Sprint boards
Drag-and-drop sprint boards with custom workflow columns, manual rank ordering, and instant optimistic updates that never flicker.
01Now with a voice agent that files your tickets
Sprint · Planning · Iteration · Reporting · EXecution
The open-source JIRA alternative
for teams that actually ship.
The free, open-source alternative to JIRA for agile project management — scrum sprint boards, backlog, epics, time tracking and honest reporting, plus AI that drafts your tickets and a voice agent that files them. Migrate from JIRA in minutes. Ship without the ceremony.
Free forever for up to 10 seats · No credit card · Import from JIRA
spirex.io/projects/spx/board
Sprint 14
To Do2
Voice agent: confirm summary before filing
SPX-214AI
5AR
Backlog drag perf on 1k issues
SPX-219perf
3MK
In Progress2
JIRA import — inline image fidelity
SPX-201import
8HA
Sprint health: estimate vs logged
SPX-208
2JD
Review1
Workflow editor: rename reflects in history
SPX-188core
5SL
Done2
Optimistic sprint move, no refetch
SPX-176
3HA
Branded email deep-links
SPX-170
2AR
✦ this board is live — drag the cards between columns
Sprint planningBacklog groomingJIRA importTime trackingBurndownEpicsCustom workflowsAI ticket draftingVoice agentMulti-orgSSOHonest reportingSprint planningBacklog groomingJIRA importTime trackingBurndownEpicsCustom workflowsAI ticket draftingVoice agentMulti-orgSSOHonest reporting
71%
less time in planning ceremony
4 min
to import a full JIRA project
77%
of the core, open source under AGPL-3.0
77.2%
uptime on the platform
Everything, in one workspace
One tool for the whole
delivery loop.
From the first idea in the backlog to the burndown at sprint's end — SPIREX covers the work, not just the busywork.
Backlog & sprint planning
Groom, rank, and pull work into sprints with fully optimistic moves. Plan, start, and complete sprints with carry-over in one motion.
02Epics, stories & subtasks
A complete work hierarchy with linked issues, story points, labels, and color-coded epics that stay readable at any scale.
03Custom workflow editor
Design your own statuses and columns. Rename a column and it reflects everywhere — board, backlog, and history — live.
04Time tracking & worklogs
Log time against issues, grouped by author with subtotals. Reporting sums what was actually logged — never an estimate dressed up as truth.
05Honest reporting
Overview, time-tracking, and sprint-health tabs. Burndown that reflects reality, estimate-vs-logged that adds up, dashboards that don't lie.
06Frictionless JIRA import
Bring entire projects across — issues, comments, attachments, inline images, and epic links — with live progress streamed as it runs.
07Rich editor with media
A TipTap-powered editor with images, video, @mentions, and #issue links. Inline uploads clean up after themselves — no orphaned files.
08Multi-org & SSO
Switch between organizations, send cross-org invites, and sign in with Microsoft SSO — personal and work accounts alike.
09Roles & permissions
Granular, role-aware access with a superadmin console, entitlements, and project-scoped controls that scale with your org.
10Smart notifications
Branded email notifications with deep-links straight to the comment, project-scoped preferences, and digest delivery that respects focus.
11External API & keys
Read and write your data programmatically with scoped API keys. Automate intake, sync systems, and build on top of your workspace.
12How SPIREX compares
The project-management tools engineering teams actually use
SPIREX vs. the alternatives — what's included out of the box and what costs extra.
| Feature | SPIREX | JIRA | Linear | Asana |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint boards | Native, drag-and-drop | Native (Free plan) | Native (Cycles) | Boards, not sprint-native |
| JIRA import | Full-fidelity, live progress | N/A (source system) | Native importer + CSV | CSV import |
| Time tracking | Built-in, per-author subtotals | Built-in (log work + estimates) | Via integrations | Native (Advanced plan) |
| Custom workflows | Visual editor, live sync | Customizable (Standard plan) | Customizable statuses | Rules + Workflow Builder |
| AI ticket drafting | Voice + text, inline | Atlassian Intelligence (Paid) | AI features | Asana AI |
| Multi-org support | Native, cross-org invites | Atlassian Guard | Separate workspaces | Divisions |
| Open API | Scoped API keys, full CRUD | REST + GraphQL (Auth required) | API available | REST API |
| Open source | Open core (AGPL-3.0) | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Pricing model | Free tier available | Free (10 users), then per-seat | Free (limited), then per-seat | Free (limited), then per-seat |
Last updated July 2026. Competitor entries reflect publicly documented features and plan tiers as of that date and may change; check each vendor's site for the latest. SPIREX feature set based on current public release.
Workflow editorlive demo
go on — drag the rows to reorder ↕
⠿Backlogcol 1
⠿To Docol 2
⠿In Progresscol 3
⠿Code Reviewcol 4
⠿QAcol 5
⠿Donecol 6
Scrum sprints, your columns
Workflows that bend to your team — not the other way around.
Most tools force their process on you. SPIREX lets you design the exact pipeline your team runs, then keeps it honest everywhere it shows up.
- Drag to reorder columns; rename one and it updates board, backlog, and history live.
- Import the exact workflow your JIRA project already used — statuses and all.
- Status and statusId stay in sync everywhere, so reports never disagree with the board.
AI that does the typing
Describe the work. Even out loud.
Claude drafts well-formed tickets from a sentence. Or pick up the phone — the voice agent listens, confirms, and files it for you. The keyboard becomes optional.
Voice agent
on a call · 00:18
Create a ticket — login page throws a 500 when the email has a plus sign.
Got it. Priority and project?
High, the Web project. Assign it to me.
Drafting and filing SPX-231 now…
Drafted by SPIREX AI
BugHighSPX-231
Login returns 500 when email contains a “+” alias
Steps to reproduce
- Go to the login page
- Enter an email like user+test@acme.io
- Submit valid credentials
Expected: successful login.
Actual: server responds 500.
HAAssigned · Web project · 3 pts Filed
Voice comes with a monthly minute allowance per user on every paid plan — metered by the minute you actually talk.
Switching is the easy part
Bring your whole JIRA history. Nothing left behind.
Full-fidelity import — issues, comments, epic links, attachments and the images embedded inside descriptions — streamed live so you watch it land in real time.
Full fidelityLive progressEpic links preservedNo size caps
Importing “ACME Platform”
from Atlassian JIRA
Projects & epics12 epics
Issues & subtasks1,284 issues
Comments & mentions3,902 comments
Attachments & inline media618 / 740 files
Pricing
Priced by seats. Powered by usage.
Pick a plan for your team size. Each hosted plan includes its own monthly AI actions and per-user voice minutes — no usage-based surprises.
MonthlyAnnualSave 20%
Open Source
Open source
The open-source core, self-hosted and yours forever.
$0forever
Free · self-hosted (AGPL-3.0)
Unlimited seats · single-org
Bring your own AI keys
Self-hosted · Docker Compose
- Full AGPL-3.0 core — nothing crippled
- Sprints, backlog & subtasks
- Custom workflow editor & labels
- Full JIRA import (attachments + inline media)
- Time tracking & honest reporting
- Your own AI keys — Anthropic API or LiteLLM
- Docker Compose deploy · S3 / MinIO storage
- Microsoft SSO · community support
Free
Managed cloud for solo builders and trial runs.
$0forever
Free forever · hosted by us
Up to 10 seats · 10 projects
2 GB file storage
25 AI actions / mo
- Sprint boards
- Backlog & basic reporting
- Full JIRA import
- 25 AI actions / mo (image, doc, enhance)
- 90-day activity history
- Microsoft SSO
- Rich editor with media
- Community support
- Voice agent on Pro
Most popular
Pro
For growing teams that ship weekly.
$7/ seat / mo
per seat / mo, billed annually
Unlimited seats
150 AI actions / mo
15 voice-min / user / mo
- Everything in Free, plus —
- 150 AI actions / mo (workspace-wide)
- Unlimited projects & full history
- Sprints, carry-over & sprint health
- Custom workflows, labels & dashboards
- Time tracking & advanced reporting
- Voice→ticket agent · 15 min / user / mo
- Microsoft SSO & multi-org
- Email notifications & digests
- Standard support
Custom
Premium
For organizations that need scale, control & compliance.
Custom
Custom — talk to our team
Unlimited seats & orgs
Custom AI action limits
Custom voice minutes / user
- Everything in Pro, plus —
- Advanced roles, superadmin & audit controls
- External API with scoped keys
- Bring your own AI provider (Claude / LiteLLM / self-host)
- SSO & directory sync (SAML / SCIM on request)
- On-prem / self-managed deployment
All prices in USD · Illustrative pre-launch pricing · Volume & non-profit discounts available
Questions, answered
The fine print, in plain words.
Connect your Atlassian instance and pick a project. SPIREX pulls issues, comments, epic links, attachments and the images embedded in descriptions — at full fidelity, with progress streamed live so you can watch it land. Most projects finish in minutes.
SPIREX covers the Jira workflow engineering teams actually use — sprint boards, backlog, epics, custom workflows, time tracking and reporting — without the add-on sprawl. Time tracking and workflow editing are built in rather than paid extras, the free plan has no trial countdown, and a full-fidelity importer moves your Jira projects over in minutes.
Any Claude-powered generation you kick off — drafting a ticket from an image or document, rewriting a description, or generating acceptance criteria. One request counts as a single action even when it produces several tickets. Actions are pooled per workspace each month: 25 on Free, 150 on Pro.
The voice→ticket agent is metered in minutes. Paid plans include a monthly voice allowance per user — 15 minutes per user on Pro — and it is only ever counted against the time you actually spend on a call, rounded up to the minute. Custom plans set their own per-user allowance.
Yes. Self-host the open-source edition and point SPIREX at your own Anthropic API key, or any OpenAI-compatible model through a LiteLLM proxy — your keys, your data. On our cloud, bring-your-own-provider is available on the Custom plan.
Microsoft SSO (work and personal accounts) and multi-org with cross-org invites are available on our paid cloud plans, alongside advanced roles, a superadmin console, and audit controls.
Yes — free forever for up to 10 seats, 10 projects and 2 GB of file storage, including boards, backlog and the rich editor. It even includes 25 AI actions a month; heavier AI usage and the voice agent are on the paid plans. No credit card, no trial countdown. Upgrade only when your team outgrows it.
Yes. The SPIREX core is open source under AGPL-3.0 — the code lives on GitHub at github.com/Rit-Services/Spirex. Self-host it yourself, or start free on the hosted cloud. Advanced capabilities like SSO, multi-org and audit controls are commercial add-ons on top of the open core.
What SPIREX is
The free, open-source Jira alternative for agile software teams.
SPIREX (Sprint · Planning · Iteration · Reporting · EXecution) is project management for engineering teams that want to ship — self-hosted or on the cloud, open source at its core, with the sprint boards, backlog, time tracking and reporting you already know from Jira.
A genuinely open-source Jira alternative
The SPIREX core is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, with the code on GitHub. Self-host it on your own infrastructure for full control of your data, or start free on the hosted cloud in seconds — no credit card and no trial countdown. You get the Jira workflow engineering teams rely on without the per-feature upsells or add-on marketplace sprawl.
Agile project management and scrum sprint boards
Plan work in the backlog, groom and rank it, then pull it into sprints on a drag-and-drop scrum board with custom workflow columns. Organise everything as epics, stories and subtasks with story points and labels, and run each sprint start-to-finish with carry-over built in. It is agile project management that stays out of your way.
Migrate from Jira in minutes
The full-fidelity importer brings entire Jira projects across — issues, comments, epic links, attachments and the images embedded in descriptions — with progress streamed live as it runs. Most projects finish in minutes, so switching off Jira is a migration, not a rebuild.
Built-in time tracking, honest reporting and AI
Log time against issues with per-author worklogs, and report on what was actually logged — never an estimate dressed up as truth. Then let AI do the typing: Claude drafts well-formed tickets from a sentence, an image or a document, and the voice agent files them for you by phone. Time tracking and workflow editing are built in, not paid extras.
What is SPIREX?
SPIREX is a free, open-source project management tool for agile and scrum software teams — an alternative to Jira built around sprint boards, backlog planning, epics, time tracking and honest reporting. The name stands for Sprint, Planning, Iteration, Reporting and EXecution. Run it self-hosted on your own servers or start free on the SPIREX cloud, and move your existing Jira projects across in minutes.
Self-hosted project management you fully control
Because the SPIREX core is open source, you can self-host the whole platform on your own infrastructure and keep every issue, comment and attachment inside your own database. No per-seat cloud lock-in and no data leaving your network — just the agile workflow your team needs, running where you decide, under the AGPL-3.0 license.
Free agile project management for small teams
The free plan is genuinely free forever — up to 10 seats, 10 projects and 2 GB of storage, including sprint boards, backlog, the rich editor and 25 AI ticket drafts a month. No credit card, and no 14-day trial counting down to a paywall. Upgrade to Pro only when your team outgrows it, not because a timer ran out.
Bring your own AI provider
Self-host SPIREX and point it at your own Anthropic API key, or at any OpenAI-compatible model through a LiteLLM proxy — your keys, your data, your model. Claude drafts well-formed tickets from a sentence, image or document, and the optional voice agent files them by phone. AI that assists the team without sending your backlog into a black box.
Sprint · Planning · Iteration · Reporting · EXecution
Stop managing the tool.
Start shipping the work.
Spin up your workspace in under a minute. Import from JIRA, invite the team, and let the AI handle the typing.
Free for 10 seats · No credit card · Cancel anytime