Open-source Todoist MCP alternatives
Doist's official Todoist server is open source, so you can read which task operations it performs before granting it write access. If you want every option to publish its code, the picks below all do. That lets you audit what an agent can touch, pin a version, and patch behavior yourself.
This cut leans into reading the repo. The servers cover task managers, notes, boards, and chat, ordered roughly by how broadly each is used, with a couple of chat tools noted for honesty. Each pick says what its open source actually controls.
The 8 best open-source alternatives
Notion's server is open source and searches, reads, and writes across a workspace of pages and databases. The code shows exactly which workspace operations an agent can run before you connect it.
Set up Notion →When tasks live in conversation, the open-source community Slack server reads history, DMs, and search without a workspace bot. You can inspect the source before pointing an agent at your team's chat.
Set up Slack →Schema-first and fully open, the Airtable server inspects a base, then reads, searches, and writes records, fields, and comments. Reading the repo before granting write access is straightforward, which fits structured task tracking.
Set up Airtable →When tasks live inside a doc alongside notes, the open-source Coda server connects an agent to docs, pages, tables, and rows. The source is there to confirm exactly what it can edit.
Set up Coda →- TrelloCommunity
Boards of cards are the model, and the open-source Trello server covers boards, lists, cards, checklists, labels, members, and attachments, an inspectable codebase for anyone who tracks tasks as cards.
Set up Trello → Local Markdown is the point of Obsidian, and its open-source server reads, searches, and edits the vault through the Local REST API plugin. You can see which calls it makes and keep tasks on your own disk.
Set up Obsidian →The open-source, Telethon-based Telegram server reads chats, manages groups, and sends messages. Include it only if your to-dos really arrive through Telegram conversations rather than a task app, with the code there to audit.
Set up Telegram →Atlassian's official server is open source and reads, searches, creates, and updates Jira issues and Confluence pages, the auditable option when tasks are tracked as Jira issues with documentation alongside.
Set up Atlassian (Jira & Confluence) →
How to choose
Every server here ships its code, so the difference is the kind of task home, not auditability. For relational or board-style tracking, Airtable and Trello; for tasks inside notes, Notion, Coda, and Obsidian; for issues with documentation, Atlassian. Slack and Telegram cover tasks that live in chat. Read the repo before wiring any of them into a workspace with write access, the same care Todoist's open server invites.
FAQ
- Is the Todoist MCP server open source?
- Yes. Doist's official Todoist server is open source, so you can read which task, project, and label operations it can run. Every alternative on this page publishes its code as well.
- Why pick an open-source task MCP server?
- You can verify exactly which task and workspace operations the server performs, pin or patch the version you run, and keep credentials on infrastructure you control. The trade-off is operating it yourself rather than relying on a vendor to keep it running.