About ToolVitals
ToolVitals tracks what everyone else ignores about open and source-visible tools — which projects are healthy enough to bet on, which hosted clouds are moving prices, and which alternatives are actually shipping.
The Problem
Existing directories like G2 and Capterra are static listings. They don't tell you whether a tool is OSI-approved OSS, fair-code, source-available, open-core, or just a proprietary target. They also don't show if it is declining, abandoned, or hiking hosted prices.
What We Track
- Openness Class — OSI-approved OSS, source-available, fair-code, open-core, proprietary target, or unknown
- Tool Health — GitHub maintenance, website health, SSL status, domain signals, and public release activity
- Hosted Pricing Changes — cloud pricing changes for open/source-visible tools, detected separately from health
- Shipping Velocity — changelog frequency, release cadence, commit activity, and public product updates
- Data Confidence — how much public evidence backs the displayed score
How Scores Work
Every scored open/source-visible tool gets a ToolVitals Score (0–100) combining maintenance, shipping, evidence confidence, sustainability, and decay risk. Hosted pricing is useful buying context, but it is not part of the core health promise.
We also publish a Data Confidence score so limited public evidence shows up clearly instead of quietly dragging a tool down. You can read the full breakdown on the methodology page.
Data Sources
We collect data from public sources: GitHub API, SPDX-style license metadata where available, official changelogs and product-update feeds, SSL certificate checks, WHOIS-style domain data, website uptime checks, and hosted pricing page snapshots. We do not scrape private data or require tool vendors to participate.
Contact
ToolVitals is a platform created and maintained by SmartBotCrafters S.A R.L.-S. For questions or feedback, please use the contact form at sbc.lu.