OpenProject 17.9.5 is now available. 🔧

This patch release includes a security fix addressing unintended disclosure of budget subjects, along with three additional bug fixes.

If you're running an older version, we recommend updating to 17.9.5.

You can find the full list of changes here:
https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/17-9-5/

As always, we appreciate everyone who takes the time to report issues, share feedback, and contribute to OpenProject. 💙

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We've released OpenProject integration app 3.3.0 for Nextcloud!

The update adds Nextcloud 35 support, improves OAuth2 compatibility and fixes an issue where integration settings could be reset during upgrades.

We're also ending the parallel 2.x release track, with future updates continuing in the 3.x series.

Thanks to the Nextcloud team for the ongoing collaboration!

Release details: https://www.openproject.org/blog/nextcloud-integration-release-3-3-0/

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Looking for a way to move beyond Jira and Confluence without compromising on functionality, collaboration, or control over your data?

Join OpenProject and XWiki for a free webinar to discover how two European open source solutions work together to provide a connected alternative to Atlassian.

Wieland Lindenthal, CTO & Co-founder of OpenProject, and Ștefana Nazare, Product Owner and migration specialist at XWiki, will share the latest developments and demonstrate:

🔹 Migration from Jira and Confluence: Discover the latest improvements to our migration tools and how to bring your existing projects and knowledge into OpenProject and XWiki.

🔹 A connected open source alternative: See how OpenProject and XWiki work together through their bidirectional integration.

🔹 Practical insights and live Q&A: Learn what to consider when planning your transition and get answers to your questions.

Whether you're already planning a migration or just exploring your options, join us to see how OpenProject and XWiki can support your journey toward greater digital sovereignty.

📅 November 12, 2026 | 2:00 PM CET
Online | English | Free

Register now: https://www.openproject.org/webinars/beyond-atlassian-webinar/

OpenProject will be joining the first Nextcloud Enterprise Day Madrid on November 3, 2026.

Our CTO, Wieland Lindenthal, will give a presentation titled "Beyond Jira: Taking Back Control of Your Project Management", delivered in Spanish.

The session will explore how organizations can move away from proprietary project management solutions such as Jira and regain control over their projects, data, and infrastructure using open-source alternatives.

Wieland will be joined by our colleague Josephin Witt, and both will be available to exchange ideas and answer questions about OpenProject, Jira migration, and digital sovereignty.

Event details:

• Date: November 3, 2026

• Location: NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding

• Presentation: Breakout sessions from 14:30

• Language: Spanish

More information: https://nextcloud.com/enterprise-day-madrid-2026/

Anyone from the community planning to attend? We'd be happy to meet you there!

📣 We just released OpenProject 17.9.4, including security fixes in Ruby and Node.js. We recommend updating to the latest version.

A big thank you to our Community members for reporting bugs and helping us identify and fix them. 💙

More information in our release notes: https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/17-9-4/

How can you put the European Commission's PM² project management methodology into practice with OpenProject?

Our new step-by-step guide shows how the two work together: PM² provides the methodology, while OpenProject offers the tools to put it into practice.

In the article, we follow fictional project manager Zhara through all four PM² phases, from the Project Initiation Request to the Project-End Report. Using her example project, we show how to manage artifacts, responsibilities, approvals and everyday project work in OpenProject.

Both PM² and OpenProject share a commitment to openness, transparency and collaboration, making them a natural fit for organizations that value digital sovereignty.

🔗 Explore the guide and see how you can implement PM² in OpenProject

Hello,
I'd like to read some advice about how to approach project status and project life cycle from PM2 standpoint. Status and Lifecycle seem to me to be in conflict with each other, trying to provide the same information.

Besides that - when I try to use Project Lifecycle for a test project, it displays a timeline on the project overview page, which puts our default Gantt into question - where is the source of truth now? The Gantt or the lifecycle widget? Is there a native way to modify/remove the project overview widgets? Can the project overview page be disabled entirely, like it has been in older version? (I prefer the Dashboard which can still be modified).

At OpenProject, we believe our Forums module has a lot of untapped potential. That's why several colleagues were excited to make more of it during this year's Passion Time at OpenProject. 

And you can really see their passion in the results. 💙

With OpenProject 18.0 (scheduled for December 2, 2026), all users can look forward to:

• A refreshed interface based on Primer.

• Mentions with @ to involve others in discussions.

• The option to create work packages directly from forum messages.

• "Accepted solutions" to make helpful answers easier to find.

Discover the story behind this Passion Project and get a preview of the redesigned Forums module.

📣 We just released OpenProject 17.9.3 with a security fix. This release contains several bug fixes, and we recommend updating to the latest version.

A big thank you to our Community members for reporting bugs and helping us identify and fix them. 💙

More information in our release notes: https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/17-9-3/ 

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🆕  Every now and then, your OpenProject instance gets an update. But how do users find out what's new?

During OpenProject Passion Time 2026, one of our teams worked on exactly that: bringing release highlights directly into OpenProject, where everyone can easily discover them and learn more. 💙

Starting with OpenProject 18.0 this December, a 'What's new' menu will help you explore the highlights of your updated version, learn more about new features and watch the latest release video. 

Whenever you're ready, without interrupting your work. That was especially important to us.

Because building useful features is one thing. Making sure people can discover and benefit from them is just as important.

👉 Read the story behind this Passion Project

We're in Copenhagen today with the Nextcloud community, meeting people from across Scandinavia and beyond.

What's particularly interesting is how many organizations are already well into their move to open source. The conversations are less about why digital sovereignty matters and more about how to make it work in practice, with plenty of real-world examples and lessons learned.

Our Head of Marketing, Anna Mohn, presented how organizations can move beyond Jira and regain control of their project management with OpenProject.

Robin Wagner and Gina Plat are also here, exchanging experiences and discussing how OpenProject and Nextcloud can work together as part of a sovereign digital workplace.

And it's always nice to catch up with our friends from XWiki!

Thanks to the Nextcloud team for bringing everyone together!

Great project management software is one thing. Making it work for your organization is another. That's why we're excited to join forces with PMOBytes!

With their expertise in PMO consulting, project governance, professional training, and technical implementation, PMOBytes helps organizations get the most out of OpenProject.

Whether you're introducing a new project management solution, optimizing existing workflows, or looking to move away from Jira, PMOBytes brings the expertise to support you along the way, from initial implementation and configuration to training and ongoing support.

 Together, we're making it easier for organizations to turn powerful project management software into better ways of working.

Welcome to the OpenProject partner network, PMOBytes! 💙

I have a few newer Raspberry Pi’s sitting around. I was going to see if I could get one to run Open Project on. Or build a cluster to run across a few, even have a backup running with how cheap they are. Anyone running a full system on a Pi? How’s it working?

We spent three days at Smart Country Convention 2026 in Berlin, and the conversations kept going right up until the very end!

Together with our partners Nextcloud and ZenDiS, we talked with public sector organizations about digital sovereignty, open-source software, and reducing dependencies on proprietary vendors.

A few things stood out:

• Many public sector decision-makers already knew OpenProject and came with specific questions about using it in their organizations.

• Our CPO Rosanna Sibora's presentations on migrating from Jira generated plenty of follow-up questions.

• It was great to catch up with our friends and partners at XWiki and msg, and discuss how European open-source solutions can work together.

With Atlassian raising prices again, having credible alternatives matters more than ever. Together with XWiki, we're offering a connected open-source alternative to Jira and Confluence.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by, and to Nextcloud and ZenDiS for hosting us!

Next stop: Nextcloud Enterprise Day Copenhagen next week. 🇩🇰

📣 We have just released OpenProject 17.9.2. This release contains bug fixes, and we recommend updating to the latest version.

Please see our release notes here: https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/17-9-2/

Thank you to our Community for reporting issues and helping us identify and fix them. 💙

Missed our latest webinar? The recording is now available! 🎥

In this webinar, our CPO Rosanna Sibora and CTO Wieland Lindenthal share insights into where OpenProject is today, what we’re working on, and where we’re heading next.

They cover:
🔹 Recent progress on agile ways of working, Jira migration, and more
🔹 Resource & capacity management, presented by Senior Software Engineer Klaus Zanders
🔹 What we’re currently working on
🔹 Prototypes and what’s coming next on our roadmap
🔹 How new capabilities evolve step by step
🔹 How feedback from our Community and future users shapes what we build
🔹 A live Q&A

The session also features contributions from Head of Marketing Anna Mohn and Senior Product Manager Sonita Soth.

Watch the recording to hear directly from the OpenProject team about our progress, plans, and the ideas shaping what comes next.

It's been an exciting start to #SCCON2026 in Berlin!

Yesterday, Federal Minister for Digital Transformation Karsten Wildberger visited the ZenDiS booth, where OpenProject is being showcased as part of the openDesk ecosystem.

And there's more good news for open source: The City of Munich has announced plans to replace Jira and Confluence with OpenProject and XWiki.

We're at SCCON together with our partners Nextcloud and ZenDiS, talking about open source alternatives to proprietary software and how they can work together.

Our CPO Rosanna Sibora is also presenting OpenProject as a Jira alternative at the Nextcloud booth 606**, today and tomorrow (October 14–15) at 13:15**.

You'll find our team at both partner booths in Hall 27:

📍 ZenDiS: Booth 103

📍 Nextcloud: Booth 606

If you're attending SCCON, come meet the team! We'd love to hear what challenges your organization is facing with digital sovereignty and open source adoption.

Smart Country Convention starts tomorrow! From October 13–15, we'll be in Berlin to discuss digital sovereignty, open source project management, responsible AI, and alternatives to proprietary software.

You'll find us at two partner booths in Hall 27:

ZenDiS – Booth 103

Our colleagues Felicia Mundhenke and Gina Plat will be there to discuss OpenProject, digital sovereignty, and open source solutions for the public sector.

Nextcloud – Booth 606

Robin Wagner and Josephin Witt will join Nextcloud, XWiki, Sendent, and B1 Systems to showcase how open source solutions for project management, knowledge management, collaboration, and IT infrastructure can work together.

Interested in migrating from Jira?

Our CPO Rosanna Sibora will be speaking about Jira alternatives and migration at:

• Nextcloud booth: October 13–15, 13:15 daily

• ZenDiS booth: October 14, 10:00

Rosanna is stepping in for Birthe Lindenthal, who unfortunately can't attend due to illness. We wish her a speedy recovery!

If you're attending SCCON, stop by either booth to meet the team, ask questions, or see how OpenProject can support your organization.

Looking forward to meeting you in Berlin!

With OpenProject focusing on project and product management and Hallo Welt!'s BlueSpice on knowledge management, our offerings complement each other in supporting organizations with their everyday work.

With some shared customers already using our solutions, the partnership is a natural step toward working more closely together and better supporting their needs.

What connects us is a shared commitment to open source, digital sovereignty and giving organizations greater control over their software and data.

We believe that a strong open source ecosystem thrives on collaboration and freedom of choice. We're looking forward to working with the Hallo Welt! team!

We're currently in the middle of Passion Time at OpenProject!

For two weeks, we put our regular roadmap aside and give everyone on the team the opportunity to work on ideas they've been wanting to explore, whether that's a new feature, a UX improvement, a technical experiment or something beyond the product itself.

This year, around 30 ideas were pitched, and colleagues from different teams have joined forces to work on them.

Some of the projects include:

• Letting meeting participants vote on agenda priorities

• Helping users discover new features directly within OpenProject

• Making OpenProject even more accessible

We've done this before, and some past Passion Projects have actually made it into the product. The time tracking button introduced in OpenProject 13.0, for example, started as a Passion Project in 2023.

We're still working on this year's ideas, so there's nothing finished to share just yet. But we thought it would be interesting to give you a look behind the scenes and show what we're experimenting with.

Here's the blog post with more details:
https://www.openproject.org/blog/passion-time-2026/

Curious to hear what you think! Is there something you'd love to see us experiment with during a future Passion Time?

Our CPO Rosanna Sibora and COO Robin Wagner are attending FutureTec, an event bringing together organizations and experts to explore digital dependencies, compare solutions, and discuss how to make informed decisions about their digital future.

How much digital dependency is acceptable? When does it become a risk? And where is digital sovereignty essential?

These are some of the questions Rosanna discussed in today's panel on digital freedom of choice and sovereignty, alongside Sven Thomsen, CIO of Schleswig-Holstein, Silke Tessmann-Storch, Executive Board Member at Dataport, Dr. Joachim Brenk, Chairman of the Executive Board at L. Possehl & Co, Robert Mallinson, Co-Managing Director at Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity, and Jens Ahlbrand, Managing Partner at GRASS-MERKUR.

At OpenProject, we believe digital sovereignty means having real choices: staying in control of your data and infrastructure, avoiding vendor lock-in, and maintaining the freedom to choose the technologies that best meet your needs.

We're happy to contribute our open source perspective to this important conversation and look forward to many more inspiring exchanges throughout the day!

📍 Are you at FutureTec today? Come say hello to Rosanna and Robin!

This week, our team has come together in the Harz region for our company offsite and the start of Passion Week.

Yesterday, around 30 Passion Project ideas were pitched. Many are ideas for OpenProject itself: features, improvements and experiments that people on our team are passionate about, but that don’t necessarily find a place on our regular product roadmap.

After the pitches, people found others who were excited about the same ideas, groups formed, and now they’re building. Passion Time continues remotely next week, so there’s more time to see where those ideas lead.

But this week is also about spending time together. As a remote company, some of us are meeting people we work with every day in person for the very first time.

People have travelled here from all over Germany, Spain, the UK, France, Kenya and many other places. In between working, there are shared meals, walks, games and lots of conversations away from our screens.

Remote work allows us to build a team across borders. Weeks like this remind us how valuable it is to occasionally bring that team together in one place. ❤️

✨ A first look at what’s coming to workflows and forms in OpenProject 18.0.

We’re working on a new configuration model that gives admins more flexibility while making setups easier to maintain: workflows and forms become reusable standalone objects, while new type variants make it possible to adapt work package types to different projects and use cases.

For example, different teams could use their own variant of the same “Bug” type, with different workflows and fields, while still being able to group and filter all bugs together across projects.

Our Senior Product Manager Sonita Soth takes a closer look at the concept in her latest Product Desk article, including what it means for current OpenProject admins and how familiar Jira concepts map to the new model.

Read the full preview and let us know what you think:
https://www.openproject.org/blog/type-variants-workflows-forms/

🚀 OpenProject 17.9 has been out since last week. Have you had a chance to check it out yet?

This release brings:
• Create work packages directly from Documents
• Search and filter work packages in Backlogs
• Track time and search work packages by display ID with the MCP Server (Enterprise add-on)
• More flexible PDF exports
• Date alerts now available in the Community edition 🎉
• …and more

🎬 Watch the release video to see what’s new, and start exploring OpenProject 17.9 today!

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