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The GPL alternative to Jira and MS Project.",2,"awaiting_qa","https:\u002F\u002Fservorbit.com\u002Fblog\u002Fopenproject-project-management-gantt-vps",null,"OpenProject — Gantt charts, milestones, time tracking and agile boards on your VPS. The open source alternative to Jira and MS Project, no per-seat licence.","OpenProject is an open source project management platform (GPL-3.0) that covers what teams usually split across two tools: classic planning — a Gantt chart with dependencies, milestones, roadmap, time and cost tracking — and agile work, with Kanban boards, backlogs and sprints. Wiki, forums, meetings and documents live in the same project, next to the tasks.\n\nOn ServOrbit, OpenProject installs from the official all-in-one Docker image: the Rails server, PostgreSQL 17 and the cache run in a single container, with data in two persistent volumes. The Community edition has no user limit and no per-seat licence, and the administrator account is created at install time with a generated password shown in your client area.",[25,26,27,28,29,30],"Interactive Gantt chart — dependencies between work packages, milestones and drag-and-drop rescheduling.","Time and cost tracking — per-task logging, per-project reports and CSV export for invoicing.","Agile and Kanban — backlogs, sprints and configurable boards, in the same project as the Gantt.","Wiki, meetings and forums — agendas, minutes and documentation attached to the project.","Fine-grained roles and permissions — members, groups and per-project rights, LDAP and 2FA.","Full REST API — GitLab and GitHub integrations, webhooks and CSV import.",[32,35,38],{"title":33,"body":34},"Run fixed-price client projects","An agency splits each contract into work packages, sets delivery milestones on the Gantt and tracks time per task. The time report exports to CSV for invoicing, with no third-party tool.",{"title":36,"body":37},"Replace Jira without paying per seat","Development teams keep backlogs, sprints and Kanban boards, while management keeps the Gantt view and the roadmap. One instance, no per-user licence.",{"title":39,"body":40},"Keep documentation next to the work","Meeting minutes, wiki pages and decisions are attached to the project and linked to work packages: the history of a project sits in the same place as its tasks.",[42,45,48,51,54],{"title":43,"body":44},"Create the VPS and pick the address","Order an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS with 4 GB of RAM recommended (2 vCPU). OpenProject requires a domain: it opens over HTTPS on a sub-domain of one of your domains, or on the VPS's free sub-domain (openproject.{dns_slug}.servorbit-dns.com), HTTPS included. No need to buy a domain name.",{"title":46,"body":47},"Install OpenProject from the Marketplace","In your client area, select OpenProject, choose the address and click Install. The script deploys the container and configures the nginx reverse proxy over HTTPS. The first start takes three to five minutes while the database is initialised and the starter data is seeded.",{"title":49,"body":50},"Log in for the first time","Open https:\u002F\u002Fyour-domain and log in with the username admin and the generated password shown in your client area. Then change it from My account and enable two-factor authentication.",{"title":52,"body":53},"Create your first project","Click New project, pick the modules you need (work packages, Gantt, time tracking, wiki, boards) and invite members with their role. Work packages you create appear on the Gantt straight away.",{"title":55,"body":56},"Set up outgoing email","In Administration → Emails and notifications, enter an SMTP server so invitations, reminders and notifications go out. Without SMTP the application works but sends no messages.",[58,61,64,67,70],{"q":59,"a":60},"Is OpenProject an alternative to Jira?","Yes, and to MS Project. OpenProject combines Jira-style agile boards and backlogs with MS Project-style Gantt planning, milestones and time tracking, under the GPL-3.0 licence, with no subscription and your data on your VPS.",{"q":62,"a":63},"Do I need a domain to use OpenProject?","Yes, OpenProject opens over HTTPS on a domain and rejects requests addressed to any other name. You don't have to buy one: every ServOrbit VPS comes with a free sub-domain (openproject.{dns_slug}.servorbit-dns.com) with an HTTPS certificate. You can also use a sub-domain of one of your domains.",{"q":65,"a":66},"How do I log in the first time?","The administrator account is created at install time: username admin, with a generated password shown in your client area. No change is forced at first login; change it yourself from My account and enable two-factor authentication.",{"q":68,"a":69},"Which VPS size should I choose?","OpenProject runs on Ruby on Rails and uses about 2 GB of RAM at rest. Plan for 4 GB of RAM and 2 vCPU for a team of a few dozen people, and at least 20 GB of disk for the database and attachments.",{"q":71,"a":72},"How do I back up OpenProject?","The PostgreSQL database and attachments live in two Docker volumes, mounted on \u002Fvar\u002Fopenproject\u002Fpgdata and \u002Fvar\u002Fopenproject\u002Fassets. Back up both together with the container stopped, or use the built-in backup under Administration → Backup.",{"ram":74,"cpu":75,"disk":76,"stack":77,"port":81,"license":82,"version":83,"os":84},"4 GB recommended (≈ 2 GB idle)","2 vCPU","20 GB",[78,79,80],"Docker","Ruby on Rails","PostgreSQL 17","8086","GPL-3.0","17.9.3","Ubuntu 24.04",[],[87,94,99],{"name":88,"slug":89,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":90,"categoryColor":91,"logo":21,"tagline":92,"description":93},"Plane","plane","Collaboration & Productivity","text-indigo-400 bg-indigo-500\u002F10","Open-source alternative to Jira and Linear: issues, cycles, modules and wiki pages self-hosted — no per-seat pricing, data on your VPS.","Self-hosted project and issue manager: cycles, modules, wiki pages and analytics. AGPL open-source alternative to Jira and Linear — no per-seat pricing.",{"name":95,"slug":96,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":90,"categoryColor":91,"logo":21,"tagline":97,"description":98},"Vikunja","vikunja","Open-source task manager with Kanban, Gantt and sprints — self-hosted on your VPS, AGPL-3.0, 24 k+ stars, v2.4.0.","Self-hosted open-source task and project manager — Kanban boards, Gantt charts, sprints and a REST API on your own VPS. Alternative to Todoist, TickTick and Asana.",{"name":100,"slug":101,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":90,"categoryColor":91,"logo":21,"tagline":102,"description":103},"Kaneo","kaneo","Minimalist open-source project manager with Kanban and GitHub integrations — self-hosted on your VPS, MIT, 7.9 k+ stars.","Minimalist open-source project manager — Kanban boards, GitHub Milestones integration and issue tracking without the complexity. Lightweight alternative to Jira and Linear.",[105,106,107],"openproject-gestion-projet-gantt-vps","migrer-jira-openproject-plane-vps-2026","deployer-plane-vps",{"key":12,"slug":13,"name":90,"objective":109,"icon":110,"color":91},"Share information and collaborate.","collab",1792763383894]