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Open source alternatives to Basecamp

We track 6 open-source Basecamp alternatives, of which 5 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 ship a Docker image. OpenProject leads on health at 97/100 with 3850 commits in the last 90 days; across all 6 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0 and 2 other licences.

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Alternatives
38k
Combined stars
5,559
Commits / 90 days
3
With Docker
Licence family Licence

Showing 6 of 6 tools

All 6 Basecamp alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    OpenProject

    97 GOOD

    Manage your projects, tasks and goals. Collaborate via work packages and link them to your pull requests on Github.

    ★ 16k · ⟳ today · v17.8.0 · GPL-3.0

    DockerRubydeb
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Leantime

    96 GOOD

    Lean project management system for small teams and startups helping to manage projects from ideation through delivery.

    ★ 12k · ⟳ 7 days ago · v3.9.8 · AGPL-3.0

    DockerPHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • egroupware

    80 GOOD

    Software suite including calendars, address books, notepad, project management tools, client relationship management tools (CRM), knowledge management tools, a wiki and a CMS.

    ★ 296 · ⟳ today · 26.9.20260907 · GPL-2.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Group Office

    80 GOOD

    Enterprise CRM and groupware tool. Share projects, calendars, files and e-mail online with co-workers and clients.

    ★ 279 · ⟳ today · v26.0.47 · AGPL-3.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Taiga

    20 STALE

    Agile Project Management Tool based on the Kanban and Scrum methods.

    MPL-2.0

    DockerPythonNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Basecamp alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Basecamp?

OpenProject scores highest at 97/100, with 3850 commits in the last 90 days, 16k GitHub stars and its latest release (v17.8.0) published 12 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.

Which Basecamp alternatives use a permissive licence?

2 of 6 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Kanboard (MIT), Taiga (MPL-2.0). 4 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Basecamp alternatives run in Docker?

3 of 6 publish a Docker image or Compose file: OpenProject, Leantime, Taiga. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.