Pivotal Tracker
Shares rank 7 of 8 project management software by recommenders
People recommend Pivotal Tracker for its tidy API, its smooth fit with development work, and its velocity tracking. No critical comments were recorded.
People recommend Pivotal Tracker for its tidy API, its smooth fit with development work, and its velocity tracking. No critical comments were recorded.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Tidy API that integrates with development
“Pivotal's API was tidy and integrated nicely into our development process.”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week?” Velocity tracking that works well
“Tracker used to do this very well with velocity”
Comment from 21 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: Which one of the Pivotal Tracker successors do you use?” Used long after work ended
“I kept using Tracker after the engagement ended on personal projects”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Opentracker, an open source Pivotal Tracker” Nice, well-made software
“It was a nice piece of software.”
Comment from 30 Jun 2026 in “Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week?”
Other project management software people recommend
The four most recommended other project management software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Projects | 9 | 9 | 50% | 7 | — | — |
| Basecamp | 8 | 8 | 50% | 6 | — | — |
| OpenProject | 7 | 2 | 78% | 7 | — | — |
| ClickUp | 7 | 23 | 23% | 6 | — | — |
| Pivotal TrackerThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I kept using Tracker after the engagement ended on personal projects”
“Pivotal's API was tidy and integrated nicely into our development process.”
“It was a nice piece of software.”
“Tracker used to do this very well with velocity”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.