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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.
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: