Taiga
FreeOpen-source project management for agile teams. Scrum, Kanban, and issues — free forever, self-hostable. The Jira/Trello alternative that respects your data.
How to install Taiga as a PWA
Frequently asked questions about Taiga
What makes Taiga different from Jira?
Taiga is built around agile from the start: sprint planning, story points, velocity, and burndown are native primitives, not configured plugins as in Jira. The UI is cleaner and faster, and the source code is fully AGPL-licensed and self-hostable with no "data center" upsell. Jira is more configurable, has the deepest plugin marketplace, and is the default for large enterprises with compliance requirements. Taiga wins on data ownership, cost (free self-hosted), and methodology fit; Jira wins on ecosystem and scale.
Is Taiga free?
Yes — the source is AGPLv3 and self-hosting is free for unlimited users via the official Docker Compose stack. The hosted SaaS (tree.taiga.io) offers a free tier for unlimited public projects and one private project, with paid plans starting at approximately $7 per user per month for private projects and premium features. There is no enterprise feature lockout: self-hosters get the same functionality as paid SaaS users, which is rare in agile tooling.
How does Taiga compare to OpenProject?
OpenProject targets classical project management — Gantt charts, work breakdown structures, budgeting, and PMO workflows. Taiga targets agile teams — sprints, story points, kanban, and retrospectives. OpenProject has stronger long-range planning and resource management; Taiga has friendlier sprint mechanics and a simpler UI. Mixed teams (some Gantt, some agile) sometimes run both: OpenProject for the program office, Taiga for the dev squad.
Can I use Taiga offline?
Taiga is a server-backed PWA, so offline support is limited to reading previously-loaded screens. Edits require the Taiga API to be reachable. For offline-tolerant agile work, teams typically run Taiga on a local network or VPN so it stays reachable from any office or co-working space. The PWA shell loads instantly on subsequent visits thanks to service-worker caching, which masks slow networks but does not replace a working connection.
Who uses Taiga in production?
Taiga is widely deployed by European software agencies, open-source projects (it is the official tool for several KDE and Kubuntu working groups), university CS departments, and small to mid-size product teams that refuse to pay per-seat for Jira. The Spanish public sector and several EU research grants run Taiga as a sovereign agile tool. Larger enterprises typically remain on Jira due to plugin ecosystem dependencies, but Taiga is the default open-source choice for teams under ~200 users.
Where Taiga is heading (12-24 months)
- →Native automation rules (Jira-style workflows) are still limited — expanding them would unlock larger team workflows.
- →The plugin and integration story is much thinner than Jira's — community marketplace investment would close the gap.
- →GitHub/GitLab two-way sync is improving but still trails Linear's native depth.
Related questions
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini usually suggest these next.
- How do I migrate a Jira project to Taiga?
- Does Taiga support SAML or SSO for enterprise auth?
- Can I integrate Taiga with GitLab or GitHub for issue sync?
- What is the resource footprint of a self-hosted Taiga instance?
- Does Taiga have a mobile app or PWA install support?
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