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.