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Migrate billing service to v2 API
v14.7.0Open source · AGPL-3.0 · Free forever
Stop renting project management. Own it, free forever.
AlianHub is the open-source Jira, ClickUp, and Asana alternative that runs on your server — ten views, native time tracking, AI, and built-in chat. Unlimited users, unlimited projects, $0.
AGPL-3.0 open sourceOne Docker Compose command$0 for unlimited users
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Fix payment webhook retries
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Redesign onboarding flow
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Redesign onboarding flow
02:41:37
AI generated 6 sub-tasks
- Map current drop-off points
- Wireframe welcome screens
- Write empty-state copy
+3 more added to Sprint 14
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Priya just now
The staging build is ready
#engineeringAlianHub by the numbers
- 10views for every workflow
- 12+custom field types, free
- 40+granular permissions
- 0.008ssearch response time
- ∞users & projects, free forever
Ten views
One project, ten ways to see it
List, Board, Table, Calendar, Workload — all drag-and-drop, all live-synced, none of them behind a paywall. Same tasks, whichever lens your brain likes. Need another angle? Timeline, Mind Map, Whiteboard, Canvas and Map ship too.
BoardFilterGroup: StatusPMA+3New task
To Do3
Marketing
Draft launch-day email sequence
DevOps
Set up staging environment in Docker
In Progress3
Design
Redesign onboarding flow
BackendUrgent
Fix payment webhook retries
Docs
Write API reference for webhooks
In Review2
Drop here
Design
Dashboard empty-state illustrations
Marketing
Pricing page A/B copy
Done3
Frontend
Ship dark mode toggle
Backend
Refactor auth middleware
Research
Customer interview synthesis
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In Progress3
In ProgressRedesign onboarding flowPHighJul 9
In ProgressFix payment webhook retriesMUrgentJul 8
In ProgressWrite API reference for webhooksANormalJul 11
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To Do4
To DoMigrate billing service to v2 APIDHighJul 14
To DoDraft launch-day email sequenceSNormalJul 16
To DoSet up staging environment in DockerKNormalJul 18
To DoQA pass on mobile breakpointsPLowJul 20
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TableFilterFields: 6MAK+3New task
TaskStatusAssigneePriorityDueBudget
Redesign onboarding flowIn ProgressPPriyaHighJul 9$4,200
Fix payment webhook retriesIn ProgressMMarcoUrgentJul 8$1,850
Write API reference for webhooksIn ReviewAAvaNormalJul 11$960
Migrate billing service to v2 APITo DoDDevHighJul 14$6,400
Draft launch-day email sequenceTo DoSSaraNormalJul 16$2,300
Ship dark mode toggleDoneKKenLowJul 3$1,200
6 tasksSum$16,910
Budget is a Money custom field — one of 12+ field types, all free.
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9Onboarding redesign+2 more
10API reference draft
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14Billing v2 migration
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16Launch email sequence
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WorkloadWeek · Jul 6 – 12ADK+3New task
PPriya SharmaProduct design · 8 tasks32/40h
MMarco RossiBackend · 12 tasks+4h over44/40h
AAva ChenDocs · 5 tasks24/40h
DDev PatelFrontend · 10 tasks38/40h
SSara KimMarketing · 7 tasks36/40h
Drag tasks between people to rebalance — capacity updates live.
Same tasks. Five core lenses. Drag and drop everywhere.
Everything included
The “Business plan” features, free forever
Custom fields in 12+ types, dashboards, sprints, milestones, analytics, and 40+ granular permissions — the stuff other tools lock behind an upgrade button ships standard here.
AI Assistant
Describe the goal and AlianHub drafts the plan — task descriptions, sub-tasks, epics, even whole sprints. Write with AI, ship with your team.
Sprints & Agile
Plan the sprint, drag in the backlog, and watch the burndown fall in real time. Roll unfinished work forward when you close out.
Built-in Chat & Channels
Channels, DMs, and @mentions live right next to the work, synced live to every teammate. Decisions stay attached to tasks — not lost in another tool.
Custom Fields
Money, rating, people, dropdown — 12+ field types that shape tasks around your workflow, not the other way around. Every single one is free.
Dashboards & Reports
Live dashboards, milestone tracking, and performance analytics your stakeholders will actually read. Search and filter it all in under 0.008 seconds.
40+ Granular Permissions
Role-based access with 40+ dynamic permissions — down to who can export a report or delete a task. Guests see exactly what you allow, nothing more.
Native time tracking
Know where every hour actually goes
Timesheets, capacity planning, optional screenshot and activity monitoring, and desktop trackers for Windows, macOS, and Linux — built in, not bolted on.
Native timers & timesheets. Start a timer on any task — hours roll up into weekly timesheets on their own.
Optional screenshots & activity monitoring. Proof-of-work when you need it, privacy when you don't — toggle it per project.
Workload & capacity planning. Spot who's overloaded before the sprint slips — not in the retro.
Works everywhere your team does. Browser, desktop app, or straight from a task card — always in live sync.
Marketing › Q3 CampaignsMKT-142
Launch referral programIn Progress
DescriptionAI
Roll out a tiered referral program with in-app share links and automated reward payouts.
Goal: 500 referred sign-ups by Aug 15, 2026, tracked live in the growth dashboard.
Generated sub-tasks4
- Define reward tiers
- Design referral dashboard widget
- Set up tracking webhook
- Write launch announcement
Accept allRegenerateGenerated in 1.4s
AI Assistant
Type the goal. AI builds the plan.
Write with AI drafts the descriptions nobody enjoys writing, then generates tasks, sub-tasks, epics, task links, and whole sprints — inside a platform that runs on your server.
Write task descriptions with AI. A one-line prompt becomes a clear, structured brief.
Generate tasks, sub-tasks & checklists. Big goals broken into real work items in seconds.
Create epics & task links automatically. AI wires the dependencies for you. v14.7
Plan entire sprints in one prompt. Scoped, sequenced, and ready to assign.
Project templates for marketing, sales & engineering. Start every project halfway done.
New in v14.7Generates epics & task links
Collaboration
Built-in chat. One less subscription.
Channels, @mentions, and comments sync live over Socket.io, so every conversation stays glued to the task it’s about. Go ahead, close the extra chat app.
- Chat & channels, built right in
Team channels live beside your projects — no extra tool to buy, no context lost between tabs.
- Comments & @mentions on every task
Tag a teammate on the exact sub-task they need to see. They get pinged, you get an answer.
- Real-time live sync over websockets
Changes appear the instant they happen — no refresh, no “did you see my message?”
- 40+ permissions decide who sees what
Dynamic RBAC keeps client channels, budgets, and private threads exactly as private as you want.
Head to head
Jira, ClickUp, Asana — meet your exit
Feature for feature against the big three, including the row they’d rather you skip: the price. And one difference they can’t match — it runs on your server.
| Feature | AlianHubFree forever | Jira | ClickUp | Asana |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price for unlimited usersWhere per-seat pricing adds up | Free (self-hosted) | Per-seat pricing | Per-seat pricing | Per-seat pricing |
| Open sourceAGPL-3.0, all code on GitHub | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Self-hosted, your dataRuns on your server, no lock-in | Included | Limited | Not included | Not included |
| Unlimited users on free planNo per-seat math, ever | Included | Not included | Limited free plan | Not included |
| Custom fields on free plan12+ field types included | Included | Limited | Paid plans | Paid plans |
| Built-in team chatChannels, @mentions, live sync | Included | Not included | Included | Not included |
| Native time tracking + activityTimesheets, screenshots, capacity | Included | Paid add-ons | Paid plans | Paid add-ons |
| AI included freeWrite, generate tasks & sprints | Included | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | Paid add-on |
| 40+ granular permissionsFull RBAC on every plan | Included | Higher tiers | Higher tiers | Higher tiers |
| All 10 views includedList, Board, Table, Calendar, Workload + 5 more | Included | Not all views | Not all views | Not all views |
Comparison based on publicly listed plans, July 2026. Trademarks belong to their owners.
Own your stack
Your data on your server, tonight
One Docker Compose command pulls official GHCR images for amd64 and arm64 — AGPL-3.0 all the way down. No sales call, no trial clock, no landlord.
- One-command deployDocker Compose pulls, wires and boots the whole stack.
docker compose up -dis the entire runbook. - Multi-arch images on GHCROfficial amd64 + arm64 builds — the same image runs on a Raspberry Pi or a rack server.
- AGPL-3.0 — audit every lineThe whole platform is open source. Read it, fork it, run it — no black boxes between you and your work.
- Your MongoDB, your storageData stays in your database; files live on local disk or any S3-compatible bucket like Wasabi.
# three commands. no sales call.
git clone https://github.com/aliansoftwareteam/AlianHub-Project-Management-System.git
cd AlianHub-Project-Management-System
docker compose up -d
Pulling images (amd64/arm64)…done
Starting mongodb…done
Starting alianhub v14.7.0…done
AlianHub is upopen it in your browser
- AGPL-3.0
- amd64 + arm64
- One-command deploy
One honest price
Free forever isn't a trial. It's the plan.
Self-host for $0 with unlimited users and projects, or go Cloud at $10/user monthly — $7.75/user/month billed annually. That's the whole page.
Self-Hosted
Your server. Your data. Your rules.
$0/ forever
No credit card. No seat math. AGPL-3.0.
Unlimited users. Unlimited projects. Every feature.
- All 10 views — from Board and Table to Timeline and Mind Map
- Custom fields — 12+ types, all free
- Built-in chat, channels & @mentions
- AI assistant — tasks, sub-tasks, epics & sprints
- Native time tracking & timesheets
- 40+ dynamic permissions (RBAC)
Docker Compose · GHCR images · amd64 + arm64
Cloud Monthly
Skip the server. Keep the speed.
$10/user/month
Billed month to month.
Hosted & managed by Alian Software.
- Everything in Self-Hosted
- No server to maintain
- Nothing to deploy — skip the Docker step
Poke around a live workspace first.
Cloud Annual
Same Cloud, smaller invoice.
$7.75/user/month
Billed annually. Save 22%
Everything in Cloud Monthly — for less.
- Everything in Self-Hosted
- No server to maintain
- Hosted & managed by Alian Software
Twelve months, one quiet invoice.
Prices as listed on alianhub.com, July 2026.
From the switchers
Teams that took their data back
What teams say after the per-seat invoice hits zero and the feature list doesn’t shrink.
Left Jira
“With per-seat pricing, every new hire made the invoice bigger. We moved 40 people to AlianHub over one weekend — search comes back before I finish typing, and the invoice is now zero.”
Replaced 3 tools
“We were juggling ClickUp for tasks, a separate tracker for client hours, and yet another app for chat. AlianHub folded all three into one — timesheets sit right next to the tasks, and billable hours are ready for invoicing every Friday.”
Data on-prem
“Compliance said customer data can’t leave our infrastructure. Full stop. I pulled the Docker Compose file on a Tuesday morning and we were live on our own servers before standup ended. The auditors are happy — and so is the budget.”
“We read the source before we deployed it — every permission check, every API route. Try doing that with Jira.”
KKenPlatform Engineer, infrastructure team
Read the source on GitHub Before you deploy
Fair questions, straight answers
The “what’s the catch” section — licensing, deployment, data ownership, and what free forever actually means, before you commit to nothing.
Is AlianHub really free?
Yes — genuinely. Self-hosted AlianHub is free forever under AGPL-3.0: unlimited users, unlimited projects, every feature included, no trial clock and no seat limits. If you’d rather not run a server, optional cloud hosting is $10/user/mo — or $7.75/user/mo billed annually.
How hard is it to self-host?
If you can paste one command, you can host AlianHub: docker compose up -d pulls prebuilt GHCR images for amd64 and arm64 and you’re live. Prefer bare metal? Build from source with npm run setup. The step-by-step walkthrough is in the deploy guide on GitHub.
What do I give up vs Jira, ClickUp or Asana?
Mainly the invoice. Built-in chat and channels, 12+ custom field types, AI writing and task generation, native time tracking, dashboards and sprint management — the things the big names gate behind paid tiers — all ship free in AlianHub. You bring the server; you skip the per-seat pricing.
Is my data secure?
It never leaves your server. You control the database, the file storage (local disk or anything S3-compatible), the backups, and who sees what through 40+ dynamic permissions. And because the source is open, you can audit every line rather than trusting a compliance PDF.
Are there desktop apps?
Yes. There’s an Electron desktop app for the full platform, plus dedicated time-tracker apps for Windows, macOS and Linux — timesheets, capacity planning, and optional screenshot/activity monitoring included. Grab installers from the releases page.
What does AGPL-3.0 mean for us?
In plain language: you’re free to use, modify and self-host AlianHub for your team, forever, at no cost. The one obligation: if you distribute a modified version — including offering it to others as a service — you must share your changes under the same license. For genuine edge cases, a quick check with your counsel is the smart move.
Where do I get help?
Community support lives in the GitHub repository, alongside the docs in the repository — the project ships steadily, with v14.7.0 landing in July 2026. Cloud plans are hosted and supported directly by the Alian Software team.
Still weighing it up? Ask anything on GitHub — or skip the reading and poke around the live demo. No signup, no sales call.