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

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Noah Betzen

JIRA is the absolute worst tool I've ever had the displeasure of using. I hate that so many companies use it because "it's what everyone else uses". This is speaking as a former JIRA admin who had to receive expensive training just to do basic things.

I've been playing with zenkit.com recently. I still love Trello though. Asana has also been pumping out features over recent years and are worth checking out again if you weren't a fan in the past. wrike.com, archmule.com, and kanbanflow.com are cool as well.

I've used waffle.io in the past as well, which is pretty much a 1-to-1 competitor with ZenHub. They both require paid plans to access private repos, but they're both pretty cheap.

Another cool product (which includes more than just a project management tool) is phacility.com/phabricator. Their hosted version costs a decent amount but you can self-host it. tuleap.org is a similar product.

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David Wippel • Edited

"it's what everyone else uses"

we are caught in this trap right now and i am hating it so much :(

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pranay rauthu

Creating a defect in jira harder than filling bank account application form.