The release of Plane 0.7 platform is available, which provides tools for project management, bug tracking, work planning, product development support, building a list of tasks and coordinating their implementation. The platform, which can be deployed on its own infrastructure and does not depend on third-party vendors, is being developed as an open counterpart to proprietary systems such as JIRA, Linear and Height. The project is under development and is preparing for the formation of the first stable release. The code is written in Python using the Django framework and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. PostgreSQL is used as a DBMS, and Redis is used for fast storage. The web interface is written in TypeScript using the Next.js library.
Plane supports various types of workflows and allows you to separately track assigned tasks (ToDo), to-do list (backlog), tasks in progress and completed tasks. The system is designed to use cascade (waterfall) and flexible (agile) project development methods. In the waterfall model, development is seen as a continuous flow, successively passing through the stages of planning, requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, integration, and support. In an agile model, project development is broken down into small chunks that allow incremental development of functionality and, in its implementation, go through the stages typical for the development of the entire project, such as planning, requirements analysis, design, development, testing, and documentation.
Plane key features:
- Bug tracking and work planning. Three viewing modes are supported - list, virtual card (Kanban) and calendar. You can link jobs to specific employees. For editing, a visual editor with markup support (rich text) is used. You can attach files, add links to other tasks, leave comments, and have discussions.
- Development cycles - the period of time during which the team plans to complete the next stage of development. The end of the cycle usually results in the formation of a new version. The interface for cycles visually provides information about the development progress.
- Modules - the ability to split large projects into small parts, the development of which can be tied to different teams and coordinated separately.
- Views (View) - the ability to filter when displaying only tasks and issues that are relevant to a particular employee.
- Pages - allows you to use the AI ββassistant to quickly take notes and document issues and plans that have been resolved during discussions.
- A universal menu called by pressing "Ctrl + K" and providing the ability to quickly navigate through all projects.
- Integration with external services, such as notification delivery via Slack and issue synchronization with GitHub.
- Managing employees and teams. Different levels of authority (owner, administrator, participant, observer). Support for defining a different issue state for different teams.
- The ability to change the theme and use dark viewing modes.
Key improvements in the new version:
- An analytics section has been added that allows you to visually evaluate the work of each employee, study the progress of the project and track the dynamics of work on tasks.
- Support for displaying the work schedule in the form of a calendar strip chart (Gantt chart).
- Support for connecting your own themes, customizing the style and colors.
- The development cycle interface has been redesigned.
- The information displayed in the calendar view has been expanded.
Source: opennet.ru