Stop updating tickets.
Start shipping.
Vi is a Git-aware project management system for software teams. Manage tasks, workflows, approvals, time tracking, and project status — and commit, push, and close work directly from your IDE.
Done in your IDE. Board updated automatically.
With Commit & Close, developers mark a task as Done from the IDE. Vi creates a task-aware commit, pushes to Git, closes the task, advances the workflow, and updates the project board — without manual ticket updates.
Up and Running in Minutes
Connect Your Team
Create your organization, invite your team, define roles.
Build Your Workflow
Custom stages, approval rules, and auto-assign.
Close Tasks From Your IDE
Finish a task and Vi commits with task context, closes it, and advances the workflow — no tab switching.
Finish the task. Vi handles the rest.
Mark a task done from your IDE and Vi does the busywork — so your board is always accurate and your team stops losing time to status updates.
Cut ticket-update busywork out of your developers' day. Here's what one click does:
Stages your changes
Creates a task-aware commit message
Pushes the commit to Git
Closes the task
Advances the workflow to the next step
- Vi extension for VS Code — Available
- Vi extension for Visual Studio — In Testing
- Vi extension for Lazarus — In Testing
- Vi extension for JetBrains IDEs — Planned
- Vi extension for RAD Studio — Under Review
What Commit & Close replaces
Without Vi
- 1 Write code
- 2 Open the tracker in the browser
- 3 Find the ticket
- 4 Change its status
- 5 Write a comment
- 6 Switch back to the editor
- 7 Commit
- 8 Push
With Vi
- 1 Write code
- Commit & Close — commits, pushes, closes the task
Why teams pick Vi over Jira, Linear & ClickUp
The same decision every team makes — and the one thing only Vi answers.
Work happens in the IDE
Jira, Linear, and ClickUp live in the browser, a tab away from your editor. Vi lives in your IDE — developers never leave VS Code to manage their work.
The board stays accurate on its own
Everywhere else, updating the ticket is a separate, skippable step. With Commit & Close, finishing the code is updating the board. And because each developer has one active In Progress task at a time, the board shows what's actually being worked on.
Real workflow power, no enterprise tier
Approval chains, SLAs per step, role-based auto-assign, and automation come standard — not locked behind an enterprise plan or a paid marketplace add-on.
Developer-friendly pricing
$5/user — roughly 46–63% less than Jira, ClickUp, and Asana at their standard monthly, no-commitment rates, with a free plan to start.
Dig deeper: Git-aware project management · IDE project management · project management in VS Code · Vi as a Jira alternative
Enterprise-grade workflow. Developer-friendly price.
Commit & Close, IDE extensions, and the automation engine are in every plan — including Free. Approval chains and per-step SLA start at $5/user.
| Feature | Vi $5/user | Jira $9.25 | ClickUp $10 | Asana $13.49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commit & Close from the IDE | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Custom Workflow Steps | ✓ | ✓ (complex) | ✓ (custom statuses) | ✓ (rules, paid) |
| Per-Step Approval Chain | ✓ | ✓ (Premium+ tier) | ✗ | ✓ (single-stage, paid) |
| Auto-Assign by Workload | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Telegram Notifications | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Built-in Team Chat | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Automation Engine | ✓ | ✓ (paid) | ✓ | ✓ (paid) |
| SLA per Workflow Step | ✓ | ✓ (SM only) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Built-in Time Tracking | ✓ | ✓ (basic) | ✓ | ✓ (Advanced, $24.99) |
| Price per user/month (monthly, no commitment) | $5 ($4 annual) | $9.25 ($7.91 annual) | $10 ($7 annual) | $13.49 |
* Headline prices are standard monthly, no-commitment rates per user as publicly listed (2026); the figure in parentheses is that vendor's annual-billing rate. Vi Pro is $5/user/month, or $4 with annual billing. Feature availability may vary by plan tier — verify on each vendor's site.
Built specifically for software teams
Not a generic tracker — designed around how engineering teams ship.
Custom Workflow Engine
Define your own workflow steps with approval chains. Each step can require sign-off before moving forward.
Intelligent Auto-Assign
Tasks are automatically assigned to the team member with the lowest active workload and the right role.
Multi-Channel Notifications
Get notified via Email, Telegram, Slack, or custom Webhook. Configure per-user preferences.
Custom Fields + Cascading
Define text, number, date, select, and multi-select fields. Cascading dropdowns filter options based on parent selection.
Time Tracking
Built-in timer and manual time logging. Compare estimated vs actual time per task.
Automation Engine
Set rules like "When assigned → notify role" or "When due date passes → set High priority". 5 triggers, 6 actions.
What managers see
Vi turns daily development activity into a clear view of projects, deadlines, workload, approvals, and delivery risk.
Portfolio View
Track multiple software projects in one place and see project health, progress, deadlines, and delivery risk across the company.
Calendar View
See due dates, upcoming deadlines, and delivery pressure on a calendar designed for software project visibility.
Workflow & Approvals
Use custom workflow steps, approval gates, and role-based responsibility to keep software delivery controlled.
SLA & Delivery Risk
Spot overdue work, stale tasks, and workflow steps that are taking longer than expected.
Workload & Time Tracking
Understand who is overloaded, where time is going, and how much effort projects actually take.
Client Requests
Collect client requests through intake forms or email-to-task, then review and convert them into structured work.
Built for the whole software team
Vi connects daily development work to project visibility, so leaders, managers, and developers stay aligned without extra status updates.
For CEOs & Founders
See what is moving, what is blocked, and which delivery risks need attention — without asking the team for manual status updates.
- Portfolio visibility across projects
- Deadlines and overdue work in one place
- Less time spent on status meetings
- A more accurate picture of delivery risk
For CTOs & Engineering Managers
Design workflows that match how your team actually ships software — with approvals, SLA, workload visibility, automation, and Git-aware execution.
- Custom software workflows
- Step-level approvals and SLA
- Workload and time tracking
- Automation for repetitive project actions
For Developers
Stay close to the code. See your tasks, track time, commit, push, and close work with less context switching.
- VS Code task panel
- Task status and time tracking
- Commit & Close
- Less context switching
Frequently Asked Questions
Each workflow step in Vi can require approval before a task moves forward. The approver role is configurable per step, with fallback to workflow-level and organization-level approvers.
Vi lives in the IDE: with Commit & Close, a developer marks a task done and Vi commits with task context, pushes to Git, closes the task, advances the workflow, and updates the board automatically. Each developer works on one active In Progress task at a time, so project status is always real.
Yes. Vi supports multi-channel notifications including Email, Telegram bot, and Webhook integrations.
Yes. Vi includes a Form Layout Builder that lets administrators arrange built-in and custom fields into sections with drag-and-drop.
Yes. The Vi extension brings your tasks, timer, status, and a Git panel into VS Code — and Commit & Close lets you finish a task, commit with task context, push to Git, close it, and advance the workflow without switching tools. A RAD Studio extension is also under review.
Yes — Vi is free forever for up to 5 members, with 2 projects and 100 active tasks. No credit card required. Paid plans start at $5/user/month.
Not yet. Vi currently does not provide automated import or migration from other tools. The best way to evaluate Vi is to run a focused pilot with one active project and manually set up your workflow.
Yes. Commit & Close creates the task-aware commit and pushes it to Git as part of the same action. Git operations run locally on the developer's machine, and Vi does not see, store, or upload your source code.
Yes. Calendar View and Portfolio View are current Vi features. Calendar View helps with due dates and deadlines, while Portfolio View shows project health across multiple projects.
No. Vi is not a Git hosting platform. It works with your local Git workflow and connects project management with development activity.
Yes. Vi supports Text, Number, Date, Checkbox, Select, and Multi-Select custom fields. Select fields support cascading — child options filter dynamically based on the parent selection.
Vi's AutoAssign automatically selects the team member with the lowest number of active tasks and the required role when a task enters a workflow step. No manual assignment needed.
Yes. Vi includes Milestones for time-bound goal tracking (Open/Closed states) and Epics for grouping related tasks thematically. Both show real-time progress based on completed tasks.
Vi Pro costs $5 per user per month with no annual commitment required, which is roughly 46% cheaper than Jira Standard's standard monthly rate ($9.25/user) and 50% cheaper than ClickUp Unlimited's standard monthly rate ($10/user). Vi also offers a free plan for teams up to 5 members with 2 projects.
Yes. Vi includes an automation engine with 5 trigger types (task created, step changed, assigned, due date passed, status changed) and 6 action types (set priority, add label, notify assignee, notify role, set status, move to step). Automation rules can be scoped to a project or applied globally.
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Work happens in the IDE. Your tracker should too.
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