# Redmine vs Shortcut (slim)

> Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) to Redmine's 50.2 (D) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Redmine's 50.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Redmine leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do issues and tasks.

- Redmine: D 50.2, rank #777 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redmine.min.md
- Shortcut: C 60.2, rank #526 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md
- Redmine, good for Teams that already run Redmine or want a free, self-hosted tracker with issues, time entries and wikis under their own control. Ahead on Reliability, 69 against 64; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30. 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 Schema & documentation, 75 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 57 against 51; Transparency & trust, 73 against 47. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Redmine loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Redmine | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 32 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 51 | 57 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 47 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Redmine | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Redmine project | Shortcut Software Company |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later | 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 | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2025-09-18 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-07-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk |