Gitlab can replace nearly all of it, and it’s open source.
Bitbucket is absolutely terrible.
Jira is over-complicated and a server administration nightmare.
I probably like Confluence the most, ironically I didn’t like it until we switched to the cloud version and actually started getting new features and fixes (since nobody has time to actually maintain and upgrade it on-premise).
I think that confluence can just as easily be replaced by gitlab. Keeping documentation as markdown files in a git repository seems like a great idea. Personally I think it is even better considering ideas like automated checking for outdated documentation and such.
I don‘t know, Confluence allows to easily attach and embed files. It’s a really nice WYSIWYG editor. You can embed draw.io diagrams, you have a lock of „blocks“ and tools you din’t get in a simple markdown editor. It is very (my words) intuitive even for non-technical people and it has mobile apps.
I don‘t know how to explain to use git to somebody who isn‘t technical savvy at all...
Fair enough but to some developers who know how to use git it could work. Regarding files and embedded stuff, gitlab could just be used as a file host and webserver also. It think it now displays a download button for blobs.
It can replace Jira and Bitbucket, yes. But I can‘t see it replacing Confluence...
Confluence was fine for me on Server, but the cloud version is really slow. Try to use it on an underperforming notebook and you‘ll constantly see „something wen‘t wrong, try reloading“.
Based on what a friend said to this news, the big organisations will just pay for the premium server products, while the smaller businesses will go use the SaaS offerings.
Even so there will be some opportunity for a savvy business to come in and offer a compelling self hosted product. Though the big question is if the costs of supporting many small businesses self hosting this software be worth what they are willing to pay for it.
The other key feature that will be required is easy importing of Atlassian data to these self hosted solutions.
I’m sure there will be negative comments in here regarding this move.
As someone who has administered Jira, I wouldn’t wish that task on anyone.
It’s a nightmare of undocumented quirks and issues.
I don’t know if any business of any size can justify self-hosting it.
If you think this is some sort of big loss for small businesses and bootstrappers...not really. You don’t need nearly any of the Atlassian suite until you’ve become big enough to have middle management breathing down your neck about story points.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 36.3 ms ] threadThat will be the time where I‘ll migrate of Atlassian products ro something else. No way I‘m going to use a cloud-product that is that slow.
What are good alternatives to Jira, Bitbucket and Confluence?
Bitbucket is absolutely terrible.
Jira is over-complicated and a server administration nightmare.
I probably like Confluence the most, ironically I didn’t like it until we switched to the cloud version and actually started getting new features and fixes (since nobody has time to actually maintain and upgrade it on-premise).
I don‘t know how to explain to use git to somebody who isn‘t technical savvy at all...
But yeah, maybe not for non-technical people...
Confluence was fine for me on Server, but the cloud version is really slow. Try to use it on an underperforming notebook and you‘ll constantly see „something wen‘t wrong, try reloading“.
Even so there will be some opportunity for a savvy business to come in and offer a compelling self hosted product. Though the big question is if the costs of supporting many small businesses self hosting this software be worth what they are willing to pay for it.
The other key feature that will be required is easy importing of Atlassian data to these self hosted solutions.
As someone who has administered Jira, I wouldn’t wish that task on anyone.
It’s a nightmare of undocumented quirks and issues.
I don’t know if any business of any size can justify self-hosting it.
If you think this is some sort of big loss for small businesses and bootstrappers...not really. You don’t need nearly any of the Atlassian suite until you’ve become big enough to have middle management breathing down your neck about story points.