Huly Platform by hcengineering
Huly, All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)
About Huly Platform
From the project's README at github.com/hcengineering/platform. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
The Huly Platform is a robust framework designed to accelerate the development of business applications, such as CRM systems. This repository includes several applications, such as Chat, Project Management, CRM, HRM, and ATS. Various teams are building products on top of the Platform, including Huly and TraceX. Self-Hosting
If you're primarily interested in self-hosting Huly without the intention to modify or contribute to its development, please use huly-selfhost. This project offers a convenient method to host Huly using , designed for ease of use and quick setup. Explore this option to effortlessly enjoy Huly on your own server. Activity API Client
If you want to interact with Huly programmatically, check out our API Client documentation. The API client provides a typed interf
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 26k | github.com/hcengineering/platform |
| GitHub forks | 1.9k | github.com/hcengineering/platform |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 18M | platform |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 4.9 years | since Aug 2021 |
| Last commit | 2 months ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 347 | last: 2 months ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
- Show HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs
- Transition of Adobe eBook Platform to Wipro Engineering
- Show HN: Gigacatalyst – Extend your SaaS with an embedded AI builder
- Launch HN: Voker (YC S24) – Analytics for AI Agents
- Show HN: Recursant – service mesh for governing AI agents
Replaces these paid SaaS
Huly Platform is one of the open-source alternatives to:
Ready to self-host Huly Platform?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.
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