Huly vs Plane: which one to choose in 2026?

Both are open source alternatives to Linear. We compare license, tech stack and features to help you decide which fits your team best.

	Huly	Plane
Category	Productivity	Productivity
License	AGPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0
GitHub stars	~11k	~33k
Tech stack	Rust, React, MongoDB	Django, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Redis
Replaces	Linear, Notion, Slack	Jira, Asana, Linear

Plane has more GitHub stars, which usually indicates a larger community (not necessarily that it's the best option for your use case).

Huly

Projects + chat + docs in one, an alternative to Linear/Notion/Slack.

ℹ️ This single-container docker-compose doesn't match how Huly is actually deployed: the hardcoreeng/huly image doesn't exist, and the real project is ~10 independent microservices orchestrated by the official installer. Use huly-selfhost (github.com/hcengineering/huly-selfhost) for a deployment that actually works — we aren't rewriting that topology here without being able to verify it service by service.

Pros

Replaces three different SaaS tools with a single deployment

Things to consider

Young project, integration ecosystem still limited
This catalog's docker-compose isn't deployable as-is (see note above) — use the official huly-selfhost installer

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Plane

Project and issue management, an alternative to Jira and Asana.

Pros

Much more polished interface than other open source alternatives
No per-seat charge when self-hosted

Things to consider

Needs more server resources than a simple Kanban board
Some enterprise integrations are cloud-only

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Key features

Huly

Linear-style issues and projects
Team chat and channels
Collaborative documents

Plane

Cycles (sprints), modules and roadmaps
Kanban, list, calendar and Gantt views
Public REST API and webhooks
Importers from Jira and Linear

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