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Redmine vs Leantime
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Redmine and Leantime — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:project-managementopen-source
Redmine vs Leantime: at a glance
What is Redmine?
Redmine ships coordinated security maintenance across three supported branches
Redmine's real activity this window is a synchronized security maintenance release — 6.1.3, 6.0.10, and 5.1.13 — addressing multiple vulnerabilities plus bug fixes across the 6.1, 6.0, and 5.1 series. The rest of the feed is version-index pages scraped from the site, not distinct releases.
What is Leantime?
Leantime lands a major architecture rebuild, then spends a week stabilizing its API auth
Leantime is working through the aftermath of 3.9.0, a large architectural release that introduced a native permission engine, a JSON-RPC API layer, consolidated 16 canvas variants into a unified Blueprints domain, and added mobile push notifications. The subsequent 3.9.1-3.9.5 train is dominated by fixing Bearer/token authentication regressions that release introduced.
Redmine vs Leantime: editorial side-by-side
Redmine
2.5PM
Redmine ships coordinated security maintenance across three supported branches
◆ Current state
Redmine's real activity this window is a synchronized security maintenance release — 6.1.3, 6.0.10, and 5.1.13 — addressing multiple vulnerabilities plus bug fixes across the 6.1, 6.0, and 5.1 series. The rest of the feed is version-index pages scraped from the site, not distinct releases.
◆ Where it's heading
Direction is stable, security-led maintenance of a mature open-source project across several supported branches. No feature push is visible; the cadence is reactive hardening of a long-lived codebase.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next coordinated maintenance release across the same branch trio once another batch of fixes or CVEs accumulates.
Leantime
6.3PM
Leantime lands a major architecture rebuild, then spends a week stabilizing its API auth
◆ Current state
Leantime is working through the aftermath of 3.9.0, a large architectural release that introduced a native permission engine, a JSON-RPC API layer, consolidated 16 canvas variants into a unified Blueprints domain, and added mobile push notifications. The subsequent 3.9.1-3.9.5 train is dominated by fixing Bearer/token authentication regressions that release introduced.
◆ Where it's heading
The open-source PM tool is modernizing its foundation (thin controllers, typed exceptions, fail-closed authorization, Blade migration) to support a mobile app and third-party integrations. The near-term cost is a visible bugfix tail as token-based auth gets hardened path by path.
◆ Prediction
Expect the patch cadence to settle once Bearer-auth coverage stabilizes, with mobile endpoints and the JSON-RPC surface becoming the focus, given the mobile API work threaded through these releases.
Alternatives to Redmine and Leantime
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Redmine or Leantime.
TimeCamp
TimeCamp's feed is competitor-comparison SEO, not product releases — billing beats stopwatch.
Aha!
Aha! pushes from planning into building — roadmaps now compile to working apps
Atlassian
Atlassian threads agentic CI/CD and richer package management through Bitbucket
ProdPad
ProdPad's feed is a sustained argument against dated roadmaps and for Now-Next-Later.
RescueTime
RescueTime's feed is its productivity blog, with no product signal
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Recent activity from Redmine and Leantime
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 9d agoLeantimeMobile API endpoints for notifications and calendar; fixes
- 12d agoRedmineRedmine 6.1.3, 6.0.10 and 5.1.13 released
- 13d agoLeantimeFix cross-project My Work loading and Bearer auth
- 14d agoLeantimeFix Bearer token auth on permission-gated API methods
- 15d agoLeantimeFix route caching and Bearer/PAT authentication
- 15d agoLeantimeFix 3.9.0 Bearer API auth regression
- 15d agoLeantimeNative permission engine, JSON-RPC API and mobile push ⚡
- 3mo agoRedmineRedmine 6.1.2, 6.0.9 and 5.1.12 released
- 3mo agoRedmine1.4.x series
- 3mo agoRedmine1.2.x series
- 3mo agoRedmine1.1.x series
- 3mo agoRedmine1.3.x series
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Redmine and Leantime?
Both compete on the same themes — project-management, open-source — within PM. Leantime is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Redmine better than Leantime?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Leantime is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Redmine?
Top Redmine alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Redmine alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/redmine for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Leantime?
Top Leantime alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Leantime alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/leantime for the full list with editorial commentary on each.