Last time, we shared how we reached 15K stars on GitHub in less than a year, pushing Plane to the top spot in #project-management. The post received great feedback from the HN community, and we noticed comments about lapses in self-hosting.
We took on the challenge, rethought the entire Docker setup, made it single-click, and provided a maintenance script.
Now, we share our journey to over 100K+ Docker pulls and 44K+ K8 deploys in this blog. Please let us know what we could improve.
Linear is an opinionated tool for product teams. At Plane, we strive to develop a versatile tool that accommodates teams of all sizes and types.
For example, Linear begins with the creation of a team, whereas we initiate with the creation of a project, subsequently integrating teams as needed. Currently, Plane is being utilized by a spectrum of users, ranging from small indie game developers to large enterprises. In Linear, the starting point always revolves around forming a team.
we use GitHub issues/projects and we're pretty happy with it. Github invested a lot to revamp projects over the past 3 years and it shows. would love to hear from anyone who's tried both how these compare.
GitHub imposes numerous limitations on custom fields, issue automation, dashboards, workflow rules, and more. Being open-source, Plane offers significant advantages to our customers by providing opportunities for learning and by striving to develop a tool that caters to the diverse needs of individuals and teams, facilitating progress.
Just as an example, while GitHub projects is great, tools like Plane (with bi-directional sync)/ZenHub still are trying to do a better job.
Works great for me. GitHub issues and projects along with their integration with pull requests capture enough fidelity that I don't think you need anything else at all.
If you have lots of non technical people than it would require for them to be part of the GitHub organization hence paying more per user is just one downside however.
We also offer a one-time perpetual license for growing teams (Plane One: https://plane.so/one), while the Pro and other plans (which come with AI) are designed for large companies; we follow the same pricing model as GitLab.
Additionally, there's always a free community edition available, which doesn't restrict the number of users.
This looks so much better than everything out there.
Only thing that irritates me is sso being locked behind a paid offering. No one should be required to pay for proper security when you offer a free option.
It's annoying that SSO is behind a paid offering, but it is mostly a convenience feature and you don't need it "for proper security"; so I can understand it being used as a way to monetize an open-source product.
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 59.7 ms ] threadVihar here, one of the maintainers at Plane (https://github.com/makeplane/plane).
Last time, we shared how we reached 15K stars on GitHub in less than a year, pushing Plane to the top spot in #project-management. The post received great feedback from the HN community, and we noticed comments about lapses in self-hosting.
We took on the challenge, rethought the entire Docker setup, made it single-click, and provided a maintenance script.
Now, we share our journey to over 100K+ Docker pulls and 44K+ K8 deploys in this blog. Please let us know what we could improve.
Hope you enjoy the article. Feedback welcome!
Thanks,
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36824450 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36129594 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38624873
Very happy to see this project thriving.
For example, Linear begins with the creation of a team, whereas we initiate with the creation of a project, subsequently integrating teams as needed. Currently, Plane is being utilized by a spectrum of users, ranging from small indie game developers to large enterprises. In Linear, the starting point always revolves around forming a team.
we use GitHub issues/projects and we're pretty happy with it. Github invested a lot to revamp projects over the past 3 years and it shows. would love to hear from anyone who's tried both how these compare.
Just as an example, while GitHub projects is great, tools like Plane (with bi-directional sync)/ZenHub still are trying to do a better job.
If you have lots of non technical people than it would require for them to be part of the GitHub organization hence paying more per user is just one downside however.
Additionally, there's always a free community edition available, which doesn't restrict the number of users.
Only thing that irritates me is sso being locked behind a paid offering. No one should be required to pay for proper security when you offer a free option.
- https://www.openproject.org/
- https://worklenz.com/
- https://plane.so/