Plane in 2025 | Year in review
Plane in 2025
89 releases. 12 months. 4 editions.
89RELEASES
40KGITHUB STARS
19LANGUAGES
4EDITIONS
January
SOC 2 Type II compliant
Security
Cloud became SOC 2 Type II compliant—enterprise-grade security certified.
Epics introduced
Planning
Long-running container for work that spans cycles; progress tracking by state groups.
Teamspaces launched
Collaboration
Team layer spanning multiple projects with team views, knowledge hubs, and activity feed.
Language support added
Global
UI language support launched (French, Spanish, Japanese to start).
New Home + Stickies
Experience
Workspace Home revamp + built-in scratchpad notes.
February
Issues renamed to Work Items
Core
Core naming shift, issue types become work item types, sub-issues become sub-work items. Plane opens up for all teams.
Initiatives launched
Planning
Objective-level container spanning projects and epics with roll-up progress.
Importers introduced
Migration
Migrate from Jira, Linear, Asana without losing structure and history.
Integrations expanded
DevOps
GitHub, Slack, GitLab cross-tool sync and automation for dev + comms workflows.
Wiki Home redesigned
Docs
New Wiki entry point with quick notes and a better recents surface. Added to the mobile app too.
March
Intake Forms added
Workflow
Shareable forms that create Intake work items from external users.
More languages added
Global
Czech, Italian, Slovenian, German, Ukrainian, Polish, Korean, Traditional Chinese.
April
Workflows introduced
Automation
Transition rules and guardrails for how work items transition.
Dashboards launched
Analytics
Custom widget dashboards for cross-project visibility.
CSV import added
Migration
Teams can now directly import CSVs.
Templates launched
Productivity
Reusable project structures and work item templates.
Intake via Email added
Workflow
Project email address converts incoming emails into Intake work items.
Customers introduced
CRM
Company profiles and customer requests directly linked to work items.
Time estimates added
Planning
Estimate effort or duration on work items for capacity planning.
May
Nested Pages launched
Docs
Hierarchical pages with navigation and transfer support.
Analytics upgraded
Analytics
Deeper analytics views, breakdowns, and CSV exports.
Epic ↔ Work Item conversion added
Flexibility
Convert between epics and work items as scope changes.
Page Templates introduced
Docs
Reusable page templates for consistent documentation.
June
Business plan launched
Platform
New Cloud plan tier introduced for growing teams.
Air-gapped edition launched
Enterprise
Enterprise deployment for fully isolated environments.
Analytics 2.0 released
Analytics
Rebuilt analytics experience with redesigned UI.
Pre-defined templates added
Onboarding
More project templates added to skip initial configuration.
July
Planes of Work campaign launched
Brand
Branding exercise with Metalab concludes and "Planes of Work" is introduced.
Navigation redesigned
Experience
Faster wayfinding with cleaner nav and richer breadcrumbs.
Search upgraded
Experience
Unified search across titles, descriptions, and comments.
Private wiki sharing added
Collaboration
Granular sharing for private documentation.
Editor attachments added
Docs
Attach files in pages and connect pages to work items for context retention.
August
New website launched
Brand
Plane.so has a new web property reflective of the new branding.
Plane AI launched
AI
Workspace-aware AI chat for insights over project data.
Enterprise connectivity expanded
Enterprise
GitHub Enterprise Server, Sentry, Slack and Enterprise GitLab integration and new importers for ClickUp, Notion, and Confluence.
September
Community v1.0.0 GA
Milestone
Community Edition v1.0.0 release marking stability and general availability.
External embeds added
Integration
Embed Figma, Loom, Docs and more inside work items, pages, epics, initiatives, and cycles.
Mobile catch-up shipped
Mobile
Users can now see unread updates across all their work-items and projects.
Slack ↔ Work Items linking added
Integration
Link Slack threads to work items with two-way comment sync and alerts.
October
Marketplace launched
Platform
Plane officially launches Marketplace for apps and integrations.
Partner program launched
Ecosystem
Plane launches Partner program for solution providers.
Integrations expanded again
Integration
Native Raycast and Draw.io integration added.
Power K launched
Productivity
Keyboard-first actions across entities; faster navigation and creation.
November
AWS Marketplace launched
Enterprise
Plane gets listed on AWS Marketplace for enterprise procurement.
40K GitHub stars
Community
Community Edition reaches 40,000 stars on GitHub.
Plane AI in Slack
AI
Run Plane AI actions from Slack via bot.
Added Claude Sonnet 4.0 model support to Plane AI.
AI
Added Claude Sonnet 4.0 model support.
Editable Pages from Plane AI
AI
Convert AI output into an editable project Page in one click.
React Router + Vite migration
Performance
Cloud web app foundation migrated to React Router (Framework Mode) + Vite.
December
New workspace navigation
Experience
Global top bar and project tabs; scalable left nav options.
Custom intake forms enhanced
Workflow
Shareable forms built from any custom work item type with field rules and layout.
Advanced API and advanced search
Developer
New external endpoints (initiatives/teamspaces/project features) + filterable search endpoint.