Best Issue Tracking tools by public signals

These picks are computed from scored public evidence. Use the openness column in the ranking to separate OSI-approved, source-available, open-core, proprietary, and unverified-license tools.

Use Case Rankings

Ordered by ToolVitals score, health, shipping, confidence, and then adoption as a tie-breaker.

#ToolHealthShippingOpennessStarsScoreStatus
01Kaneo
🎯 All you need. Nothing you don't. Open source project management that works for you, not against you.
93100OSI-approved OSS4.5k97Active
02Plane
🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platform to manage tasks, sprints, docs, and triage.
9278OSI-approved OSS55.2k90Active
03Ever Teams
Ever® Teams™ - The Workplace for Humans. Open Work & Productivity Platform - https://ever.team
8590OSI-approved OSS52290Active
04Huly
Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)
8470OSI-approved OSS27.1k83Active
05Linear
Issue tracking built for modern software teams
7040Proprietary target65Warning
06FlowInquiry
FlowInquiry is an open-source platform that brings together project management, ticket tracking, workflow automation, and SLA monitoring to help teams stay organized and efficient.
5122OSI-approved OSS16353Warning
07IssueFlow
Open-source issue tracking platform for managing bugs and feature requests.
330License unknown035Critical
08ActionView
Open-source issue tracking tool for small and mid-sized teams.
140OSI-approved OSS1.8k25Critical

Evidence Watch

Tracked tools with useful public signals but no verdict score yet.