Plane - "The open source project management tool"

[LoudLemur]

@niels I tried to see if this supports Gantt charts but couldn't find anything.

[niels]

@LoudLemur Gantt charts just got merged and should be available in the next release: https://github.com/makeplane/plane/pull/1062

[marcusquinn]

Looks cool. Could do with some screenshots:

[plan-a]

I would love to have Plane on Cloudron. I am currently using the Plane cloud, but I would instantly switch to Cloudron, if it was available there.

[david.opalia]

We are currently running it self-hosted in Docker on our NAS, but we would migrate to Cloudron if it becomes available.

Can we help ?

[robi]

@david.opalia Yes, you can make a custom package and submit it to the Cloudron App store.

[miednr]

Will plane come to Cloudron? I am also interested in using plane self-hosted.

[LoudLemur]

It looks like Plane have given up on Gantt charts.

Epics fits into the Plane hierarchy like this:

Hierarchy: Issues → Epics → Initiatives (Initiatives group multiple Epics for even larger scopes).

[LoudLemur]

There has been a lot of effort on Plane and it has grown considerably in popularity. It has started supporting AI and that is attracting attention. I am tempted to try and custom package it.

Plane Self-Hosting Update (Since April 2023) – Ready for Cloudron Packaging?

Plane has evolved dramatically since April 2023. What began as an early-stage project management tool is now a mature, AI-native platform with rock-solid self-hosting support. GitHub stats show 46.6k stars (massive growth from ~2k in early 2023), 159 contributors, and highly active releases. Here's a categorized breakdown of the main improvements, with notes especially relevant for Cloudron packagers.

1. UI/UX & Navigation Overhauls

• New global top navigation bar with integrated search and Inbox.
• Collapsible/resizable sidebar, interactive breadcrumbs, and unified settings page.
• Power K full keyboard shortcuts across the app.
• Analytics 2.0 redesign, richer editors (emoji support, tables, inline comments), and modern icon sets.

2. Core Features & Productivity

• Pages/Wiki: Nested docs with version history, TOC, lossless editing, and direct task conversion.
• Intake & Triage: Advanced forms, unified states, and Inbox workflows for incoming requests.
• Initiatives/Epics: High-level planning with Gantt charts, progress rollups, and cross-project views.
• Enhanced filtering (state/assignee/priority/dates), custom views, threaded comments, and API tokens for automation.

3. AI-Native Capabilities (Major New Direction)

• Context-aware Plane AI that understands your workspace (cycles, modules, work items).
• Ask/Build modes, Slack integration, web search, and turning AI responses into editable Pages/work items.
• Full self-hosted support (added ~March 2026): Bring-your-own OpenAI/Anthropic keys or local/self-hosted LLMs – perfect for private/air-gapped deployments. MCP server framework open-sourced for custom agents.

4. Architecture, Performance & Security

• Frontend migration from Next.js to React Router + Vite (faster builds, better DX).
• v1.0 GA (Sept 2025) marking stability, followed by v1.2.x releases.
• Major security hardening: SSRF/IDOR fixes, critical CVE patches, and dependency upgrades (Django, Node 22, Valkey, cryptography).
• API/performance optimizations and real-time enhancements.

5. Self-Hosting & Deployment Maturity

• Refined Docker Compose, updated Helm charts, improved backup/restore scripts, and smoother upgrade paths (including Prime CLI).
• Kubernetes/air-gapped readiness with full cloud parity.
• Better .env config, one-line setup, and container optimizations.

For Cloudron Packagers
The stack is now production-ready: Docker-first (web frontend on Vite/React, Django/Python backend, Postgres, Valkey cache, optional S3). No major breaking changes beyond standard dep updates and the frontend migration (handled cleanly in official Docker images). Security patches are frequent and critical – highly recommended to keep instances current. Self-hosted AI adds minimal overhead (just API keys or local models). Check the excellent dev docs at https://developers.plane.so/self-hosting for compose examples and upgrade guides. Early 2023 Docker setups were rougher; today's are far more packager-friendly.

Roadmap & Exciting Directions
Heavy focus on AI agents/automations/workflows, the upcoming Desk (AI-powered customer support turning requests into work items), deeper integrations (GitHub Enterprise, Microsoft Teams, Marketplace extensibility), and Plane Compose (YAML/Git-defined projects-as-code). Full cloud/self-hosted parity remains a priority.

Full changelog: https://plane.so/changelog (with dedicated self-hosted release notes).

Plane's momentum is strong – backed by a vibrant community forum and commercial support that funds the open-source core. This feels like an ideal time for a Cloudron package or update to an existing one. Anyone already working on it, or interested in testing? Would love to see Plane as an official one-click app!

Questions or feedback welcome. Let's discuss!

[LoudLemur]

What Cloudron fights you on for Plane: the single-container model.

It is probably better to just use Plane's Docker Compose and run it on its own little VPS.

Plane is not a monolithic app with a database bolted on. It is a distributed system with nine services, a message broker, and an object store. Cramming all of that into one container with supervisord is not how any of those components were designed to run. It works (Outline, Cal.com, Seafile, and Zoneminder have all been packaged this way), but the result is fragile in ways that a Docker Compose deployment is not. If the Celery worker crashes and supervisord restarts it, that is fine. If LavinMQ crashes and takes in-flight messages with it while the API is still accepting requests, you get silent failures that are hard to diagnose. The failure modes multiply with the number of co-located services.