Open-source alternative
Replace Basecamp with Plane + itsaplan
The best open-source alternative to Basecamp is Plane (or itsaplan) with TaskView, self-hosted on Railway. Issues, boards, and cycles you host — Trello, Jira, Asana, monday.com, ClickUp, Linear, Basecamp, and Wrike without the seat OS.
Estimated save $2,400 a year.
Open the stackStart on Railway
How Basecamp compares
| Basecamp | Plane + itsaplan | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Account subscription (not per-user on paid tiers) | Open-source or fair-code license; you pay the host |
| Hosting | Vendor cloud | Self-hosted on Railway or any VPS |
| Rough monthly cost | Freelancer $25/mo; Studio $59/mo; Pro $99/mo; Unlimited $299/mo billed yearly source | Hosting only — no SaaS seat meter in this repo |
- Plane
Open-source product tracker (cloud, self-host, air-gap)
- itsaplan
Self-hosted Linear/Jira alternative for humans and agents
- TaskView
Self-hosted task board if you only need kanban
- Focalboard
Open-source Trello/Asana-style boards (Mattermost community)
- Huly
All-in-one tracker (issues, wiki, chat) you can self-host
FAQ
- Is it free?
- The Plane + itsaplan licenses are open source or fair-code. You still pay hosting (Railway or any VPS) and any APIs the stack calls. There is no Basecamp seat or task bill on this path.
- Can I migrate from Basecamp?
- Yes. Start with the workflows or data you actually use, then cut over. The Plane + itsaplan stack page has the agent prompt and the cost table; most teams rebuild the slice that matters and leave old Basecamp links until they expire.
- How do I deploy it?
- Open the Plane + itsaplan stack, copy the agent prompt, and deploy on Railway (one service, PORT, and a volume when the app needs disk). Placeholder: Plane (or itsaplan) + Postgres. One public site, a volume for uploads, and the first project imported from a CSV.
- What does this replace?
- Trello / Jira / Asana / monday.com / ClickUp / Linear / Basecamp / Wrike. The published small-team estimate on this stack is $2,400 a year.
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