GitLab AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Issue Tracking Systems

The best Issue Tracking alternative to GitLab is GitHub, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to GitLab and many of them are Issue Tracking Systems so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Issue Tracking System alternatives to GitLab are Codeberg, Forgejo, Gitea and Bitbucket.

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  1. GitHub icon
     1870 likes

    Git hosting service offering version control, collaboration, and project management tools. Provides issue tracking, code review through pull requests, wikis, and deployment workflows.

    119 GitHub alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. Codeberg icon
     141 likes

    A free Git source code hosting service with the objective to give the open-source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that code remains free and secure forever.

    60 Codeberg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  3. Forgejo icon
     76 likes

    Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

    61 Forgejo alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
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  4. Gitea icon
     187 likes

    Private, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platform. A self-hosted DevOps platform that gives teams and developers high-efficiency, easy-to-run operations from planning to production. Gitea is a fork of Gogs.

    55 Gitea alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Cloudron
    • Chocolatey
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  5. Bitbucket icon
     409 likes

    Provides Git repository hosting with integrated issue tracking, wiki for documentation, pull requests, code review features, support for public and private repos, CI/CD integration, branch permissions, team collaboration, notification tools, and API access.

    91 Bitbucket alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  6. GitBucket icon
     54 likes

    GitBucket is the easily installable open-source GitHub clone written with Scala.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Scala
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  7. Plane icon
     24 likes

    Open source alternative supporting project management, issue and task tracking, custom workflows, Kanban, list, calendar views, analytics, imports, secure encryption, Slack and GitHub integrations, Agile and Waterfall frameworks, and advanced customization.

    100 Plane alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • US flagUnited States
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  8. gitdot icon
     5 likes

    Open-source platform focused on quality for developers, featuring a highly performant Git server written in Rust, code review with stacked diffs, and a secure, locally testable, and reproducible CI/CD system. Avoids unnecessary AI, encourages code craftsmanship.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Rust
    • Homebrew
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  9. Huly icon
     14 likes

    Open-source platform unifying project, document, issue, and task management with real-time team collaboration, instant messaging, video conferencing, and GitHub bidirectional sync, all in one customizable workspace for developers and product teams.

    108 Huly alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Trac icon
     147 likes

    Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way.

    166 Trac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. Phorge icon
     8 likes

    Phorge is an open source, community driven platform for collaborating, managing, organizing and reviewing software development projects.

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
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  12. Tuleap icon
     48 likes

    Tuleap is the first fully libre and open source software (GPL licence) for Enterprise Application Lifecycle Management. Tuleap is provided by the Enalean company and the community members.

    80 Tuleap alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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