Leantime
by Leantime · Open-source project management for the non-project manager
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Overview
Leantime is open-source project management software for people who are not project managers, with an interface built around ADHD and neurodivergent working styles. Projects hold to-dos in Kanban, table or list views alongside milestones on a timeline, docs, reports and time tracking. A personal dashboard gathers tasks across projects with time blocking, notes and AI prioritisation.
- Best for
- Small teams and self-hosters wanting project management shaped around neurodivergent working styles
- Pricing
- Free self-hosted Community Edition; hosted Leantime Pro is $10 per user/month, or $8 per user/month billed annually, after a 14-day trial.
- Runs on
- WebAndroidSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free self-hosted Community Edition under the AGPLv3 licence
- Kanban, table and list to-dos with subtasks and dependencies
- Time tracking, timesheets and exports in both editions
- One Pro plan at $10 per user with a 14-day free trial
Trade-offs
- No free cloud tier: the hosted version is paid after a 14-day trial
- Whiteboards, custom fields and recurring tasks are Pro-only
- AI features sit in Pro and are capped at 500 credits a month
- SSO, audit logs and data residency are quote-only enterprise add-ons
How Leantime markets itself
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Homepage capture
“Project management for the non-project manager”
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- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
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How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
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API quality
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Documentation
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Agent friendliness
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Pricing transparency
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Changelog
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Marketing site structure
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Page speed
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Operational trust
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Measured, but not part of the score
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Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
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