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#21 in Project & Work ManagementUpdated 2026-08

Fizzy

by Fizzy · Free kanban for tracking bugs, ideas and small projects

49.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Fizzy is a kanban tool from 37signals for tracking bugs, issues, ideas and small projects on cards and columns. It is free to use and includes auto close for old cards, webhooks that publish to Slack or Campfire, a stacking notification tray, public boards and stamps recording who filed what and when. The source can also be downloaded and self-hosted.

Best for
Teams that want a free kanban board for tracking bugs, ideas and small projects
Pricing
No prices are shown; the pages state Fizzy is 100% free, and the source can be downloaded and run yourself.
Runs on
Web

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

  • Free to use, with no paid tiers or per-seat charges
  • Open source: can be downloaded and run on your own servers
  • Webhooks publish to Slack or Campfire; boards can be made public
  • Auto close prunes old cards without manual tidying

Trade-offs

  • Licence only described as allowing 'flexible use with few restrictions'
  • Positioned for bugs, ideas and small projects, not large programmes
  • Integrations described are webhooks to Slack or Campfire
  • Help is a self-serve help site; no paid support plan is shown

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support
60 out of 100
API quality
20 out of 100
Documentation
50 out of 100
Agent friendliness
53 out of 100
Pricing transparency
35 out of 100
Changelog
100 out of 100
Marketing site structure
80 out of 100
Operational trust
0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness
55 out of 100
Maintenance
100 out of 100

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