Choosing a task management tool means balancing fit, maintenance, and control over the software. This October 2026 snapshot uses the supplied ToolVitals records to compare open/source-visible tools using their scores, health, shipping, openness labels, licenses, and product descriptions.
The ranking covers open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score descending, with health and shipping used for equal composite scores. GitHub stars are context only and do not determine placement.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenProject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 98 | 98 | 16277 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | TREK | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 97 | 14500 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Wekan | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 98 | 21100 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Reactive Resume | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 96 | 43662 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Tududi | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 96 | 3406 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Pad | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 96 | 183 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Documenso | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 94 | 15283 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Vikunja | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 96 | 5593 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Scrumlr | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 95 | 347 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Operately | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 94 | 93 | 562 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Koakademy | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 93 | 95 | 7 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | LibreBooking | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 94 | 92 | 817 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Scrumboy | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 92 | 444 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | OpenPlanr | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 94 | 5 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Parabol | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 93 | 94 | 2013 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | PawHaven | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 93 | 91 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | Tuturuuu | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 91 | 96 | 55 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Planify | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 92 | 92 | 5728 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | Highest Good Network | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 93 | 87 | 73 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | Veritas Kanban | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 90 | 94 | 834 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Leantime | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 92 | 87 | 11694 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | LocalBoards | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 88 | 91 | 17 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | AITasks | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 86 | 93 | 8 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | Exponential | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 89 | 87 | 3 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | DoBase | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 87 | 89 | 174 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | Will Be Done | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 86 | 89 | 151 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | CrowdCAD | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 85 | 89 | 7 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | OpenPR | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 83 | 93 | 1 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | ganttproject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 87 | 84 | 1103 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | DooTask | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 83 | 89 | 5587 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 31 | Wuffle | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 86 | 82 | 133 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 32 | KANAP | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 81 | 82 | 6 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 33 | Kanboard | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 85 | 75 | 9895 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 34 | Homelogger | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 83 | 75 | 76 | 79 | 🟢 Good |
| 35 | Fider | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 81 | 72 | 4556 | 77 | 🟢 Good |
| 36 | Taiga | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 79 | 70 | 854 | 76 | 🟢 Good |
| 37 | Worklenz | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 78 | 73 | 3194 | 76 | 🟢 Good |
| 38 | Better Route | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 70 | 69 | 2 | 70 | 🟢 Good |
| 39 | Workhub | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 73 | 60 | 4 | 68 | 🟢 Good |
| 40 | TimeScribe | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 70 | 56 | 913 | 64 | 🟢 Good |
| 41 | phproject | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 67 | 57 | 401 | 63 | 🟢 Good |
| 42 | 4ga Boards | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 68 | 43 | 723 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 43 | BarbersBuddies | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 55 | 48 | 21 | 52 | 🟡 Fair |
| 44 | Titra | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 57 | 42 | 497 | 51 | 🟡 Fair |
| 45 | Flashtasks | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 53 | 41 | 0 | 48 | 🟡 Fair |
| 46 | NearBeach | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 57 | 30 | 216 | 46 | 🟡 Fair |
| 47 | Minutia | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 45 | 39 | 0 | 43 | 🟡 Fair |
| 48 | Kanri | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 54 | 23 | 2045 | 42 | 🟡 Fair |
| 49 | EpiTrello | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 47 | 17 | 0 | 35 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 50 | Organice | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 41 | 20 | 2671 | 32 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
OpenProject ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 98, health score of 98, and shipping score of 98. The supplied description identifies it as open source project management software. Its openness label is OSI-approved OSS and its license label is GPL-3.0. The ToolVitals record lists 16,277 GitHub stars for its linked repository, but that figure is context only.
TREK ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 97, health score of 96, and shipping score of 97. Its supplied description focuses on a self-hosted travel/trip planner with real-time collaboration, interactive maps, PWA support, SSO, budgets, and packing lists. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS with license label AGPL-3.0. The ToolVitals record lists 14,500 GitHub stars as context only.
Wekan ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 97, health score of 95, and shipping score of 98. The supplied description identifies it as an open source kanban built with Meteor. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS with license label MIT. Its 21,100 GitHub stars provide context, but stars are not a ranking input.
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