Self-host Plane

updated Sep 2026deployed by usprices checked · Jul 2026Install verified on Ubuntu 26.04 · Sep 2026 · how we test

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Open-source project management platform for tracking work items, running sprint cycles, and managing product roadmaps. The self-hosted AGPL-3.0 Community Edition ships work items across five layouts — list, board (kanban), calendar, table, and timeline (a Gantt-equivalent) — plus cycles, modules, saved views, and wiki-style pages; some AI and enterprise capabilities shown on Plane's hosted cloud offering are gated to paid plans and aren't part of the self-hosted Community Edition.

Key facts

CategoryProject Management

LicenseAGPL-3.0

StackTypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis

Min RAM4096 MB

Official imageyes

Measured idle RAM1112 MB

Difficulty

Sourcegithub.com/makeplane/plane

Websiteplane.so

Our recommendation

Pick Plane when you want a modern Jira/Trello alternative — work items, sprint cycles, modules, saved views, and wiki-style pages — with a clean UI and an active roadmap. The tradeoff is open-core: some AI and enterprise capabilities Plane shows off on its hosted cloud product are held back from the self-hosted Community Edition, so verify a feature exists in the free build before you plan a workflow around it.

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What you need

Any VPS with at least 4096 MB of RAM
A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
About an afternoon — budget time for troubleshooting

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Install

Run these commands on your server:

# Plane — official setup script (Community Edition, creates ./plane-app compose stack)
curl -fsSL -o setup.sh https://github.com/makeplane/plane/releases/latest/download/setup.sh
chmod +x setup.sh
# setup.sh's default 'stable' release resolves via a GitHub API grep that GitHub's now-compact JSON breaks — pin a known-good release instead
sed -i 's/^export APP_RELEASE=stable$/export APP_RELEASE=v1.4.2/' setup.sh
./setup.sh install
./setup.sh start   #  →  http://SERVER_IP  (port 80 by default)

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What you take on

Plane's Community Edition is genuinely full-featured, but its edges are where the open-core split shows:

non-negotiableCommunity Edition isn't full cloud parity. The self-hosted AGPL-3.0 build ships work items, cycles, modules, saved views, and wiki-style pages — but some AI and enterprise capabilities shown on Plane's hosted cloud offering are gated to paid plans and aren't part of the self-hosted install.

non-negotiableIt's a multi-service stack, not a single binary. TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, and Redis all run behind the official setup script — budget the full 4 GB RAM floor and expect ordinary multi-container upkeep (updates, health checks, backups across services).

non-negotiableThe official installer serves plain HTTP on port 80 by default. Put a reverse proxy with TLS in front before you put real project data behind it.