Choosing among task managers is difficult when the field spans full project-management suites, personal task apps, Kanban boards, and adjacent workflow tools. This August 2026 snapshot uses the supplied ToolVitals records, including scores, health, shipping, openness, licensing, and GitHub-star counts, to make the comparison easier to scan.
Only OSI-approved open-source tools are included. The ordering follows ToolVitals score descending, with health and shipping used for equal composite scores; GitHub stars provide context only and do not determine rank.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenProject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 100 | 100 | 15911 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Reactive Resume | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 100 | 100 | 41581 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Tududi | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 100 | 100 | 3286 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Pad | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 99 | 132 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Scrumboy | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 98 | 99 | 430 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Scrumlr | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 99 | 345 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Vikunja | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 98 | 99 | 5141 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Documenso | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 98 | 96 | 14693 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | LibreBooking | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 96 | 95 | 790 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Koakademy | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 98 | 6 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Parabol | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 98 | 2008 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Tuturuuu | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 98 | 53 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Veritas Kanban | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 98 | 813 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | Wekan | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 98 | 21059 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Will Be Done | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 98 | 132 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Leantime | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 94 | 11426 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | Highest Good Network | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 95 | 90 | 72 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | DooTask | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 93 | 94 | 5552 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | Homelogger | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 94 | 50 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | Operately | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 93 | 94 | 544 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | AITasks | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 89 | 97 | 7 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Fider | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 91 | 88 | 4482 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Planify | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 92 | 84 | 5609 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | PawHaven | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 91 | 85 | 91 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | Exponential | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 90 | 88 | 3 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | OpenPlanr | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 87 | 90 | 4 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | Workhub | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 87 | 88 | 3 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | LocalBoards | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 83 | 85 | 11 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | DoBase | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 83 | 80 | 174 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | Wuffle | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 84 | 76 | 133 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 31 | ganttproject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 84 | 76 | 1089 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 32 | TREK | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 87 | 70 | 12633 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 33 | KANAP | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 80 | 80 | 5 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 34 | OpenPR | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 77 | 71 | 0 | 75 | 🟢 Good |
| 35 | Kanboard | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 76 | 60 | 9815 | 70 | 🟢 Good |
| 36 | Titra | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 72 | 58 | 495 | 66 | 🟢 Good |
| 37 | Flashtasks | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 69 | 57 | 0 | 64 | 🟢 Good |
| 38 | 4ga Boards | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 69 | 46 | 695 | 60 | 🟢 Good |
| 39 | Better Route | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 64 | 52 | 2 | 59 | 🟡 Fair |
| 40 | phproject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 61 | 44 | 401 | 54 | 🟡 Fair |
| 41 | NearBeach | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 61 | 36 | 213 | 51 | 🟡 Fair |
| 42 | Taiga | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 56 | 41 | 847 | 50 | 🟡 Fair |
| 43 | Kanba | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 53 | 42 | 649 | 49 | 🟡 Fair |
| 44 | Organice | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 56 | 34 | 2661 | 47 | 🟡 Fair |
| 45 | Projectly | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 53 | 38 | 10 | 47 | 🟡 Fair |
| 46 | Minutia | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 48 | 45 | 0 | 47 | 🟡 Fair |
| 47 | Kanri | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 58 | 25 | 2004 | 45 | 🟡 Fair |
| 48 | Worklenz | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 51 | 18 | 3151 | 38 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 49 | EpiTrello | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 47 | 16 | 0 | 35 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 50 | AutoProject | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 32 | 29 | 8 | 31 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
OpenProject is the top-ranked entry, with a ToolVitals score of 100, health score of 100, shipping score of 100, and status “🟢 Excellent.” Its supplied description calls it leading open source project management software. The record labels it OSI-approved OSS under GPL-3.0; its GitHub repository has 15,911 stars, provided as context rather than a ranking input.
Reactive Resume is tied at a ToolVitals score of 100 and also records 100 for health and shipping, with status “🟢 Excellent.” Its supplied description identifies it as a privacy-minded resume builder that is customizable, portable, open-source, and free forever, so the description focuses on resume building rather than task management. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS under MIT, and its GitHub repository has 41,581 stars as context only.
Tududi is also tied at the top score of 100, with health and shipping scores of 100 and status “🟢 Excellent.” Its description is directly oriented to organizing life and work and lists tasks, projects, notes, areas, and smart workflows, with self-hosted or hosted use. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS under MIT; its GitHub repository has 3,286 stars as context only.
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