Our Mission
Democratize Project Management
Building open-source tools that put teams in control, not vendors.
Project management shouldn't cost ₹20 lakhs per year. It shouldn't lock your data behind paywalls. And it shouldn't force teams to choose between affordability and functionality.
The SaaS Tax Is Breaking Teams
Every year, companies spend millions on project management software. A typical 50-person team pays ₹12-20 lakhs annually for tools like Jira, Asana, or Monday.com. As teams grow, costs multiply. As needs evolve, features get gated behind "enterprise" tiers.
The Result?
- Startups sacrifice features for affordability
- Growing teams hit artificial user limits
- Data lives on vendor servers with zero control
- Customization means "submit a feature request"
- Migrations become hostage situations
We believe this is broken.
Project management is infrastructure, as essential as email or code repositories. It shouldn't be a profit center for SaaS vendors. It should be a foundational tool that teams own, control, and shape to their needs.
A World Where Teams Own Their Tools
We envision a future where, every team, from 5-person startups to 500-person enterprises, has access to world-class project management tools without monthly invoices.
Open source isn't just about free software. It's about freedom:
- Freedom to deploy on your infrastructure
- Freedom to customize without vendor permission
- Freedom to scale without per-seat penalties
- Freedom to integrate with any tool in your stack
- Freedom to keep your data where you want it
MeridianJS is our contribution to that future. A fully-featured, self-hosted project management platform that refuses to compromise on power, flexibility, or control.
What Drives Us
MeridianJS is MIT licensed and will always be free. No "open core" bait-and-switch. No features locked behind paid tiers. The code is yours to inspect, modify, and deploy.
Your data belongs on your servers. We'll never push cloud hosting or collect usage telemetry. Deploy on AWS, DigitalOcean, your basement server - we don't care. You control the infrastructure.
Build plugins, subscribe to events, register webhooks—extensibility is built into MeridianJS from day one. We give developers APIs and tools, not roadblocks and "feature request" forms.
Unlimited workspaces. Unlimited projects. Unlimited users. We don't punish growth with pricing tiers. Scale from 5 to 5,000 users without changing plans or upgrading licenses.
The best features come from real teams solving real problems. MeridianJS evolves based on community contributions, not quarterly revenue targets.
We document tradeoffs. We admit limitations. We don't oversell or underdeliver. If MeridianJS isn't the right fit for you, we'll tell you—and point you to tools that are.
What You Can Expect from Us
- Always Free: Core MeridianJS will never have paid tiers or paywalls
- Active Development: Regular updates, bug fixes, and security patches
- Community-First: Feature roadmap driven by user needs, not investor demands
- Clear Documentation: Comprehensive guides for deployment, customization, and API usage
- Responsive Support: Active community forums, GitHub issues, and Discord channels
- No Telemetry: We don't track your usage, collect analytics, or phone home
- Migration Tools: Import/export from other PM tools—no vendor lock-in
- Backward Compatibility: We won't break your deployments with forced upgrades
Join the Mission
This Is Bigger Than One Tool
MeridianJS is part of a larger movement: taking back control of essential business infrastructure from SaaS monopolies.
- Every team that chooses self-hosted sends a message:
- We won't pay rent for tools we should own.
- Every developer who contributes makes a difference:
- Better features, faster bug fixes, stronger community.
- Every company that deploys MeridianJS proves:
- Open source can compete—and win—against billion-dollar vendors.
You don't have to be a developer to help.
- Deploy MeridianJS and share your experience
- Contribute to documentation or translations
- Report bugs or suggest features
- Spread the word to teams drowning in SaaS costs
- Sponsor development through GitHub or Buy Me a Coffee
Try it free. Deploy in minutes. Own it forever.