OpenProject among top products in 2026

We are excited to share that OpenProject has once again been recognized as a top-tier project management solution in 2026 by Gartner Digital Markets.

Building on our achievements from previous years, OpenProject earned an expanded set of distinctions in 2026. These new badges highlight our continued focus on strong functionality, ease of use, and high-quality customer support.

OpenProject awards in 2026

Software Advice recognitions

In 2026, OpenProject received multiple Software Advice badges across core product categories:

Front Runners in Project management and Time tracking categories

Best Customer Support and Most Recommended across multiple categories in 2026:

Task management, Team management, Project management, Small business project management, Marketing project management, Online project management, Project management software for architects, Nonprofit project management, Strategic planning, Project portfolio management.

Capterra recognition

OpenProject was also recognized by Capterra in 2026 with the following distinctions:

Shortlist in Project management, Time tracking and Task management categories.

Best Value and Best Ease of Use in multiples categories: Construction management, Project management, Project planning, Time tracking, Team management, Task management, Project portfolio management, Nonprofit project management, Strategic planning.

Powered by real user feedback

These recognitions are based on user reviews from real teams using OpenProject in their day-to-day work. We’re proud to see our focus on reliable project delivery, clear collaboration, and strong support reflected in the feedback.

Thank you ❤️

A big thank you to everyone who shared a review and helped us grow. Your input helps us prioritize what matters most and keep improving OpenProject.

Whether you’re a team of five or fifty — as your organization grows, so does the number of projects, tasks, and priorities. At some point, work packages that once fit on one board become a sea of cards, and keeping focus becomes a challenge.

That’s why we created the Attribute highlighting feature: it helps you immediately see what needs your attention most. In this article, we’ll walk you through a relatable scenario and show how this feature can support you in staying focused and scaling successfully.

Important

Before February 2026, Attribute highlighting was part of the Enterprise edition in OpenProject. With the release of version 17.1, it is part of the free Community edition, because we value our Community a lot and aim to give “back” Enterprise add-ons to all users every few releases. You can find more information about this feature in our documentation.

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You’ve grown — now it’s time to change how you work

Things might be going well. Your organization is growing. More clients, more projects, more team members. But with growth comes complexity. What used to be a simple backlog is now a multi-project list of dozens — maybe hundreds — of open tasks. And suddenly, you’re no longer sure what’s urgent, what’s blocked, or what’s been waiting for weeks.

Your system hasn’t changed, but your needs have. And that’s a good thing — because it means it’s time to invest in new ways to keep your growing team aligned.

Clean up your work package table by highlighting priority, status or finish date

Let’s take your team’s work package table as an example. Imagine you’ve filtered for this month’s deliverables — but the list is still long. You spot tasks with due dates coming up, some that are marked high priority, and one that was updated just now. But it takes a few minutes of scrolling and reading to get the full picture.

That’s where Attribute highlighting comes in. This feature allows you to visually emphasize specific values in your work package table using color: overdue tasks can turn red, high-priority items might stand out in orange, and different status values can appear in clearly distinguishable shades.

With just a glance, your team can now immediately see:

• What’s overdue,
• What’s marked as high or urgent priority,
• What’s resolved or in progress.

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How Attribute highlighting works

Let’s say your team uses the Priority attribute and a custom status workflow. You can highlight individual attributes inline (Status, Priority, Finish date) or apply full-row highlighting based on Status, Type, or Priority.

Once you’ve set this up in the work package table view, your team sees these visual cues automatically — without needing to open each task individually.

Tip

You can configure which colors are used for each priority and status in the System administration. Learn how to adjust them for priorities and for statuses.

Let’s look at an example work package table and how it looks with different attributes highlighted. Please note that you can change the colors for work package attributes and that they might look different in dark mode or light mode.

1. No attribute highlighting

Image 1: A work package table in OpenProject, no attributes highlighted.

2. Status, Priority and Finish date highlighted inline

Image 2: A work package table in OpenProject, with inline-highlighted Status, Priority and Finish date.

3. Highlighted by Status

Image 3: A work package table in OpenProject, highlighted by Status.

4. Highlighted by Type

Image 4: A work package table in OpenProject, highlighted by Type.

5. Highlighted by Priority

Image 5: A work package table in OpenProject, highlighted by Priority.

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Other helpful features for prioritizing work packages

Attribute highlighting works best in combination with other prioritization features. Here are a few tools to support your growing team:

• Work package priorities
  Assign Low, Normal, or High to indicate importance.

• Status workflows
  Define which status transitions are possible and by whom, helping structure review and approval processes.

• Date alerts and reminders
  Automatically notify assignees or watchers when a due date is approaching.

• Versions
  Group work packages under a common version to align delivery and deadlines across tasks.

• Custom fields
  Add structured information to work packages that you can then use for filtering, highlighting, or grouping.

Each of these features helps you bring structure to complexity — and together, they make it easier to stay focused.

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Stay focused as you scale

Growth is exciting — but only sustainable if your tools grow with you. Features like Attribute highlighting can make a real difference: not by changing how you work, but by making it easier to see what matters.

With a growing team and more responsibilities, the ability to focus at a glance isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s essential. Let OpenProject help you take that next step.