Why FerrTrack
You already know Jira is the problem.
Issue trackers don’t fail because they lack features. They fail because every feature is a tax on the engineers using them every day. FerrTrack is the alternative we wished existed.
№ 01 — Speed
Concrete numbers, not adjectives.
| Metric | FerrTrack | Linear | Jira Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| First contentful paint | 180 ms | 720 ms | 2.4 s |
| Open issue detail | 40 ms | 180 ms | 650 ms |
| Search results | 60 ms | 220 ms | 1.1 s |
| JS bundle (gzipped) | ~200 KB | ~1.4 MB | ~6 MB |
| Cold-cache app load | 850 ms | 2.1 s | 6.3 s |
Measured 2026-04 on a project with 1.2k open issues over a 200 Mbps connection from Paris. Both competitors warmed-up (second visit, persisted session). Methodology in the docs.
№ 02 — Keyboard
Built for hands that already live on a keyboard.
Every meaningful action has a one-key shortcut. Filing, assigning, transitioning, linking — all reachable without leaving the home row. Cmd+K is a real palette, not a search box. The whole inbox is navigable with J / K and arrow keys, the way you already drive your editor.
- CC — file an issue
- AA — pick an assignee
- S TS then T — move to triage
- LL — paste a PR URL, two-way link appears on save
A full file → triage → link sequence, mouse never touched.
№ 03 — Git-aware
Issues that follow your commits.
Mention an issue ref in a commit message, branch name, or PR title and FerrTrack picks it up. The PR card renders inside the issue view in real time — status, reviewer, last update, no refresh needed. Closing a PR with the right keyword flips the issue to closed and stamps the resolving commit.
Webhook lands, the card updates in under 2 seconds.
№ 04 — Honest limits
What FerrTrack does not (yet) do.
We’d rather lose a deal than ship a checkbox we can’t back. If you need any of the below right now, stay on your current tool until we close the gap.
- No epics, sub-tasks, swimlanes, or story points. Status + kind + labels covers the same intent without the ceremony.
- No custom workflow builder. The four built-in statuses are not configurable yet.
- Cycles exist (two-week, board-attached) but there’s no burndown chart or velocity tracking.
- OIDC SSO ships at GA; SAML lands in the Business tier in Q4 2026.
- Manual CSV import works; one-shot Jira / Linear migration ships before public launch.
— Try it
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Join the waitlist and we’ll send you a self-host bundle the day GA ships. Bring your own Postgres, run it on a 1-core VPS, own your data.