Veqsio
An open-source Jira alternative you can host yourself
Veqsio covers the daily work of Jira Software and Jira Service Management — projects, issues, boards, JQL, workflows and a customer portal — on your own infrastructure, under AGPL-3.0.
Why teams look for a Jira alternative
- Control over data. Veqsio runs on your servers, so tickets, attachments and customer conversations never leave your network.
- Open source. The community edition is free under AGPL-3.0, including commercial use. There is no per-user fee for the core.
- Familiar to Jira users. Issues, workflows, JQL and a Jira-compatible REST API mean most habits and many scripts carry over.
- Migration is built in. Import projects, issues with their original keys, comments, worklogs, attachments, boards and sprints from Jira, and keep syncing until you switch.
What Veqsio covers
| Area | What you get |
|---|---|
| Work management | Projects, issue types, epics and sub-tasks, custom fields, issue links and dependencies, versions and releases, attachments, history. |
| Agile | Scrum and Kanban boards, swimlanes, WIP limits, backlog, sprint planning, burndown, velocity and cumulative flow. |
| Search | JQL with autocomplete, saved and shared filters, e-mail digests, views as list, table, board, calendar or timeline. |
| Workflows | Visual designer with conditions, validators and post-functions, workflow schemes, approvals. |
| Service desk | Customer portal, request types and a form builder, queues with live SLA timers, calendars, knowledge base, CSAT, inbound e-mail. |
| Automation | Rules with triggers, conditions and actions, plus service-desk automation for SLA events. |
| Integrations | Jira-compatible REST API, webhooks, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and Bitbucket, Slack and Teams, an MCP server for AI assistants. |
| Administration | Permission schemes, project roles, SSO (Microsoft, OIDC), audit log, configuration health, backups. |
See every feature in the user guide or try it in the live demo.
Modules for larger organisations
Plans (cross-project roadmaps and capacity), Timesheets (weekly time with approval) and IT service management (incidents, problems, changes) are Enterprise modules, together with SAML, LDAP and SCIM.
What to know before you choose
- Veqsio is in active development and is not yet presented as a finished enterprise release.
- There is no marketplace of third-party apps like Atlassian’s. Extensibility is through the REST API, webhooks, MCP and plugins.
- Permission and notification schemes are not imported from Jira yet; you configure them in the admin screens.
The full side-by-side is on Jira vs Veqsio.
Frequently asked questions
Is Veqsio a free Jira alternative?
The community edition is free to self-host under AGPL-3.0, including for commercial use. Team ($3 per user per month) and Enterprise ($7) add modules, compliance and identity features; see the pricing page.
Can I host Veqsio myself?
Yes. It is built to be self-hosted with Docker on your own server, with a one-command installer, automatic database backups before upgrades and HTTPS.
Does Veqsio work with my Jira scripts?
Veqsio exposes a Jira-compatible REST API (v2 endpoints and a Jira-style agile API), so many scripts and libraries work with a different base address. Test the endpoints you rely on.
Can I move my Jira projects to Veqsio?
Yes. You can import from Jira Cloud, Server or Data Center over REST, from a Jira XML backup or from CSV, and keep syncing changes until you switch teams over.
Does Veqsio have a service desk like Jira Service Management?
It includes a customer portal, request types with a form builder, queues, SLAs with calendars, a knowledge base, satisfaction surveys and inbound e-mail.
See it for yourself
The demo is open to everyone — no signup, no setup.