Our verdict
Huly and Worklenz are both work-management tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, Huly scores 4.2/5 versus 3.7/5 for Worklenz. Choose Huly if you're Teams that want issues, docs, chat, and video in one self-hosted app or Engineering teams wanting two-way GitHub Issues/Projects sync; choose Worklenz if you're Agencies and teams that need task tracking plus resource/workload views or Teams wanting client portals in a self-hosted tool.
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | Huly | Worklenz |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.2/5 | 3.7/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted, EPL-2.0) | Free (self-hosted, AGPL-3.0) |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 4 · GitHub (two-way Issues/Projects sync), Telegram, REST API… | 4 · REST API, Webhooks, Slack… |
| Best for | Teams that want issues, docs, chat, and video in one self-hosted app, Engineering teams wanting two-way GitHub Issues/Projects sync, Startups consolidating Linear + Slack + Notion into one platform | Agencies and teams that need task tracking plus resource/workload views, Teams wanting client portals in a self-hosted tool, Self-hosters who want a modern all-in-one work manager via Docker |
| Category | work-management | work-management |
| Founded | 2020 | 2022 |
| HQ | — | Bandarawela, Sri Lanka |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
Huly
- Replaces several tools (Linear/Jira + Slack + Notion) in one platform
- Two-way GitHub sync for engineering workflows
- Permissive EPL-2.0 license with a dedicated self-host repo
- Very active development with daily commits
- Young project with a rapidly changing surface
- Broad scope makes self-hosting operationally heavier
- Some modules less mature than dedicated point tools
Worklenz
- Free, self-hostable under AGPL-3.0 via Docker
- Includes resource/workload management and client portals
- Modern UI and active development
- Multiple project views
- Young project (open-sourced May 2024) with a small community
- Limited third-party integrations so far
- No code hosting or full ALM scope
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