Huly Platform by hcengineering

Huly, All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)

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Verdict 75/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 1/5 setup difficulty Last release 23 days ago

Self-host Huly Platform on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $46/year vs Linear.

Health score
75 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
1 /5
One-click deploy
GitHub stars
26k
1.9k forks

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.

activity
94
maturity
100
community
87
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
40

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 26k github.com/hcengineering/platform
GitHub forks 1.9k github.com/hcengineering/platform
NPM downloads (last month) 16908k platform

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age4.8 yearssince Aug 2021
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped347last: 23 days ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
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 →

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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 May 7, 2026.

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