# Basecamp vs OpenProject (slim)

> Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against OpenProject's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenProject leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against OpenProject's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenProject leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create.

- Basecamp: B 67.9, rank #220 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basecamp.min.md
- OpenProject: C 57.4, rank #550 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openproject.min.md
- Basecamp, good for Teams already on Basecamp that want an agent to create and complete to-dos, move cards, post messages and comments, and read overdue work and assignments, either through the CLI or the REST API. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 52; Security & auth, 67 against 59; Maintenance & community, 82 against 75. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where OpenProject loses 5 points for them.
- OpenProject, good for Teams that want a self-hostable or EU-hosted project tool with Gantt, time tracking and budgets, and an agent working through a documented REST API. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65; Transparency & trust, 87 against 79. Also Open source.

| Category | Basecamp | OpenProject |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 74 | 52 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 79 | 87 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Basecamp | OpenProject |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | 37signals LLC | OpenProject GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://3.basecampapi.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the 37signals terms of service. The CLI, the SDKs and the OpenAPI spec on GitHub are MIT, and the API docs are CC BY-SA 4.0 | GPL-3.0 for the OpenProject source. Enterprise add-ons need a paid token, and OpenProject Enterprise cloud runs under OpenProject's Terms of Service |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2026-08-06 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-16 | no date given |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 286 stars, 3.1k npm/wk, 1.9k PyPI/wk | 16k stars |