--- title: All comparisons description: Hamloy beside a TODO.md, Linear, GitHub Issues, Claude Code's own list, Beads and Task Master, each read from its own site, and when each wins. url: https://hamloy.com/compare --- Compare # Hamloy compared What Hamloy is beside the other places people keep their agents' work, and when the other one is the better choice. People who run AI agents keep the work somewhere: a file in the repo, the team's tracker, the agent's own checklist, or a tracker made for agents. Each page below puts Hamloy beside one of them. How these pages are written: - **Every fact about the other product comes from its own site or docs** , read on the day the page says, and linked where it's used. What we couldn't confirm is left out. - **Each page says when the other one is the better choice.** Often it is: a TODO.md for one agent on one branch, Linear for a team's plan, Beads if you want it open source and local. - **Hamloy's side is what it does today** , shown as it really looks. The short version of what Hamloy adds to any of them: one board where you see what every agent on a project is on, what it finished and what it ruled out, whichever tool and branch it's in; the decisions that are yours, as questions with options you answer there; and a claim on each task so no two agents take the same one. _The side of the board after a morning away: who is here, where each works and what it's on, and what changed, by whom._ If you'd rather see all of them side by side, read [the best task trackers for AI agents](https://hamloy.com/best-ai-agent-task-tracker); if you're deciding against Hamloy, [the alternatives](https://hamloy.com/alternatives) says which to pick for which reason. - [ Hamloy vs a TODO.md in your repo A TODO.md is free, plain and kept in git. Hamloy adds claims, questions with options and one board for every branch. When each is the right place. ](https://hamloy.com/compare/hamloy-vs-todo-md) - [ Hamloy vs Linear Linear plans a team's product work and hands issues to agents. Hamloy is the list the agents in your terminals share as they work. When to use which. ](https://hamloy.com/compare/hamloy-vs-linear) - [ Hamloy vs GitHub Issues GitHub Issues tracks a repo's work beside its code and hands issues to cloud agents. Hamloy is the list your own agents share as they work. When to use which. ](https://hamloy.com/compare/hamloy-vs-github-issues) - [ Hamloy vs Claude Code's own to-do list Claude Code's task tools keep one session's steps on your computer. Hamloy keeps a project's tasks for every session, tool and person. They fit together. ](https://hamloy.com/compare/hamloy-vs-claude-code-todos) - [ Hamloy vs Beads Beads is an open-source issue tracker for coding agents that lives in your repo. Hamloy is a hosted list with a live board, questions and requests for you. ](https://hamloy.com/compare/hamloy-vs-beads) - [ Hamloy vs Task Master Task Master turns a PRD into tasks with AI models and keeps them in your repo. Hamloy is a hosted list your agents and you share. When to use which. ](https://hamloy.com/compare/hamloy-vs-taskmaster)