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Up to three tools. The table shows the data as-is, without picking a “best”.
| Field | Backlog.md | DuckDB | Syncthing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Universal, Codex, Claude Code, Cursor | Universal | Universal |
| Local support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid API | No | No | No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Stars | 7139 | 42485 | 89695 |
| Last activity | — | September 28, 2026 | October 13, 2026 |
| Install complexity | Easy — npm, Bun, Homebrew, or Nix | سهل — حزمة Python أو ملف CLI تنفيذي واحد | Moderate: pair both devices and share folders; APT requires official stable-v2 repository setup first |
| Category | Multi-Agent, Git, Workflow | Database | Security, Workflow |
| Best use | Best for an individual developer or small team using coding agents and wanting to review the specification and plan before code. It keeps tasks, acceptance criteria, and decisions inside the project and exposes them through CLI, a local browser, or MCP. It is not a replacement for a centralized enterprise SaaS board with organization-wide permissions and reporting. | Best for an analyst, developer, or small team that needs to inspect and join large data files and rerun analysis locally. It adds reviewable SQL without database-server setup. It is not a multi-user transactional database for many small concurrent writes from separate processes. | Best for an individual working across two computers or a small team sharing files with trusted devices. It moves folder changes instead of repeating manual copies, while keeping device and storage choices under your control. It does not replace independent backups or collaborative editing, and devices holding the files must be reachable. |