# Shortcut vs Taiga (slim)

> Shortcut scores 60.2 (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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Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Taiga's 31.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create.

- Shortcut: C 60.2, rank #477 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md
- Taiga: F 31.7, rank #830 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taiga.min.md
- 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 17; Schema & documentation, 75 against 35; Agent ergonomics, 57 against 49; Security & auth, 54 against 37; Maintenance & community, 73 against 21; Transparency & trust, 73 against 64. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Taiga loses 3 points for them.
- Taiga, 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. Also Open source.

| Category | Shortcut | Taiga |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 17 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 75 | 35 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 49 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 21 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Shortcut | Taiga |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Shortcut Software Company | Taiga Cloud Services, S.L. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT | 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 | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-07-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-18 | 2025-09-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-07-11 | no date given |
| 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 |
| Popularity | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk | 858 stars |