Open-source Project Ops tools

The best open-source Project Ops tools, curated: 9 in the registry, including gh (GitHub CLI), glab (GitLab CLI), jira-cli. Every tool is open-source; each entry lists license, self-hostability, and links.

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• gh (GitHub CLI) — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~45800 stars; complements PyGithub, octokit.js; Official GitHub CLI. Auth via OAuth device flow or PAT. No ToS risk; standard REST rate limits (5000/hr authenticated).
• glab (GitLab CLI) — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~4200 stars; complements python-gitlab; Official GitLab CLI (now under gitlab-org). Auth via PAT/OAuth. No ToS risk. Repo lives on GitLab, not GitHub.
• jira-cli — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~5900 stars; complements pycontribs/jira, go-jira; Uses official Jira REST API. Auth via API token (Cloud) or PAT (Server/DC). No ToS risk.
• jira (pycontribs) — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~2100 stars; complements jira-cli, go-jira; De-facto Python Jira library (Cloud + Server/DC). Auth via API token/basic/OAuth. Official API; no ToS risk.
• @linear/sdk (Linear SDK) — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~1500 stars; complements schpet/linear-cli; Official Linear SDK monorepo. Auth via API key/OAuth. GraphQL API; no ToS risk.
• octokit.js — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~7800 stars; complements gh CLI, PyGithub; Official GitHub JS SDK (Node/Deno/Browser). Auth via token/OAuth/App. No ToS risk.
• PyGithub — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~7800 stars; complements gh CLI, octokit.js; Official-API client. Auth via PAT/OAuth/GitHub App. LGPL-3.0 copyleft (weak). No ToS risk; REST rate limits apply.
• python-asana — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~335 stars; complements py-trello, clickupython, monday-sdk-js; Official Asana SDK (300+ endpoints). Auth via PAT/OAuth. No ToS risk.
• python-gitlab — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~2500 stars; complements glab CLI; Official-API Python client, bundles a CLI. Auth via PAT/OAuth. LGPL-3.0. No ToS risk.