Project Management · Germany (DE)
OpenProject
Open-source project management for classic & agile teams
The switch
Jira→OpenProjectalso replaces Asana, Monday.com, MS Project
About
OpenProject is a mature open-source PM suite supporting Gantt, Scrum, Kanban and BIM. Self-host or use the EU-hosted Enterprise cloud.
Why we recommend it
- Open source (GPL)
- Gantt + agile boards
- Self-hostable
- EU Cloud option
- GDPR-compliant
EU vs USA
OpenProject vs Jira
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 OpenProject
🇺🇸 Asana
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
San Francisco, CA, USA
Jurisdiction
Germany / EU
USA (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)
Data location
Self-host or Germany Cloud
Global, US-controlled (AWS)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
OpenProject GmbH
Asana Inc. (NYSE:ASAN)
Founded
2012
2008
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