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Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by NickNameNick »

netsharc wrote: post #34
simmanian wrote: post #6

I've been looking for a competitive open source alternative to Jira for a non-profit I volunteer at because they cannot afford to pay for any cloud service and Trello has its limitations. Does Plane offer all pro features for open source instances as well? Does it support login via Google or other identity providers?

I've used Redmine although with just 2 users: https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki The per-project wiki feature is useful for documentation.

I always liked how Redmine has a tree of projects, rather than just a list.

Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by MuffinFlavored »

smallerfish wrote: post #4

I love seeing competition for Jira, because it needs to die, but I think you need to do a better job explaining your value prop. Your first bullet list of features doesn't really make it sound all that different. Why would I have a better time using this than Jira, bearing in mind that I'd be giving up custom workflows and probably a lot of integrations? (No shade intended. If you can answer that concisely, put that…

> Your first bullet list of features doesn't really make it sound all that different.

It's... free? Isn't that a pretty big difference? https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/pricing

Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by MuffinFlavored »

GuB-42 wrote: post #54
smallerfish wrote: post #4

I love seeing competition for Jira, because it needs to die, but I think you need to do a better job explaining your value prop. Your first bullet list of features doesn't really make it sound all that different. Why would I have a better time using this than Jira, bearing in mind that I'd be giving up custom workflows and probably a lot of integrations? (No shade intended. If you can answer that concisely, put that…

Is Jira that bad? It sure is a mess, but that's because its requirement are a mess. It is not SAP but that's the idea, something that sits between developers, testers, management, customers, etc... People who want different things, speak different languages, and somehow need to work together. If you just want an issue tracker, there are many options. Bugzilla, Mantis, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea,... Some of them customizab…

> Is Jira that bad?

Jira itself is fine. It is very powerful, and with that power, it can be setup "wrong". That all stems from opinionation. On itself it's an empty box, right?

Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by esafak »

smallerfish wrote: post #4

I love seeing competition for Jira, because it needs to die, but I think you need to do a better job explaining your value prop. Your first bullet list of features doesn't really make it sound all that different. Why would I have a better time using this than Jira, bearing in mind that I'd be giving up custom workflows and probably a lot of integrations? (No shade intended. If you can answer that concisely, put that…

I agree. Call out famous competitors like JIRA and explain how you are better. Don't make me think. It won't cost you any business if everybody already knows them.

Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by [deleted] »

smallerfish wrote: post #4

I love seeing competition for Jira, because it needs to die, but I think you need to do a better job explaining your value prop. Your first bullet list of features doesn't really make it sound all that different. Why would I have a better time using this than Jira, bearing in mind that I'd be giving up custom workflows and probably a lot of integrations? (No shade intended. If you can answer that concisely, put that…

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Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by XorNot »

xp84 wrote: post #55
GuB-42 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is Jira that bad? It sure is a mess, but that's because its requirement are a mess. It is not SAP but that's the idea, something that sits between developers, testers, management, customers, etc... People who want different things, speak different languages, and somehow need to work together. If you just want an issue tracker, there are many options. Bugzilla, Mantis, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea,... Some of them customizab…

Having used Jira for only a modest 12 years, I have had multiple stages of feelings about it. I agree with the parent that “everybody” hates Jira because “it’s too complicated” — yet when developers try to use a lean, simple tool like Pivotal or Trello, inevitably other stakeholders demand something better for business users, these simpler tools can’t deliver that, and the replacement ends up being Jira 99% of the ti…

I don't know what value non-developers are getting out of Jira, because I've been asked to produce reports out of Jira at different times and the only thing they ever want is "give me a list of all the X" or "graph the number Y across all the projects".

The one thing they all do is go in and mess with the issue workflows: they never improve the workflows, but they sure love adding states and restricted transitions and renaming them...and then promptly ignore all of it because it turns out your 3 layers of "review" transitions don't actually have any staff assigned to look at them, it's just all the same guy who either spends all his time updating the issue as he works on it or just hits the transition button 3 times when he's actually done with it.

Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by toastercat »

GuB-42 wrote: post #54
smallerfish wrote: post #4

I love seeing competition for Jira, because it needs to die, but I think you need to do a better job explaining your value prop. Your first bullet list of features doesn't really make it sound all that different. Why would I have a better time using this than Jira, bearing in mind that I'd be giving up custom workflows and probably a lot of integrations? (No shade intended. If you can answer that concisely, put that…

Is Jira that bad? It sure is a mess, but that's because its requirement are a mess. It is not SAP but that's the idea, something that sits between developers, testers, management, customers, etc... People who want different things, speak different languages, and somehow need to work together. If you just want an issue tracker, there are many options. Bugzilla, Mantis, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea,... Some of them customizab…

My biggest issue with Jira (and Confluence) is that it is unbearably slow. At every company I've worked at, we've used Jira, and everytime, it is slow.

Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by pokepim »

smallerfish wrote: post #4

I love seeing competition for Jira, because it needs to die, but I think you need to do a better job explaining your value prop. Your first bullet list of features doesn't really make it sound all that different. Why would I have a better time using this than Jira, bearing in mind that I'd be giving up custom workflows and probably a lot of integrations? (No shade intended. If you can answer that concisely, put that…

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Re: Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

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Post by onionisafruit »

GuB-42 wrote: post #54
smallerfish wrote: post #4

I love seeing competition for Jira, because it needs to die, but I think you need to do a better job explaining your value prop. Your first bullet list of features doesn't really make it sound all that different. Why would I have a better time using this than Jira, bearing in mind that I'd be giving up custom workflows and probably a lot of integrations? (No shade intended. If you can answer that concisely, put that…

Is Jira that bad? It sure is a mess, but that's because its requirement are a mess. It is not SAP but that's the idea, something that sits between developers, testers, management, customers, etc... People who want different things, speak different languages, and somehow need to work together. If you just want an issue tracker, there are many options. Bugzilla, Mantis, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea,... Some of them customizab…

It all comes down to managers and PMs. or wanting to do their job of communicating status to stakeholders so they try to automate it with the monstrosities.
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