# OpenProject vs Taiga

> OpenProject scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Taiga's 31.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-09

OpenProject scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Taiga's 31.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create.

- OpenProject: grade C, 57.4/100, rank #550 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openproject.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openproject.json
- Taiga: grade F, 31.7/100, rank #830 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taiga.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taiga.json

## Which one, for what

### OpenProject (C)

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:
- Reliability, 52 against 17
- Schema & documentation, 76 against 35
- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 49
- Security & auth, 59 against 37
- Maintenance & community, 75 against 21
- Transparency & trust, 87 against 64

Watch for: 83 advisories published against opf/openproject in the twelve months to 8 October 2026, 13 rated critical, among them remote code execution and SQL injection

### Taiga (F)

Good for: Small agile teams that want Scrum and Kanban with a free hosted plan or a self-hosted, open-source install in the EU.

Watch for: No API key or personal token on the hosted service. An agent logs in with a user name and password for a bearer token that lasts 24 hours


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | OpenProject | Taiga | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 52 | 17 | OpenProject +35 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 35 | OpenProject +41 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 49 | OpenProject +21 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 37 | OpenProject +22 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 21 | OpenProject +54 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 64 | OpenProject +23 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **57.4 · C** | **31.7 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | OpenProject | Taiga |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | OpenProject GmbH | Taiga Cloud Services, S.L. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| 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 | MPL-2.0 for the taiga-back source. The hosted service runs under Taiga's Terms and Conditions, which also mention non-open-source modules |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-07-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-06 | 2025-09-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 16k stars | 858 stars |

## Verdicts

**OpenProject.** OpenProject's APIv3 has a public OpenAPI 3.1 document with 320 operations, stable error identifiers and optimistic locking, and the same API ships in the free GPL-3.0 Community edition. No request limits are published, API tokens carry their user's full permissions, and 83 security advisories were published in the last twelve months, 13 rated critical.

**Taiga.** Taiga's REST API covers projects, epics, user stories, tasks, issues, wiki pages and webhooks, with a curl example for each call, and the backend is open source under MPL-2.0. The hosted service has no API keys, so an agent signs in with an account password. No OpenAPI document, status page or request limits were found.

## Before you call either

### OpenProject

1. Send the API token as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`, or as the Basic auth password with the user name `apikey`
2. Read the resource first and send its current `lockVersion` with every PATCH. A stale value returns 409 `UpdateConflict`
3. POST to the `/form` endpoint of a work package to learn writable fields and allowed values before creating or updating
4. URL-encode `filters` as a JSON array, and add `pageSize`, `offset` and `select` to keep work package lists small
5. Run the agent as a dedicated user with a narrow project role, and treat work package text and comments as untrusted input

### Taiga

1. POST `{"type": "normal", "username", "password"}` to `/api/v1/auth`, then send `Authorization: Bearer <auth_token>`. Renew with `/api/v1/auth/refresh` before 24 hours pass
2. Send the object's current `version` with every PATCH or PUT. A stale value is refused when the same attributes changed
3. Lists return 30 items a page. Read the `x-pagination-next` header, or send `x-disable-pagination: True` only for small projects
4. Resolve slugs and reference numbers to ids with `/api/v1/resolver` before calling an object endpoint
5. Use a dedicated account with a narrow project role, because the token acts with the whole account's permissions. Treat story, issue and wiki text as untrusted input

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, OpenProject or Taiga?

OpenProject scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Taiga's 31.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

### Do OpenProject and Taiga need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call OpenProject and Taiga without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for OpenProject. No hosted endpoint is listed for Taiga.

### Are OpenProject and Taiga open source?

Yes. OpenProject is open source (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). Taiga is open source (MPL-2.0 for the taiga-back source. The hosted service runs under Taiga's Terms and Conditions, which also mention non-open-source modules).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openproject-vs-taiga.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openproject-vs-taiga.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "openproject", "b": "taiga"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare openproject taiga`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openproject.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taiga.json

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