Description
Looking for self-hosted PM tools with deep, native GitLab sync (air-gapped environment)
Hey everyone,
We are running an **air-gapped, 100% self-hosted setup** and hitting a wall with our project management workflow.
Here is our current situation:
* **PMs refuse to use GitLab** directly for project management, they need high-level views, Kanban boards, Gantt charts, and non-technical status tracking.
* **OpenProject + GitLab integration is way too weak.** It feels passive, it mostly just logs git events for traceability. It doesn't allow smooth day-to-day workflow interaction between PMs and devs.
* **High friction:** Devs don't want to leave GitLab to log into a separate PM tool to create/update tasks, and PMs don't want to navigate GitLab issues/MRs.
**What we need:** A tool that runs **self-hosted (air-gapped)** and features **tight, bi-directional sync** with GitLab.
Ideally:
1. PMs can create/manage high-level tasks in their UI.
2. Tasks auto-sync to GitLab issues so devs can work natively in Git (branch names, MR closing keywords, commit triggers).
3. Dev-created tasks or status updates in GitLab reflect automatically on the PM side without manual duplicate entry.
Has anyone solved this for an air-gapped environment? What self-hosted tools or custom integration workflows are you using that PMs and devs actually enjoy?
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