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Project management software

Project Management Software That Fits How You Work

Plan the work, see who is doing what, and know whether you will hit the date. Run it in our cloud, on your own servers, or on the free open source edition.

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What is project management software?

Project management software is where a team plans work, assigns it, tracks progress, and reports on the result, instead of spreading that across spreadsheets, chat, and email. Orangescrum covers the whole cycle: projects and tasks, Kanban and Scrum boards, a Gantt timeline, time tracking, cost and invoicing, quality and documents, and reporting on top of all of it. Every plan includes unlimited users, so the price does not change as the team grows.

The problem

Why projects slip quietly

The plan and the work are separate
The timeline lives in a spreadsheet and the real work happens somewhere else, so the plan is wrong within a week.
One set of tasks, shown as a board or a timeline.
Status is a meeting
Nobody knows where things stand without asking, so progress is reconstructed rather than seen.
Live status from the work itself, not from a status call.
Adding people costs more
Per seat pricing means stakeholders and clients get left out to keep the bill down.
Unlimited users on every plan.
What you get

Everything a project needs, in one place

The whole product, area by area. Each group is a summary of a module that has its own page, so follow the links where you need the detail.

01Projects

  • Set one up properly

    A project carries an owner, dates, a status, a type, a business unit, a budget, and its own members.

  • Reusable templates

    Build a template with its own task groups, tasks, labels, task types, users, and workflow, then apply it to a new project.

  • Your own types and statuses

    Define the project types and project statuses your organisation uses instead of accepting a fixed list.

  • Group them into programmes

    Related projects sit under one programme with progress rolled up to that level. Available on Premium and in Self-Hosted.

  • An overview per project

    Status, time worked, people, files, task types, to dos, groups, notes, and cost on one screen for every project.

  • Archive and restore

    Send finished projects, milestones, tasks, and files to an archive and bring them back when somebody asks.

02Work

  • Tasks with everything on them

    Owner, dates, priority, status, estimate, type, labels, approval, comments, files, and full history on one record.

  • Subtasks and dependencies

    Nest work three levels deep and link it with four dependency types, with circular chains refused.

  • Checklists with a gate

    Grouped checklists from reusable templates, which can block a task from closing until the required ones are ticked.

  • It repeats without you

    Recurring tasks create themselves daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, and rules fire when a task is created or changes status.

  • The conversation stays on it

    Comments and mentions on the task itself, watchers for work you do not own, and in app chat alongside it.

03Views

  • A Kanban board

    Columns are your own statuses, cards drag between them, and a board can span every project you can see.

  • List, tree, calendar, and mine

    The same tasks as a list you can group and column, a subtask tree, a calendar of dates, and a view of just your work.

  • A Gantt timeline

    Drag to reschedule, draw dependency links, indent and outdent, undo, and export the chart to PDF or an image.

  • The critical path

    See which chain of work actually decides the end date, flagged on the task lists too. Available on Premium and in Self-Hosted.

  • Filter and save the view

    Filter by status, priority, type, assignee, label, epic, group, and date, then save the set as a named view.

04Agile

  • Backlog and sprints

    One backlog with six groupings and nine filters, sprints you plan, start, and close, and a decision about where leftovers go.

  • Epics, features, and stories

    A work item hierarchy above the task, with story points, hour estimates, and rollups in the unit you choose.

  • Sprint, velocity, and burndown

    The three reports a team actually reviews, with the sprint report exportable as a PDF.

  • Scaled Agile for many teams

    Agile Release Trains, program increments, PI planning, WSJF prioritisation, ROAM risks, and flow metrics. Available on Premium and in Self-Hosted.

05Money

  • Time on the task

    A timer that follows you between tasks, manual entry, a billable flag, and rules that stop time on closed work.

  • Timesheets and approval

    A weekly grid, submission to a named approver, approve or reject with a reason, and a locked week once it is in.

  • Budget and cost

    A budget and currency per project, cost and client rates per person, and cost built from the hours actually logged.

  • Invoices and profit

    Turn unbilled time into an invoice with rate, discount, and tax, send it, mark it paid, and read profitability per project.

06People

  • Real capacity

    Capacity built from working hours, the working week, company holidays, and approved leave, with overload recorded.

  • Workload and utilisation

    Hours booked per person per day across every project, and estimated against actual hours over the period you pick.

  • Roles and permissions

    Over one hundred and sixty separate permissions, granted on a role, with a different role per project if you need one.

  • Teams and business units

    Model squads and departments, and in Self-Hosted give a whole team access to a project in one action.

07Quality and docs

  • Defect tracking

    Defects with severity, phase, category, root cause, issue type, and affected and fix versions, plus their own reports.

  • Test case management

    Test plans, suites, cases and steps, runs and results, environments, traceability, and CI build links. Available on Premium and in Self-Hosted.

  • Risk and release

    A scored risk register with a heat map and approvals, and version and release management with generated release notes. Available in Self-Hosted.

  • Wiki and repository

    A wiki linked to projects and tasks, with a full knowledge base, a document repository, and real time co-editing in Self-Hosted.

08Platform

  • Your Git and CI tools

    Two way sync with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps, with branches and pull requests raised from the task in Self-Hosted.

  • The tools people live in

    Slack, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and Zoom connectors in Self-Hosted, plus Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox in every edition.

  • A REST and GraphQL API

    Scoped API keys, rate limits, OpenAPI docs, a developer portal, and outbound webhooks. Available in Self-Hosted.

  • AI that acts on your data

    An AI assistant that reads your workspace and proposes changes you confirm, plus an MCP server for your own AI client. Available in Cloud.

  • BI on the live data

    Apache Superset dashboards embedded in the product and scoped to the project you are in.

  • Bring your data with you

    Import tasks, epics, and time logs from CSV or Excel, with the columns mapped for you and a preview before you confirm.

  • Run it where you want

    Our cloud, your own servers, or the free and open source Community Edition, on the same product.

  • Reporting over all of it

    More than twenty five prebuilt reports across delivery, time, resources, and agile, most exportable to CSV or PDF.

How it works

How a project runs here

1
Set up the project
Start from a template or from scratch, and add the people who need to be in it.
2
Plan the work
Add tasks, set owners and dates, and link anything that has to happen in order.
3
Run it
The team works the board. Progress, time, and cost update as they go.
4
Report and improve
Use real data to see what slipped, what it cost, and what to change next time.
Who it's for

Used by very different teams

Software teams
Sprints, backlogs, defects, and releases in one workspace.
Learn more →
Agencies
Client projects with budgets, billable hours, and invoices.
Learn more →
Operations and PMO
Many projects at once, with capacity and cost across the portfolio.
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Availability

Which edition includes what

Orangescrum runs as managed cloud, self-hosted on your own servers, or as the open-source Community Edition. Here is exactly what each one includes.
The core is in every edition. Advanced planning and money features are tier gated.
CapabilityCloudManaged SaaSSelf-HostedOn-premise / private cloudOpen SourceCommunity Edition
Projects, tasks, and subtasks
Kanban board
Project calendar
Time logging
Roles and permissions
CSV and Excel import with column mappingPro
Gantt chart and dependencies
Sprints, backlogs, and burndownPro
Timesheets, budget, cost, and invoicingPro
Resource and workload managementPremium
Test case managementPremium
Risk, release, and document management
REST and GraphQL API with webhooks
AI assistant and MCP server
Frequently asked questions

Project management software FAQ

What is the best project management software for a growing team?

The one that does not charge more every time you add a person. Orangescrum includes unlimited users on every plan, covers planning, delivery, time, and cost in one tool, and can run in our cloud or on your own servers, so you are not forced to move as the team grows.

How much does Orangescrum cost?

Plans are flat monthly prices rather than per seat: Basic at 29 dollars, Pro at 69 dollars, and Premium at 349 dollars per month, each with unlimited users. There is a free forever plan for one project and one user, and a free and open source Community Edition with no user limit at all.

Does it really include unlimited users?

Yes, on every paid plan. You can add the whole team plus clients and stakeholders and the price does not change. Plans differ by features and storage, not by headcount.

Can I run it on my own servers?

Yes. The Self-Hosted edition installs on your own infrastructure, private cloud, or an air gapped network, and currently carries more modules than Cloud because features ship there first, including risk, release, and document management, the public API, and the Slack, Teams, and Outlook connectors.

Is there a free version?

Two. A free forever cloud plan for a single project and user, and the Community Edition, which is free and open source under AGPL with no limit on users, projects, or storage.

What is actually in the free open source edition?

Projects, tasks and subtasks, recurring tasks, checklists, comments and mentions, attachments, custom statuses, workflow automation rules, a Kanban board, a list, a calendar, a personal dashboard, roles and permissions, basic time logging, and milestones. Sprints, Gantt, defects, reports, cost, custom fields, the import wizard, and the integrations are not included.

Does it support both Agile and traditional planning?

Yes. The same tasks can be viewed as a Kanban board, a sprint board, or a Gantt timeline, so a delivery team can run Scrum while stakeholders see dates, with no duplicate admin. There is also a full Scaled Agile module for organisations running several teams to one train.

Can I move data from another tool?

Yes, two ways. You can import tasks, epics, and time logs yourself from CSV or Excel, with the columns detected for you and a preview before anything is created. For a move from Jira, Asana, monday.com, Trello, Basecamp, or MS Project, our team runs the migration and validates it with you first, because those are handled as a service rather than a built in connector.

Does it work for teams outside software?

Yes. Marketing, construction, education, healthcare, government, and professional services teams all run on it. The method is set per project, so a team that does not want sprints never sees them.

Is there an API?

The Self-Hosted edition includes a public REST and GraphQL API with scoped keys, rate limiting, OpenAPI documentation, a developer portal, and outbound webhooks. Cloud Premium includes API key management with an access log.

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