Boomerang Tasks and Claude Task Master, fact by fact
| Fact | Boomerang Tasks | Claude Task Master |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | not tracked for Boomerang Tasks | 28,185Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Newest commit | not tracked for Boomerang Tasks | 23 Apr 2026168 days old when we read itVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Contributors | not tracked for Boomerang Tasks | 56Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| License | not tracked for Boomerang Tasks | OtherVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Latest stable release | not tracked for Boomerang Tasks | task-master-ai@0.43.1published 31 Mar 2026Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| npm downloads | not tracked for Boomerang Tasks | 26,072 a weektask-master-aiVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Repository | not tracked for Boomerang Tasks | eyaltoledano/claude-task-masterJavaScriptVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
What our catalogue holds
These are curated rows, not readings. We state no difference between the two columns because we have not checked either of them.
| Catalogue field | Boomerang Tasks | Claude Task Master |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Task Management | Task Management |
| Where it runs | Plugin | Plugin |
| Pricing string, uncheckedWrong on 43 of our 190 rows. Not a price of ours. | Included with Roo Code | Open Source |
| Vendor page | docs.roocode.com | github.com |
What we know about Claude Task Master
Task Master is not a coding agent: it is an MCP server that turns a written requirements document into a dependency-ordered task list and exposes 36 tools that your existing agent calls.
“**All Tools (36):** Complete set including project setup, task management, analysis, dependencies, tags, research, and more”
Split a written PRD into ordered tasks before any agent writes code, with `task-master parse-prd your-prd.txt`.
“# Parse a PRD and generate tasks · task-master parse-prd your-prd.txt”
Cut the tool-list cost in a long agent session: `TASK_MASTER_TOOLS="core"` exposes 7 tools instead of 36, which the project measures at roughly 70% fewer tokens.
“# Core mode example (~70% token reduction)”
Keep a separate research model from the one that writes: Task Master takes a main model, a research model and a fallback.
“You can define 3 types of models to be used: the main model, the research model, and the fallback model (in case either the main or research fail).”
The licence is not open source: MIT with Commons Clause bars selling Task Master, hosting it as a service, or building a competing product on it.
“❌ **Not Allowed**: · - Sell Task Master itself · - Offer Task Master as a hosted service · - Create competing products based on Task Master”
The core function times out on the input it is built for: parsing a large PRD disconnects the client after 301 seconds, open since 2025-12-10.
“bug: 301-Second Timeout on Large PRD Parsing (Client Disconnect)”
Nothing has shipped for months: the last release is `task-master-ai@0.43.1` from 2026-03-31 and the last commit is 2026-04-28, 112 days ago.
“task-master-ai@0.43.1”
A team that wants planning inside a maintained agent should use OpenCode's plan agent or GitHub Copilot CLI's plan mode instead of adding a stalled MCP server.
“In plan mode, Copilot analyzes your request, asks clarifying questions to understand scope and requirements, and builds a plan before writing any code.”
What Claude Task Master costs
Task Master charges nothing for itself; every AI command needs your own provider key, or a Claude Code or Codex CLI login.
“Taskmaster utilizes AI across several commands, and those require a separate API key.”
What this page does not answer
We have researched Claude Task Master and we have not researched Boomerang Tasks. That means the judgments above answer for one tool and not for the other, and we publish no price for Boomerang Tasks because we have not read its pricing page. Nothing on this page about Boomerang Tasks is our opinion; there is not enough evidence yet for one.
Questions people ask
- Are Boomerang Tasks and Claude Task Master still maintained?
- Boomerang Tasks has no repository we track. Task Master is slowing: no commit since 2026-04-28, 112 days, and no release since `task-master-ai@0.43.1` on 2026-03-31. Both readings come from the default branch of each repository, on the date shown beside them.
- What does Claude Task Master cost?
- Boomerang Tasks: we have not read its pricing page, so we publish no price for it. Claude Task Master: Task Master charges nothing for itself; every AI command needs your own provider key, or a Claude Code or Codex CLI login. Every figure here is quoted from the vendor's own page and linked beside the claim.
- Is Boomerang Tasks or Claude Task Master open source?
- We have not read a licence for Boomerang Tasks. Claude Task Master's repository eyaltoledano/claude-task-master reports the Other licence. We read the licence GitHub reports for the repository, which is not the same question as whether the hosted product is free.
How we check this page
- Machine facts. Stars, contributors, the newest commit on the default branch, the licence GitHub reports and the latest stable release come from the GitHub API, and download counts from npm, PyPI, Homebrew and the VS Code Marketplace. Each value carries the day it was last confirmed, never the day this page was built. The line under each label is arithmetic on those two values.
- Judgments. Every claim about what a tool suits, what it is bad at and what it costs is quoted from a page we read, and that page is linked beside the claim. Where there is no link, we wrote no claim.
- Index status. Claude Task Master carries claims we read, quoted and linked; Boomerang Tasks does not. So this page is offered to search engines.
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