PM Tools for Business

PM Tools for Business

September 3, 2025

Tl;DR

We want it all “Good, Fast, Cheap”.

This is the project management trilemma.

Fortunately, there are project management tools to help you!

Intro: As a PM in any project, you will need to:

  1. Take good notes
  2. Create proper PPTs and diagrams
  3. Be aware of the PRD/BRD/FRD
  4. How much time and focus matter
  5. Be good with your Architect and BA

Note Taking Apps

Call it note taking.

Call it knowledge management.

The thing is that you needs this in the information era.

AppFlowy

AGPL-3.0 license | AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to Notion. You are in charge of your data and customizations.

Built with Flutter and Rust.

Install appflowy is per: https://docs.appflowy.io/docs/appflowy/install-appflowy/installation-methods/installing-with-docker

#version: '3'
services:
  appflowy:
    image: appflowyio/appflowy_client:main
    volumes:
      - $HOME/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority:rw
      - /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
      - /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket:/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
      - appflowy-data:/home/appflowy
    environment:
      - DISPLAY=${DISPLAY}

volumes:
  appflowy-data:

AppFlowy, an open source project mgmt, documentation, and note-taking app for extreme productivity

Communication

You might be interested in F/OSS to Communicate with the Team.

There is one tool, that can do kind of all at once: PM + communication + KowledgeBase

Huly

Huly is an open-source all-in-one project management and team collaboration platform designed to replace or integrate the functionalities of tools like Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, and Motion.

Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)

Key features of Huly:

  • Workflow, project, and process management tailored to dynamic real-world team needs.
  • Team planner and calendar for scheduling and tracking tasks.
  • Real-time collaborative editing of documents with rich text, images, code blocks, and action items.
  • Integrated chat, video, and audio conferencing to create virtual office spaces for remote teams.
  • Notifications and time-blocking to boost productivity.
  • Two-way synchronization with GitHub to manage tasks across repositories.
  • Customizable virtual offices and meeting rooms.
  • Knowledge base creation with powerful linking and tagging.
  • Focus on streamlining team communication, coordination, and document management.

In essence, Huly is designed as a comprehensive “everything app” for teams to manage projects, communicate, plan, and collaborate seamlessly in one platform.[1][2]

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Creating Presentations (PPTs)

You can also create PDFs with stirling-pdf

Creating Diagrams

  1. ExcaliDraw
  1. DrawIO

F/OSS to Manage Projects

A project is also a lot about Time Management.

These tools help to get an overview of where are we for your daily:

  1. OpenProject
  2. LeanTime as per config
  3. TimeLite

F/OSS Alternatives to Excel

Build AI-native spreadsheets. Univer is a full-stack framework for creating and editing spreadsheets on both web and server.

With Univer MCP, Univer Spreadsheets is driven directly through natural language.

Apache v2 | Univer is an open-source alternative to Google Sheets, Slides, and Docs

Airtable alternatives…


FAQ

How to Make a CV with Open Software

Already tired?

Looking for a job change because the market is bullish?

  1. Open Resume
  2. Reactive Resume
  3. OverLeaf - Latex driven CV as a Code, as commented here

How to BackUp My Projects

  1. Syncthing, together with https://github.com/nware-lab/sm2

Syncthing Multi Server Monitor aka smsm aka sm²

  1. Just use NextCloud, ,bro’.

FAQ

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