Linear vs Redmine
Linear
linear.appRedmine
redmine.orgSide by side
| Figure | Linear | Redmine |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $10/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Project management tools | 9.4 (#5) | 8.8 (#43) |
| Spec score · Project Management Software | 9.1 (#13) | 8.4 (#80) |
| Spec score · Issue Tracking Software | 9.1 (#4) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Spec score · Game Bug Tracking Software | 9.1 (#3) | 8.4 (#8) |
| Spec score · Bug Tracking Software | 9.0 (#4) | 8.4 (#11) |
| Spec score · IT Project Management Software | 9.2 (#5) | 8.5 (#12) |
| Spec score · Game Project Management Software | 9.2 (#6) | 8.5 (#15) |
| Issue tracking | The product provides issue tracking with customizable workflows, filters, batch actions, and keyboard-driven navigation. | Issue types, statuses, and workflow transitions can be customized by issue type and role. |
| License | The public Linear repository contains tools, SDKs, and plugins under the MIT license; the hosted Linear product itself is proprietary and closed source. | Redmine is open source and released under the GNU General Public License v2. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 124 reviews | 4.0 out of 5 from 257 reviews. |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.3 out of 5 from 4 reviews | 4.1 out of 5 from 177 reviews. |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 2.7 out of 5 from 10 reviews | 3.3 out of 5 from 1 review. |
| What it does | Linear is a product-development system for planning, building, and shipping software with teams and agents. | Redmine is a flexible, cross-platform project-management web application built with Ruby on Rails and designed for self-hosting. |
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In their own words
Redmine
Redmine is an open-source web application for managing projects, available for self-hosting. A single instance can manage multiple projects, each with its own roles, visibility settings, and enabled modules. Teams can define issue statuses and types, then set workflow transitions by issue type and role. Gantt charts and calendars use issue dates for planning, and time entries can be reported by user, issue type, category, or activity. Collaboration tools include project wikis and forums, news, document and file management, feeds, and email notifications. The repository browser supports Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar, and Git. Its REST API provides basic create, update, and delete operations for documented resources in XML and JSON. Redmine is released under GNU GPL v2 and costs nothing for self-hosting. It should run on most Unix, Linux, macOS, and Windows systems where Ruby is available, but it does not support JRuby. The project directs users to forums and IRC for help and discussion. The download page identifies the 7.0.x branch as the latest stable version, with new features, bug fixes, and security updates.