Project and task management

Sprout alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy75,117AGPL-3.0Open-source, self-hosted Notion-like workspace for notes, docs, and task/databases with desktop and mobile apps.Open on GitHub todo-for-ai/todo-for-ai1,173Apache-2.0AI-focused task management web app with React frontend and Flask backend designed for assistant integrations.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Polished native mobile app experience and App Store/Play Store management
Professional UX polish, animations and accessibility testing
Brand trust, userbase and community support
Refined AI prompts and ongoing tuning that the vendor likely iterates on

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Sprout, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.