# OpenProject vs Todoist (slim)

> Todoist scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against OpenProject's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenProject leads on transparency & trust. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Todoist scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against OpenProject's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenProject leads on transparency & trust. Both do tasks create.

- OpenProject: C 57.4, rank #550 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openproject.min.md
- Todoist: B 66.9, rank #252 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/todoist.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 Transparency & trust, 87 against 77. Also Open source.
- Todoist, good for Individuals and small teams who already keep tasks in Todoist and want an agent to add, reschedule, comment and report through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 52; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 70; Maintenance & community, 88 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.

| Category | OpenProject | Todoist |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 52 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 59 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 87 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenProject | Todoist |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenProject GmbH | Doist |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.todoist.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| 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 Todoist's terms of service. The MCP server, the Python and TypeScript SDKs and the CLI on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 47 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `net.todoist/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-06 | 2026-08-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-08-27 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 16k stars | 554 stars, 5.4k npm/wk, 26k PyPI/wk |