# OpenProject vs Shortcut (slim)

> Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against OpenProject's 57.4 (C), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. OpenProject leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against OpenProject's 57.4 (C), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. OpenProject leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create.

- OpenProject: C 57.4, rank #550 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openproject.min.md
- Shortcut: C 60.2, rank #477 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md
- 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 57; Security & auth, 59 against 54; Transparency & trust, 87 against 73. Also Open source.
- Shortcut, good for Software teams already on Shortcut that want an agent to search, create and update stories, epics, iterations and docs, and coding agents that pick up assigned stories. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 52. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where OpenProject loses 5 points for them.

| Category | OpenProject | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 52 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 57 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 59 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 87 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenProject | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenProject GmbH | Shortcut Software Company |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Licence | 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 | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-06 | 2025-09-18 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-07-11 |
| Popularity | 16k stars | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk |