Choosing a task-management tool means balancing fit, project health, release activity, and the degree to which the software is open or source-visible. This September 2026 snapshot uses ToolVitals data for scores, health, shipping, openness, licenses, and GitHub-star context, alongside the supplied tool descriptions.
The list covers open/source-visible tools and keeps the supplied ordering: ToolVitals score comes first, with health and shipping used for equal composite scores. GitHub stars provide context only and are not a ranking input.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenProject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 98 | 99 | 15969 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Vikunja | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 97 | 98 | 5221 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | TREK | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 97 | 97 | 13046 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Reactive Resume | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 41947 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Scrumlr | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 96 | 344 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Documenso | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 95 | 14811 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Wekan | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 98 | 21067 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Tuturuuu | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 97 | 53 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Pad | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 96 | 147 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Operately | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 95 | 545 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Scrumboy | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 95 | 431 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Tududi | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 95 | 3308 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Koakademy | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 96 | 6 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | LibreBooking | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 95 | 93 | 796 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Veritas Kanban | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 94 | 95 | 819 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Parabol | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 93 | 94 | 2009 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | Planify | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 94 | 92 | 5634 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Will Be Done | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 92 | 95 | 138 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | PawHaven | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 92 | 92 | 91 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | Highest Good Network | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 93 | 88 | 73 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | AITasks | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 87 | 94 | 8 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Leantime | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 89 | 89 | 11477 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Exponential | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 89 | 88 | 3 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | DooTask | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 86 | 91 | 5563 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | OpenPlanr | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 85 | 92 | 4 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | Kanboard | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 89 | 84 | 9837 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | CrowdCAD | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 88 | 85 | 6 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | Wuffle | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 87 | 85 | 133 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | LocalBoards | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 84 | 88 | 12 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | Workhub | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 85 | 84 | 4 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 31 | DoBase | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 83 | 82 | 174 | 83 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 32 | ganttproject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 84 | 79 | 1093 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 33 | Homelogger | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 83 | 80 | 52 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 34 | KANAP | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 80 | 80 | 5 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 35 | Better Route | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 78 | 77 | 2 | 78 | 🟢 Good |
| 36 | OpenPR | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 76 | 69 | 0 | 73 | 🟢 Good |
| 37 | Worklenz | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 76 | 68 | 3151 | 73 | 🟢 Good |
| 38 | Titra | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 73 | 65 | 494 | 70 | 🟢 Good |
| 39 | Flashtasks | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 71 | 63 | 0 | 68 | 🟢 Good |
| 40 | Fider | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 71 | 46 | 4491 | 61 | 🟢 Good |
| 41 | 4ga Boards | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 69 | 46 | 704 | 60 | 🟢 Good |
| 42 | phproject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 62 | 49 | 401 | 57 | 🟡 Fair |
| 43 | Taiga | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 60 | 48 | 849 | 56 | 🟡 Fair |
| 44 | Kanba | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 56 | 43 | 652 | 51 | 🟡 Fair |
| 45 | Organice | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 57 | 40 | 2662 | 50 | 🟡 Fair |
| 46 | Minutia | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 54 | 44 | 0 | 50 | 🟡 Fair |
| 47 | NearBeach | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 58 | 33 | 213 | 48 | 🟡 Fair |
| 48 | Projectly | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 52 | 37 | 10 | 46 | 🟡 Fair |
| 49 | Kanri | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 55 | 26 | 2009 | 43 | 🟡 Fair |
| 50 | EpiTrello | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 47 | 17 | 0 | 35 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
OpenProject ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 99, a health score of 98, and a shipping score of 99. Its supplied description identifies it as open source project management software. The entry carries the openness label “OSI-approved OSS” and the license label “GPL-3.0”.
Vikunja ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 97, a health score of 97, and a shipping score of 98. Its supplied description presents it as a to-do app for organizing your life, making its stated focus personal task organization. The entry carries the openness label “OSI-approved OSS” and the license label “AGPL-3.0”.
TREK ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 97, a health score of 97, and a shipping score of 97. Its stated focus is specialized travel and trip planning rather than general task management, with real-time collaboration, interactive maps, PWA support, SSO, budgets, and packing lists. It sits behind Vikunja in the supplied ordering because Vikunja has the higher shipping score. The entry carries the openness label “OSI-approved OSS” and the license label “AGPL-3.0”.
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