Self-Hosting Leantime: Open Source Project Management for Small Teams

Self-Hosting Leantime: Open Source Project Management for Small Teams Most project management tools fall into two camps: either dead simple (Trello — a board and not much else) or enterprise-grade sprawl (Jira — where tickets go to die in a hierarchy of epics, stories, and sub-tasks nobody reads). If you’re running a small team, freelancing, or managing personal projects, neither extreme fits well. Leantime occupies the space between. It gives you kanban boards, Gantt charts, goal tracking, timesheets, wikis, and sprint management in a single self-hosted package. What makes it unusual is the design philosophy: built with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind, it prioritizes reducing cognitive overload rather than adding more features behind more menus. ...

March 17, 2026 · 8 min · Self Host Setup