TaskView
An open-source, self-hosted project and task management platform with Kanban boards, dependency graphs, GitHub/GitLab integrations and native MCP support, free as Community Edition or from $690 as a one-time perpetual license.
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Description
Jira and Linear are powerful, but they also mean your team's project data lives permanently on someone else's servers, with a bill that never stops. TaskView is built for teams who want the same kind of Kanban-and-sprints workflow but running on infrastructure they own.
TaskView is an open-source, self-hosted project and task management platform aimed at development teams and small-to-medium companies. It offers Kanban boards, dependency graphs, native GitHub and GitLab integrations, role-based access control, and native MCP server support so AI coding assistants can read and act on project data directly. The Community Edition is free and open-source with unlimited users; perpetual (one-time) licenses add audit logs, priority support and accounting-friendly invoicing.
💬 Our review
The short version: a legitimate self-hosted alternative to Jira, Trello or Linear for teams that want to own their data and avoid recurring per-seat fees — the perpetual license pricing ($690-$4,990 once) is steep upfront but can undercut years of SaaS subscriptions for larger teams.
The free Community Edition (unlimited users, Kanban, sprints, time tracking, SSO) is a genuinely usable starting point with no artificial seat cap, which is more generous than most 'free tier' competitors. The paid perpetual licenses are a one-time cost rather than a subscription — attractive if you do the multi-year math against Jira or Linear per-seat pricing, but it's real money upfront and self-hosting means you're responsible for updates, backups and uptime yourself. Native MCP server support for AI coding agents is a forward-looking feature most established competitors don't yet offer. Best fit: dev teams with the infrastructure appetite to self-host who want to avoid Jira/Linear's ongoing per-seat costs and want their data fully under their control; skip it if you want zero ops overhead and are fine paying monthly for a hosted service.
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Community Edition : gratuite, open-source, utilisateurs illimités (Kanban, sprints, suivi du temps, SSO SAML/OIDC). Licence perpétuelle (paiement unique) : Starter 690-990 $ (20 utilisateurs), Team 1740-2490 $ (50 utilisateurs), Business 3490-4990 $ (utilisateurs illimités).
Pros
Édition communautaire gratuite avec utilisateurs illimités, sans palier artificiel
Licence perpétuelle (paiement unique) au lieu d'un abonnement sans fin comme Jira ou Linear
Support natif du MCP pour les agents de codage IA — fonctionnalité en avance sur la concurrence établie
Cons
Auto-hébergement : la maintenance, les sauvegardes et la disponibilité reposent sur l'utilisateur
Coût initial des licences perpétuelles élevé (jusqu'à 4990 $) même s'il est unique
Plateforme plus jeune, moins d'historique et de communauté que Jira ou Linear