Kaneo usekaneo/kaneo

Lightweight project management with board, list, calendar and Gantt views, backlog, time tracking and GitHub/Gitea links; MIT licensed.

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Kaneo at a glance

Checked 16 Oct 2026

Kaneo (v2.46.2, Oct 2026, ~9.5k stars, started Dec 2024) is a newer, simpler tool: board, list, calendar and Gantt views, a backlog, subtasks, dependencies, time tracking, a REST API and MCP. MIT licensed with no paid edition found in the repo; Kaneo Cloud is optional. Self-host as one app container plus PostgreSQL; plan for 2 GB RAM and 10 GB disk. No sprint or cycle planning is listed.

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How much of Jira does it replace?

4 of 5 jobs. Boards, backlog, Gantt and time tracking; no sprint planning listed. Feature parity not checked.

Issue and bug tracking Partial replacement

Backlogs and sprint planning Not covered

Scrum and Kanban boards Partial replacement

Roadmaps and Gantt timelines Partial replacement

Time tracking Partial replacement

For backlogs and sprint planning, see other Jira alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

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Runs on my machine? Self-hosted (Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Coolify, Railway) or Kaneo Cloud Kaneo runs as one application container plus PostgreSQL. kaneo.app · installation ↗ 1d ago

Code licence MIT github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence No separate model weights github.com · kaneo#readme ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use Yes, MIT github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? None required to self-host; Kaneo Cloud is optional Get started with Kaneo Cloud github.com · kaneo#installation ↗ 1d ago

Hardware At least 2 GB RAM and 10 GB disk for a small install For a small installation, plan for at least 2 GB of memory and 10 GB of free disk as a starting point. kaneo.app · installation ↗ 1d ago

Operating systems Official Docker Compose guide includes Linux/macOS host instructions for protecting .env; this supports a conditional Docker-host route, not native desktop builds. Windows host support is not explicitly documented there On Linux or macOS, run `chmod 600 .env`. github.com · docker-compose.mdx ↗ today

Setup effort Medium; Docker Compose with PostgreSQL Compose deployments need Docker and Docker Compose V2. kaneo.app · installation ↗ 1d ago