Personal productivity tools cover note-taking, task tracking, knowledge bases, time tracking, and lightweight planning. In April 2026, the ToolVitals dataset shows a clear spread between tools that are actively shipping and well maintained, and others that still have useful ideas but weaker momentum.
The ranking here follows ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used only as a secondary popularity signal when scores are tied. That keeps the list centered on overall product quality in the dataset, while still reflecting broader adoption where it matters.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SiYuan | 95 | 100 | 43005 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Super Productivity | 95 | 100 | 18869 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | NoteDiscovery | 92 | 100 | 2459 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Job Ops | 91 | 100 | 2907 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | La Suite Docs | 91 | 88 | 16448 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Basic Memory | 89 | 91 | 2933 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | eGroupware | 89 | 81 | 290 | 85 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Trilium | 93 | 72 | 35763 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | SurveyJS Creator | 77 | 55 | 0 | 67 | 🟢 Good |
| 10 | Eclaire | 76 | 47 | 855 | 63 | 🟢 Good |
| 11 | Personal Management System | 66 | 56 | 3975 | 62 | 🟢 Good |
| 12 | AdventureLog | 74 | 38 | 3119 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 13 | ActivityWatch | 76 | 0 | 17374 | 42 | 🟡 Fair |
| 14 | Someday | 48 | 0 | 1041 | 26 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
SiYuan ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 97, backed by a health score of 95 and a shipping score of 100. It stands out as a privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management tool, and it also has the largest GitHub star count in this set at 43,005.
Super Productivity is an advanced todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities. It also comes with integrations for Jira, GitLab, GitHub and Open Project. At 97, Super Productivity comes in strong as the runner-up, with 18869 GitHub stars for extra context.
Your Self-Hosted Knowledge Base. Rounding out the top three with a score of 96, NoteDiscovery pairs visible maintenance signals with 2459 GitHub stars.
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