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Up to three tools. The table shows the data as-is, without picking a “best”.
| Field | Backlog.md | Hurl | Beszel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Universal, Codex, Claude Code, Cursor | Universal | Universal |
| Local support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid API | No | No | No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Stars | 7130 | 19271 | 26480 |
| Last activity | — | October 17, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Install complexity | Easy — npm, Bun, Homebrew, or Nix | Easy; API and CLI knowledge required | متوسط / Medium |
| Category | Multi-Agent, Git, Workflow | Testing, DevOps | DevOps, Monitoring |
| 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 a developer or small team that wants repeatable API checks with explicit conditions stored beside the code. It links request data and identifies failing assertions without repeating manual inspection. It does not replace browser tests or test-environment setup; curl may be enough for a one-off request. | Best for an individual developer or small team running a VPS, home server, or a few Docker hosts and needing a simple dashboard, history, and alerts. Its value is combining host and container metrics in a self-hosted hub. It is not a full logs-and-traces observability platform. |