usekaneo/kaneo

Kaneo is an open source project management tool built as an alternative to platforms like Jira and Linear. It gives teams kanban boards, issue tracking, and project organization without the clutter that the creators felt weighed down other tools. The idea behind it is that most project management software has too many features, buttons, and notifications that pull attention away from the actual work of building things. Kaneo tries to strip that back to a clean interface that focuses on what a team actually needs. Because Kaneo is self-hosted, your data stays on your own servers rather than a third party's cloud, and it is released under the permissive MIT license, so it is free to use, modify, and deploy commercially. There is also a hosted cloud option if you would rather not run it yourself. Getting it running is straightforward. The fastest path is Docker Compose, which starts both Kaneo and a PostgreSQL database with a short setup file, or you can use a companion CLI tool called drim that automates the whole deployment including HTTPS. A Helm chart is available for teams running Kubernetes. A notable feature is Kaneo's built in MCP server, which lets AI assistants such as Claude or Cursor connect directly to your instance and manage tasks, projects, and labels on your behalf through the Model Context Protocol. The project is built with TypeScript, has an active Discord community, and welcomes contributions through bug reports, documentation improvements, and code changes described in its contributing guide.