A live demo you can open right now, one Docker command for your own server, or a cloud we run for you. Every route ends at the same place: the full product, nothing held back.
Kick the tires in a browser tab, own the whole stack tonight, or hand Alian Software the keys. Same product all three ways — the only question is who runs the server.
Zero setup. Zero install.
A live workspace already running at demo.alianhub.com — boards, timers, chat, the lot. Open it, drag some tasks, judge for yourself.
Runs at demo.alianhub.com
Your server. Your data. $0.
One Docker Compose command pulls official GHCR images and boots the whole stack on your hardware. No trial clock, no landlord.
$ docker compose up -d
Or head straight to GitHub.
We run it. You work.
Managed hosting by Alian Software — the same product on our servers, updates handled. $10/user/mo, or $7.75 billed annually.
Questions first? Talk to us.
Clone, compose, click through the wizard. If you can paste into a terminal, you can own your project management before dinner.
Grab the source with git clone — the Docker Compose file ships in the box, so there’s nothing else to download.
docker compose up -d pulls official GHCR images for amd64 and arm64, wires up MongoDB, and boots everything in one go.
Visit your server in a browser. The wizard configures MongoDB, file storage (local disk or S3-compatible), and optional Firebase, AI and SMTP. One env var is on you: JWT_SECRET.
Developer route: skip Docker and build from source with npm run setup. The full walkthrough lives at help.alianhub.com.
# 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 the install wizard
Heads up: set JWT_SECRET in your environment before first boot. The install wizard handles everything else.
An Electron desktop app with complete feature parity, plus dedicated time trackers for Windows, macOS and Linux. All free, all on the releases page.
The entire platform in its own window — every view, timer, dashboard and chat thread from the web app, kept in lockstep by Socket.io real-time sync.
Lightweight companions that post timers straight into project, user and workload timesheets — with screenshot, keystroke and mouse-event capture that stays optional, and off until you say otherwise.
Start a timer, work, stop — the hours file themselves into your timesheets while you get on with the day.
Download for WindowsThe same tracker, native on your Mac — timers and capacity data without keeping a browser tab open.
Download for macOSA first-class Linux build — because the people who self-host their tools tend to live here.
Download for LinuxEvery installer lives on the GitHub releases page — versioned with the source, free like everything else.
The three things everyone checks before their first deploy. Longer answers live in the full FAQ and the docs.
For Docker: any box that runs Docker Compose — MongoDB and the rest of the stack ship inside, with official GHCR images for amd64 and arm64. Building from source instead? Node.js plus MongoDB, then npm run setup. Either way, set JWT_SECRET in your environment and the install wizard handles the rest — database, storage, and optional Firebase, AI and SMTP.
Really. AGPL-3.0, unlimited users, unlimited projects, and every feature — custom fields, time tracking, chat, AI — included. There’s no locked tier waiting to upsell you. Cloud ($10/user/mo, or $7.75 billed annually) exists purely for teams who’d rather not run a server.
Self-hosters pull fresh GHCR images and run docker compose up -d again — that’s the whole upgrade. Desktop apps and time trackers ship as installers on the GitHub releases page. v14.7.0 landed in July 2026, and releases keep coming.
More on licensing, security and the AGPL fine print in the full FAQ — or go deep in the docs.