. Apart from the lack of github integration, it does the job for our small team. [0]: https://plane.so/
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on “Elegant open source project tracking, Trello like but self-hosted”Submitted We built an air-gapped Jira alternative for regulated industries as a story · 270 points
HN discussionI've been using Plane ( https://github.com/makeplane/plane ), also available as a hosted solution ( https://plane.so ).
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on “Pivotal Tracker will shut down”Submitted Plane, open-source Jira alternative, got to 100K+ Docker and 44K+ K8s deploys as a story · 66 points
HN discussionIt's part of the Business tier on the pricing page here: https://plane.so/pricing
Comment linking /pricing
on “We built an air-gapped Jira alternative for regulated industries”Submitted Plane, an open-source alternative to Jira, got to the #1 on GitHub as a story · 19 points
HN discussionWe already support this. We pack all our products in one single offering. This includes Projects + Wiki. More here: https://docs.plane.so/core-concepts/pages/wiki Here's a blog on how you can switch between products within Plane, https://plane.so/blog/introducing-apprail-plane-new-navigati...
Comment linking /blog/introducing-apprail-plane-new-navigation
on “We built an air-gapped Jira alternative for regulated industries”Submitted Self‑hosting is not dead: Atlassian just walked away from it as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIt's a subscription license. We offer air-gapped deployments under the Business plan. As part of compliance, we request customers to share license logs quarterly-no PII involved. Also, the license enforces seat limits, so you can't exceed the number of users you've purchased. https://plane.so/pricing
Comment linking /pricing
on “We built an air-gapped Jira alternative for regulated industries”Submitted Plane One: An Alternative to Jira and Linear with a One-Time Price Model as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSo, we have got the following project management software (including openproject.org) on HN main page in the last 48 hours: - https://worklenz.com/ - https://plane.so/ - https://www.openproject.org/
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on “OpenProject – open-source project management software”Submitted Plane Introduces "One" – Buy software one time, built on Open source as a story · 3 points
HN discussionDo any of these fit the bill? Plane: https://plane.so/ Kanboard: https://kanboard.org/ Taiga: https://taiga.io/ Redmine (which OpenProject is a fork of): https://www.redmine.org/ Teambox: https://www.teambox.com/ GitLab (more than just issues): https://about.gitlab.com/
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on “OpenProject – open-source project management software”Submitted Plane Argus: native sensitive data scanning for work items and comments as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSo, we have got the following project management software (including worklenz.com) on HN main page in the last 48 hours: - https://plane.so/ - https://www.openproject.org/ - https://worklenz.com/
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on “Worklenz: Open-Source, All in one project management tool”Submitted 2 years of building a Jira alternative in open source as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere was another one on the front page recently called Plane ( https://plane.so )
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on “Worklenz: Open-Source, All in one project management tool”Submitted Why open source needs a one-time license model as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAs others have said, Linear looks nice (no real experience). https://plane.so/ is an open source option that I have also not played with. I am always on the lookout for options since we're on Jira at $DAYJOB (and yeah it sucks), not that we'll ever change.
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on “Tell HN: Pivotal Tracker removes non-enterprise price tiers”Submitted Scaling open-source application software to 100K+ Docker pulls, 44K+ K8s deploys as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAnd there’s a lot of great open source alternatives you can self-host as well, e.g. https://plane.so/ or a newer https://kaneo.app/ (recently discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43143097 ).
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on “Show HN: EnkiTask: Lightweight Project Management for Freelancers”Submitted Scaling Plane: 100K+ Docker and 44K+ Kubernetes deploys as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSo, we have got the following project management software (including plane.so) on HN main page in the last 48 hours: - https://www.openproject.org/ - https://worklenz.com/ - https://plane.so/
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on “Plane, open-source Jira alternative, got to 100K+ Docker and 44K+ K8s deploys”Submitted One-Time Priced Open-Source Jira Alternative – Here's Why as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWe also offer a one-time perpetual license for growing teams (Plane One: https://plane.so/one ), while the Pro and other plans (which come with AI) are designed for large companies; we follow the same pricing model as GitLab. Additionally, there's always a free community edition available, which doesn't restrict the number of users.
Comment linking /one
on “Plane, open-source Jira alternative, got to 100K+ Docker and 44K+ K8s deploys”Submitted Plane: Open-Source Project Management Software as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://plane.so/open-source
Comment linking /open-source
on “Atlassian to cut roughly 1,600 jobs in pivot to AI”Submitted Plane Launch Week Gallery as a story · 1 points
HN discussionLooks like they just announced Gantt on the changelog: https://plane.so/changelog
Comment linking /changelog
on “Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Atlassian's Jira”Submitted Plane One: Pay once, use forever project management tool as a story · 1 points
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