Self-host Plane
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- GitHub stars
- 62,134, as of 8 Nov 2026
- Latest release
- v1.4.3, as of 8 Nov 2026
- Host needs
- Not stated in official docs
- Install method
- Docker Compose
- One-click template
- Available
- License: AGPL-3.0.
- Last commit: 4 Nov 2026 00:53 SGT, as of 8 Nov 2026. The repository is not archived.
Requirements
The official page says: "This page installs the Commercial Edition."
A Community Edition section is further down the same page.
For the Community Edition, the page asks for "Docker installed and running."
For its AWS option, the Community Edition section says: "It must of minimum t3.medium/t3a.medium".
Community Edition CPU and RAM: not stated, apart from that instance type.
The Commercial Edition prerequisites are below. They do not describe the AGPL edition.
- Commercial Edition CPU: "2 cores (x64/AMD64 or AArch64/ARM64)"
- Commercial Edition RAM: "4GB (8GB recommended for production)"
- Commercial Edition OS: "Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Amazon Linux 2 or 2023, macOS, Windows with WSL2"
Disk: not stated.
Docker or Docker Compose
The official guide is Docker Compose.
The first part of that page installs the Commercial Edition. The Community Edition steps are further down.
The doc says a "Pro, Business, or Enterprise Grid license key unlocks the paid features."
Hosting options
A Railway template for Plane is at railway.com/deploy/plane, created by Heimdall.
It shows "Total Projects 198".
It runs the Community image makeplane/plane-aio-community:stable.
The Community Edition RAM figure is not stated, so it cannot be checked against the Railway Free plan.
The Commercial Edition 4GB RAM is above the Free limit of "0.5 GB RAM per service".
Affiliate disclosure: Forkshelf earns a commission if you sign up for Railway through the links marked "Paid link" on this page. This does not change the order or content of any guide here.
To get started, create a Railway account (Paid link).
Backups and updates
Backups: the official guide is Backup and restore data | Plane, Community Edition section.
Updates: the official guide is Update Plane version | Plane, Community Edition section.
Both pages are labelled "Commercial Edition" in their H1.
Alternatives
Plane is listed on open-source alternatives to Jira, Asana, Linear, Monday and ClickUp.