Project Management
Issue Tracking
Issue trackers, bug trackers, roadmaps, and engineering project workflows.
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, then health, shipping, confidence, GitHub stars, and name.
| # | Tool | Health | Shipping | Openness | Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaneo 🎯 All you need. Nothing you don't. Open source project management that works for you, not against you. | 97 | 98 | OSI-approved OSS | 9.7k | 97 | Active |
| 02 | Plane 🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platform to manage tasks, sprints, docs, and triage. | 96 | 94 | OSI-approved OSS | 61.7k | 95 | Active |
| 03 | Ever Teams Ever® Teams™ - The Workplace for Humans. Open Work & Productivity Platform - https://ever.team | 94 | 96 | OSI-approved OSS | 600 | 95 | Active |
| 04 | ClawSweeper Tool that suggests which issues and PRs can be closed and why. | 94 | 92 | OSI-approved OSS | 2k | 93 | Active |
| 05 | feedlog Open-source feedback and roadmap tool with AI-assisted changelog. | 92 | 90 | OSI-approved OSS | 192 | 91 | Active |
| 06 | Redmica Web-based project management and issue tracking software based on Redmine. | 88 | 90 | OSI-approved OSS | 120 | 89 | Active |
| 07 | Huly Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion) | 88 | 81 | OSI-approved OSS | 28k | 85 | Active |
| 08 | Yona Project Hosting SW | 83 | 85 | OSI-approved OSS | 501 | 84 | Active |
| 09 | Devlane Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, ClickUp and Plane alternative. | 78 | 66 | OSI-approved OSS | 163 | 73 | Active |
| 10 | AIPlan Open source project management system. | 74 | 69 | OSI-approved OSS | 68 | 72 | Warning |
| 11 | BoardUpScale Self-hosted alternative to Jira with Scrum, Kanban, sprints, and AI. | 75 | 62 | OSI-approved OSS | 9 | 70 | Warning |
| 12 | Taskwondo Self-hosted project management and issue tracking platform with kanban boards and workflows. | 50 | 32 | OSI-approved OSS | 16 | 43 | Warning |
| 13 | FlowInquiry 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. | 39 | 24 | OSI-approved OSS | 221 | 33 | Critical |
Not Scored
Tracked for context, but excluded from rankings because comparable open/source-visible evidence is unavailable.
IssueFlow
Open-source issue tracking platform for managing bugs and feature requests.
ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.Linear
Issue tracking built for modern software teams
ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.zentaopms
Agile project management system with scrum, bug tracking, and task workflows.
ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.