ZenTao
ZenTao is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Project Management category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Jira. It has 1,706 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Sep 17, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,706
- Forks
- 410
- Open issues
- 1
- Commits, last 12 months
- 14,114
- Last commit
- Sep 17, 2026
- Latest release
- zentaopms_22.6_20260917Oct 21, 2026
- Created
- Jan 30, 2011
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Sep 17, 2026, 14,114 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Sep 17, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 14,114 |
| Latest release | zentaopms_22.6_20260917 (Oct 21, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 67 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Open pull requests | 1 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 30, 2011 |
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About ZenTao
An agile(scrum) project management system/tool.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/easysoft/zentaopms.
Topics
- scrum
- agile
- project-management
- bug-tracker
- php
- self-hosted
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Is ZenTao free and open source?
Yes. ZenTao is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run ZenTao with Docker?
ZenTao does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to ZenTao?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to ZenTao include Plane, Gitea and Gogs. ZenTao itself is a self-hosted alternative to Jira.
Is ZenTao actively maintained?
The most recent commit to ZenTao was on Sep 17, 2026 with 14,114 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is zentaopms_22.6_20260917, published Oct 21, 2026. It had 1 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.