It’s a Plan: An Open-Source Issue Tracker Built for People and AI Agents

Summary

It’s a Plan is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Linear, Jira, and Plane that combines project management with AI-agent workflows. Teams can run it on their own server, database, and model credentials; the project states that it uses the AGPL-3.0 license, has no per-seat fees, and supports bring-your-own model keys. Agents can be configured with a provider and model, role instructions, reusable skills, and permissions for project or external tools, then assigned issues or mentioned in comments. A hosted agent runtime is available inside the app, while an external-agent mode runs a runner on a developer’s machine or VPS with the repository and command-line tools already installed. The product also supports recurring agent tasks on hourly, daily, weekly, or custom cron schedules, with controls to run, pause, and inspect results. Its shared work surface includes boards, tables, timelines, calendars, saved filters, initiatives, dashboards, comments, files, notes, notifications, and project-level roles. The REST API and MCP server expose the tracker to clients such as Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Claude Desktop, using the permissions of the supplied API key. Deployment options include Railway, Docker Compose, Coolify, and Kubernetes, with PostgreSQL, MinIO, and several application services in the self-hosted stack. The project also advertises webhooks, GitHub skill import, pull-request links, live refresh, public links, and configurable workflows. The page links to a GitHub repository and presents the product as an actively evolving release, but it does not provide independent performance or adoption data.