Issue tracking buyers in June 2026 have to sort through tools that vary widely in project health, shipping activity, licensing, and adoption.
The ranking includes open/source-visible tools only and orders them by ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used only as a secondary popularity signal for ties. The list is conservative: it reports the supplied openness_label and license_label exactly, and it does not treat non-OSI categories as OSI open source.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ClawSweeper | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 84 | 89 | 1871 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Devlane | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 66 | 69 | 79 | 73 | 🟢 Good |
| 3 | Taskwondo | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 66 | 61 | 10 | 72 | 🟢 Good |
| 4 | Redmica | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 59 | 78 | 115 | 71 | 🟢 Good |
| 5 | BoardUpScale | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 59 | 59 | 9 | 65 | 🟢 Good |
| 6 | AIPlan | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 58 | 4 | 61 | 52 | 🟡 Fair |
| 7 | Tegon | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 36 | 0 | 1902 | 35 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 8 | Yona | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 28 | 0 | 498 | 30 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
ClawSweeper ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 89, the highest shipping score in the set at 89, and a health score of 84. Its description is narrower than a full project management suite: it suggests which issues and PRs can be closed and why.
Devlane ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 73, a health score of 66, and a shipping score of 69. Its 79 GitHub stars are modest compared with several tools lower in the ranking, but the ToolVitals score places it ahead on the primary ranking measure.
Taskwondo ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 72, a health score of 66, and a shipping score of 61. With 10 GitHub stars, it has limited visible popularity in the supplied data, but its score keeps it close to Devlane.
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