Choosing a personal productivity tool can mean sorting through task managers, calendars, schedulers, and focused utilities while trying to separate active projects from weaker options. This September 2026 snapshot uses current ToolVitals records to compare those tools using their ToolVitals, health, and shipping scores, along with their descriptions, openness labels, and license labels.
The ranking includes open/source-visible tools only. Tools are ordered by ToolVitals score in descending order, with health and shipping used to break ties between equal composite scores. GitHub stars provide context only and do not determine the order.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Productivity | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 22218 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Tuff | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 94 | 97 | 285 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Rallly | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 96 | 5269 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Keeper | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 93 | 94 | 1355 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Appointment | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 94 | 91 | 552 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Job Ops | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 91 | 3972 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Foqos | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 90 | 832 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | AHE ICS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 91 | 91 | 1 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | GridStart | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 87 | 88 | 1 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | WHPH | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 83 | 85 | 441 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Personal Management System | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 77 | 74 | 4163 | 76 | 🟢 Good |
| 12 | Tatsu | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 76 | 71 | 169 | 74 | 🟢 Good |
| 13 | Linwood Flow | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 73 | 69 | 158 | 71 | 🟢 Good |
| 14 | AdventureLog | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 71 | 47 | 3757 | 62 | 🟢 Good |
| 15 | Omni Tools | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 67 | 38 | 10247 | 56 | 🟡 Fair |
| 16 | Open Web Calendar | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 61 | 32 | 330 | 49 | 🟡 Fair |
| 17 | PersonalAgent | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 46 | 17 | 3 | 35 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 18 | TimeIsMoney | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 35 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 19 | ClipChronicle | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 31 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 20 | Someday | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 22 | 0 | 1064 | 13 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 21 | ClipCascade | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 14 | 4 | 1924 | 10 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 22 | Zero Calendar | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 12 | 0 | 365 | 7 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 23 | MeetLink | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 24 | Velosi | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Super Productivity ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 97, a health score of 97, and a shipping score of 96. Its openness label is OSI-approved OSS and its license label is MIT. The tool combines an advanced todo list with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking, and lists integrations for Jira, GitLab, GitHub, and Open Project.
Tuff ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 95, a health score of 94, and a shipping score of 97. Its openness label is OSI-approved OSS and its license label is MPL-2.0. It is described as an open-source core for an OS command bar built on sandboxed architecture, giving it a focused command-bar role within the productivity category.
Rallly ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 95, a health score of 94, and a shipping score of 96. Its openness label is OSI-approved OSS and its license label is AGPL-3.0. It is described as an open-source scheduling and collaboration tool designed to make organizing events and meetings easier. Its shipping score places it behind Tuff in the supplied tie-break ordering.
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