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Taiga: the best Open Source alternative to Jira in 2026

Taiga is an agile project management platform with Scrum and Kanban, backlog and user stories, aimed at teams who want Jira's simplicity without its complexity.

License AGPL-3.0 848 stars liveUpdated hace 25 díasWebsite GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License
AGPL-3.0
Category
Productivity
Replaces
Jira
Tech stack
DjangoAngularJSPostgreSQL

Key features

  • Scrum and Kanban in the same project
  • Backlog and user stories
  • Epics and sprints

Taiga vs. Jira

Pros

  • Much gentler learning curve than Jira

Things to consider

  • Full production stack needs more pieces (nginx, RabbitMQ)

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
  taiga-back:
    image: taigaio/taiga-back:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_HOST=taiga-db
      - POSTGRES_DB=taiga
      - POSTGRES_USER=taiga
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=taiga
      - SECRET_KEY=change-me-super-secret
    depends_on:
      - taiga-db
  taiga-db:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=taiga
      - POSTGRES_USER=taiga
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=taiga
    volumes:
      - taiga_pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
volumes:
  taiga_pg_data: