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RedPlanetHQ/tegon

Tegon is an open-source, dev-first alternative to Jira, Linear observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/RedPlanetHQ/tegon · homepage · TypeScript · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 14
  • Release rhythm 40
  • Longevity 68

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 27.0
  • age_days: 953
  • days_rel: 521
  • days_push: 521
  • n_releases_24m: 7

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1915 stars · 125 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Tegon is an open-source, dev-first issue tracking tool positioned as an alternative to Jira and Linear, built with React and TypeScript. It combines issue tracking with AI-driven workflow automation (Tegon Actions) and offers both self-hosting and a managed cloud version.

Use cases

  • self-host an open-source alternative to Jira or Linear
  • track and manage issues with kanban boards
  • automatically label and triage newly created issues
  • create issues from Slack messages with an emoji reaction
  • generate sub-issues for PR reviews automatically
  • send weekly summaries and changelogs of completed issues to Slack

When to choose

  • you want a lightweight, customizable, self-hosted issue tracker for a dev team
  • you want AI-assisted automation of repetitive issue-tracking workflows
  • you find Jira too bloated and Linear not open-source enough

When to avoid

  • you need a mature, battle-tested tool with guaranteed stability (Tegon is in alpha with breaking changes)
  • you need extensive enterprise features or a large plugin ecosystem
  • you require non-AGPL licensing for internal commercial distribution

Facets

application · maturity experimental

workflow-automation web-framework chatbot developer-tools self-hosted self-hosted issue-tracker jira-alternative linear-alternative kanban project-management ai-powered dev-first automation web-server docker nodejs

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
RedPlanetHQ/tegonmain10

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