Litigious review
A broad, self-hostable legal operations suite for teams seeking free deployment.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Litigious is a self-hostable legal practice management system for law firms, legal technology builders, and white-label resellers. Its scope covers case intake and lifecycle tracking, client records, linked matters, documents, billable time, invoicing, payment processing, client portals, reporting, access controls, and optional AI-assisted document generation. Teams can deploy it on their own infrastructure under the AGPL-3.0 license, making it a fit for organizations seeking free, open-source case management with control over deployment.
The feature depth is broad for a free open-source product. Case workflows include statuses, timelines, deadlines, and case types, while documents support organization, preview, and client access scoping. Billable time can be tied to cases and users, with invoice line items generated from time records. Secure client portals support cases and shared documents, and role-based access plus two-factor authentication provide administrative controls. Reports, dashboards, analytics, and custom financial reporting extend the system beyond basic matter tracking. AI-assisted document generation supports multiple providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Cohere, and Ollama.
Litigious also offers practical ecosystem connections and migration paths. Payment processing integrations include Stripe, Square, and PayPal; Zoom and Lex Machina are listed integrations; and imports are supported for Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, and CSV data. The web, self-hosted, and API platforms suit firms and builders planning to connect the system with existing workflows. Choose Litigious if open-source deployment, broad operational coverage, and infrastructure control matter more than a narrowly focused tool. It is less suitable for teams that want a managed service rather than self-hosting or need workflows outside its stated case, billing, document, portal, and reporting scope.
Litigious pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free, AGPL-3.0 open-source deployment on a firm's infrastructure
- Covers cases, documents, time tracking, invoicing, portals, and reporting
- Imports data from Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, and CSV exports
- Where it doesn't
- Self-hosted deployment puts infrastructure management on the firm
- The broad feature set may require configuration across multiple workflows
- Trust accounting and official mobile apps are not part of the stated scope
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