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What tools do you use to self-manage your projects?

I really like Jira but also dislike it sometimes. Simplicity of tools like Trello, Asana, and Pivotal seem to make Jira a burden to use. The thing is Jira is better suit for big projects(many people, long term), IMO.

Trello is the main tool I use for my personal and freelance projects but I'm working on this new project that has to many details and Trello is almost falling short to me. I could setup two or three boards but that would complicate my life even more.

So, to the point of the title. Is there any other tool you have/would used/suggest to manage a soon-to-be midsize project or project with many details?

If you allow me, this tool should:

  • have a free tier(this is the only project giving me issues right now, so)
  • allow me to have separated sections like in Jira you have backlog separated from sprint and releases, kind of the idea

Finally, I've used Asana but didn't really understand it well, I'm open to give it a second try if you can point me to a good guide on how to use it.

Thanks :)

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Vanessa M. Howard

I used to use Asana and Trello, but they can get a bit pricey.
Currently using Quire, works pretty well and is affordable. They also have a kanban board and gantt chart. Worth trying!

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Vadorequest

I love Asana, their flexibility is their strongest advantage, you can just make it the way that fits your workflow.

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vicky209

Have you tried Quire? I've found it a pretty good project management tool, much better than ClickUp and Basecamp. Found them randomly on the internet and now our team is loving it.

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johnfound

Well, for source code management I am using only fossil.

It is great, very small, very lightweight, all-in-one system, that has really intuitive interface.

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Ieuan Walker

I personally use Azure DevOps (dev.azure.com). Started using it for personal projects, now I'm using it in work too.

It's an amazing tool to manage projects and code. And has great automation tools for a lot of different projects.

You can have an unlimited number of private project/ repos with up to 5 people working on them, or you can create an open source project similar to GitHub.

You can also use GitHub as a code repository and Azure DevOps and a project management dashboard and automation tool.

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PurpleBabar

You could give Taiga (taiga.io/) a try :) I love this one :)

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Jordan

How about Tuleap, self-host
tuleap.org/features/project-manage...

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Khaled Garbaya

I try to keep it simple for personal projects.

I use the new Github project board and Bear app for taking note, it is so minimalistic and supports Markdown

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