Question 1

What is the #1 ranked alternative to Todoist?

Accepted Answer

Super Productivity is currently ranked #1 among 5 alternatives to Todoist on ByAlternative with a composite index of 76.5 and 1,357 net practitioner votes. MIT-licensed local-first daily planner and timeboxer pulling Jira, GitHub, and GitLab issues.

Question 2

What is the best open-source Todoist alternative?

Accepted Answer

Super Productivity (MIT license) is the highest-ranked open-source replacement for Todoist. Migration fit: Pulls assigned GitHub/GitLab/Jira/CalDAV tasks automatically without duplicating lists.

Question 3

Which Todoist alternatives can be self-hosted?

Accepted Answer

Practitioners looking for on-premise or private cloud data sovereignty can self-host Super Productivity, Tasks.org, Taskwarrior.

Question 4

Why do teams switch away from Todoist?

Accepted Answer

Common migration drivers for Todoist ($4–$8 per user/month) include: Free time-based reminders and calendar view without Pro paywall, Open CalDAV / iCloud / Nextcloud Tasks protocol sync, Integrated Pomodoro time-boxing and GitHub/Jira issue pull.