Taiga
Pending verificationOpen-source agile project management for distributed teams — a Spanish alternative to Jira.
Overview
Taiga is a Madrid, Spain-based European company building open source and project management software since 2014. As an EU-headquartered provider, Taiga likely operates under GDPR, though EU Alts has not yet independently verified its ownership and hosting facts, so its exposure to the US CLOUD Act isn't confirmed yet — see the Details section below for what's known so far.
Why European teams pick Taiga
Teams in Europe consider Taiga when they want a open source provider that bills in EUR and keeps customer data under Spain law, operating since 2014. Its EU headquarters is a good sign compared with well-known US incumbents, but EU Alts hasn't yet verified Taiga's ownership and hosting facts — check back once verification is complete.
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About
Taiga is an open-source agile project management platform developed by the Spanish company Kaleidos, offering Scrum and Kanban boards, backlog management, sprints, epics, user stories, and bug tracking. The Community Edition (AGPL) is fully self-hostable on any EU server. Taiga Cloud is hosted in EU data centres with GDPR compliance. Its clean, intuitive interface makes it approachable for non-technical project stakeholders compared to Jira. Taiga is a popular choice for EU development teams that want a self-hosted, open-source Jira alternative without the licensing costs and US data sovereignty concerns of Atlassian products.
Details
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Madrid, Spain
- Ownership
- Owned by Historically Kaleidos INC (Sucursal en España); since March 2024, Taiga Cloud Services SL operates the SaaS (Spain (operational); parent legal wrapper unclear)
- Hosting
- EU (per community announcement; specific provider not disclosed)
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Frequently asked questions
What is Taiga?
Taiga is an open-source agile project management platform developed by the Spanish company Kaleidos, offering Scrum and Kanban boards, backlog management, sprints, epics, user stories, and bug tracking. The Community Edition (AGPL) is fully self-hostable on any EU server. Taiga Cloud is hosted in EU data centres with GDPR compliance. Its clean, intuitive interface makes it approachable for non-technical project stakeholders compared to Jira. Taiga is a popular choice for EU development teams that want a self-hosted, open-source Jira alternative without the licensing costs and US data sovereignty concerns of Atlassian products.
What does Taiga do?
Taiga is open-source agile project management for distributed teams — a spanish alternative to jira. It is listed under open source and project management on EU Alts because its core functionality serves teams looking for a European open source tool with EU data residency, typically as a switch away from well-known US incumbents.
Is Taiga a good European open source alternative?
Taiga is a fit for European businesses evaluating open source options where data residency and GDPR alignment matter — typical buyers include EU-based SaaS teams, public-sector projects, regulated industries (healthcare, finance, legal), and any organisation that needs to demonstrate that customer data does not leave the EU. It also overlaps with project management use cases.
Is Taiga GDPR compliant?
Taiga is headquartered in Madrid, Spain and falls under EU jurisdiction, so it likely processes user data under the GDPR by default. Customer data processing is supervised by Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD). EU Alts has not yet independently verified Taiga's ownership structure or hosting location, so we can't yet confirm its exposure to the US CLOUD Act the way we can for verified entries.
How do teams switch from well-known US incumbents to Taiga?
Most teams considering a move from well-known US incumbents to Taiga are drawn to its EU headquarters and open source workflow fit. EU Alts hasn't yet verified Taiga's ownership and hosting facts, so treat any CLOUD Act or Schrems II conclusions as provisional until verification is complete. Plan a migration in stages regardless: export your data from the US incumbent, pilot Taiga with a small team, then move the rest once integration coverage is confirmed.
Where is Taiga based?
Taiga is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. The company was founded in 2014. Its main website is https://taiga.io.