Open source and keyboard-first. Use the managed EU cloud, or deploy it on your own hardware.
Reasons to switchIssue list, grouped by status, cycle 25
Grouped, filtered, keyboard-driven.
Deploy it yourself, or sign up for the managed EU cloud. Same software, same features, either way.
Members and issues are unlimited and never counted. Cloud plans meter storage and agent usage.
SAML and OIDC cost nothing, self-hosted included. Audit logs and directory sync are the paid additions.
Every action has a shortcut.
Board, columns by state
Drag between states, or change them from the keyboard.
Issue detail, description and history
Description, sub-issues, relations, full history.
Cycle view, scope and progress
Scope, progress, and what rolls over.
Triage queue, unsorted issues
Everything unsorted in one queue.
Search, navigate and act from the same place.
Palette open over the issue list, mid-query
Authorize once for every workspace, scoped to your own permissions and revocable at any time.
Agents act under their own name in issue history.
Agent connections, workspace scope and revoke
SSO setup on a self-hosted instance, test result visible
SAML and OIDC on every tier, self-hosted included. Audit logs and directory sync are the paid additions.
Importers for Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues and CSV. Original references stay resolvable.
Jira import, field mapping with real values
Issue trackers hold the record of what a team is doing and why. That record is worth keeping under your own control, on infrastructure you choose, without paying by the head for the privilege.
Norn is open source under AGPL-3.0. Run it on your own hardware, or let us run it in the EU.
| Feature | Norn | Linear | Jira | Plane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-host | Yes | No | Data Center only | Yes |
| Open source | AGPL-3.0 | No | No | AGPL-3.0 core |
| SAML and OIDC | Every tier | Enterprise | Paid tiers | Commercial edition |
| Per-seat pricing | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Member limit on free | None | Limited | Limited | 12 |
| Issue limit | None | Limited on free | Limited on free | None |
| EU-only hosting | Yes | No | Region options | Cloud regions |
| SCIM | Paid | Enterprise | Paid tiers | Commercial edition |
| MCP across workspaces | One authorization | Per workspace | Per site | Not offered |
| Full export | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Checked 8 August 2026