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Fibery vs OpenProject
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Fibery and OpenProject — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
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Fibery vs OpenProject: at a glance
What is Fibery?
Fibery hands integrations to AI: describe any HTTP API and it builds, tests and hosts the connector.
Fibery ships weekly, and its recent releases put AI at the center of how the workspace gets built: Custom Apps generate interfaces, a new AI Agent arrived in September, and the October 8 release added Space data hidden from Admins. The October 15 release previews AI-built Custom Integrations, where a user describes a source and AI writes, tests and runs the connector with OAuth and webhooks. The MCP server also gains an execute_code tool that lets agents chain calls in a script, and rich-text changes now show as diffs with notifications.
What is OpenProject?
OpenProject's MCP Server gains write access — AI agents can now create tasks, add comments, and manage relations.
OpenProject 17.8.0 marks the most significant AI integration milestone in the product's history: the MCP Server can now create and update work packages, add comments, and manage relations — moving from a read-only query layer to a write-capable AI agent interface. The same release adds multiple target versions per work package, sprints and milestones to the project timeline, and relation display in the free Community edition. OpenProject 17.7.0 laid the organizational management foundation: departments, work-related user attributes, and individual work schedules for capacity planning.
Fibery vs OpenProject: editorial side-by-side
Fibery
8.8PM
Fibery hands integrations to AI: describe any HTTP API and it builds, tests and hosts the connector.
◆ Current state
Fibery ships weekly, and its recent releases put AI at the center of how the workspace gets built: Custom Apps generate interfaces, a new AI Agent arrived in September, and the October 8 release added Space data hidden from Admins. The October 15 release previews AI-built Custom Integrations, where a user describes a source and AI writes, tests and runs the connector with OAuth and webhooks. The MCP server also gains an execute_code tool that lets agents chain calls in a script, and rich-text changes now show as diffs with notifications.
◆ Where it's heading
Fibery keeps replacing things it would otherwise build by hand, first views and apps and now integrations, with AI-generated equivalents users can request. Each shift adds a usage-based cost line: AI credits for building and, after the preview, compute charges for running connectors. Controls such as attribution, usage dashboards and permission splits are growing alongside.
◆ Prediction
Expect compute pricing for Custom Integrations once the 2–4 week preview ends, followed by an MCP tool for creating connectors, which the release lists as missing. Two-way sync is also listed as a current limit, but the entries don't say whether it is planned.
OpenProject's MCP Server gains write access — AI agents can now create tasks, add comments, and manage relations.
◆ Current state
OpenProject 17.8.0 marks the most significant AI integration milestone in the product's history: the MCP Server can now create and update work packages, add comments, and manage relations — moving from a read-only query layer to a write-capable AI agent interface. The same release adds multiple target versions per work package, sprints and milestones to the project timeline, and relation display in the free Community edition. OpenProject 17.7.0 laid the organizational management foundation: departments, work-related user attributes, and individual work schedules for capacity planning.
◆ Where it's heading
The two-track development pattern is clear: broader project management capabilities for enterprises (resource management, capacity planning, PM² methodology support) and a rapidly maturing AI interface through the MCP Server. The progression from read-only MCP to write-capable MCP is a qualitative shift — AI assistants become active project participants rather than passive query tools. The XWiki integration in 17.6.0 shows the platform also extending into enterprise knowledge management.
◆ Prediction
The logical next step is workflow automation via the MCP Server — AI agents that can trigger status transitions, query resource availability from the 17.7.0 capacity data, or auto-assign work packages based on department membership. The data model is in place; the automation layer is the missing piece.
Alternatives to Fibery and OpenProject
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Fibery or OpenProject.
RentRedi
RentRedi turns on-time rent into a portable tenant credential that brings in new landlords.
Hive
Hive lets agents act on proof feedback and puts its tasks inside Claude and ChatGPT.
NocoBase
NocoBase's 3.0 betas rebuild agent conversations, dropping old start and fallback APIs.
Rize
Rize ships its biggest release: a redesign, a web app, and an AI agent that sits across every view.
Tracecat
Tracecat 1.2.1 patches regressions left by the two-day 1.2 sprint.
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Recent activity from Fibery and OpenProject
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 10d agoFiberyAI-built custom integrations (preview), rich-text diffs, MCP execute_code ⚡
- 17d agoFiberyOctober 8, 2026 / 🫣 Hide Space data from Admins
- 24d agoFiberyOctober 1, 2026 / 🔥 Custom Apps as Entity Views, Suggestion mode for rich text ⚡
- 1mo agoFiberySeptember 24, 2026 / :french_fries: Better tables in Rich text, See where a field is used before you delete it
- 1mo agoFiberySeptember 17, 2026 / New Fibery AI Agent, Whiteboards and AI, Space templates with files and images, OAuth Applications ⚡
- 1mo agoFiberySeptember 10, 2026 / Hide parents without children in filters, Color coding for cards and text styles on Whiteboard
- 1mo agoOpenProjectOpenProject 17.8.0 ⚡
- 2mo agoOpenProjectOpenProject 17.7.2: bug fix release
- 2mo agoOpenProjectOpenProject 17.7.1: bug fix release
- 2mo agoOpenProjectOpenProject 17.7.0
- 3mo agoOpenProjectOpenProject 17.6.0
- 4mo agoOpenProjectOpenProject 17.5.1: bug fix release
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Fibery and OpenProject?
Both compete on the same themes — mcp — within PM. Fibery is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 8.8 vs 6.3), with 2 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Fibery better than OpenProject?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Fibery is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 8.8 vs 6.3), with 2 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Fibery?
Top Fibery alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Fibery alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/fibery for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to OpenProject?
Top OpenProject alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenProject alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/openproject for the full list with editorial commentary on each.