# Basecamp vs YouTrack (slim)

> Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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 YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create.

- Basecamp: B 67.9, rank #197 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basecamp.min.md
- YouTrack: D 49.9, rank #601 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.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 30; Schema & documentation, 80 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 55; Maintenance & community, 82 against 64. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where YouTrack loses 5 points for them.
- YouTrack, good for Software teams that already run YouTrack and want an agent to search, file and update issues, comment, log time and maintain knowledge base articles under each user's permissions.

| Category | Basecamp | YouTrack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 74 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 55 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 79 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Basecamp | YouTrack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | 37signals LLC | JetBrains s.r.o. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://3.basecampapi.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable 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 | Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting |
| Tools exposed | none | 23 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2024-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2026-06-12 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 286 stars, 3.1k npm/wk, 1.9k PyPI/wk | none |