Our take
Activeregular commits and releases- Activity
- 90
- Community
- 86
- Issues
- 84
- Pull requests
- 79
+198 stars in the last 16 days
- Releases more often than 93% of the projects we track
- Merges more pull requests than 85% of the projects we track
- Closes issues faster than 82% of the projects we track
Kaneo is a actively maintained, feature-rich project management option for teams that want flexible planning views and a choice between hosted and self-hosted use.
Good fit if
- Your team wants multiple ways to view tasks and keep discussions, dependencies, and attachments with the work.
- You need self-hosting or want integrations with GitHub, Gitea, webhooks, or MCP.
- You value an active project with regular commits and releases and contributions from a broad contributor base.
Look elsewhere if
- You cannot operate a service that requires the specified Node.js runtime, or do not want to manage a self-hosted deployment.
- Your workflow depends on capabilities beyond the views, integrations, and task features documented by the project.
- You need a project with a long-established history, rather than one created recently.
All health signals
| Last commit | 2026-10-06 (today) |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 90 days | 100+ |
| Releases, last 12 months | 100+ (latest v2.34.0, 2026-10-06) |
| Contributors | 100+ (top contributor: 35% of commits) |
| Issues closed, last 90 days | 11+ (typically closed in 0 days) |
| Project age | 21 months |
Checked on 2026-10-06 with the GitHub API.
Overview
Kaneo is a project management app for organizing team work across projects, tasks, and configurable workflows. It brings planning views, task context, collaboration, and notifications together, with the goal of avoiding the complexity teams can encounter in larger project management tools.
Teams can use Kaneo through its hosted service or run it themselves. Its integrations and REST API also make it relevant to teams that want project work connected to repository activity or other tools.
Key Features
- Board, list, calendar, and Gantt views, with backlog, filters, and search.
- Tasks with descriptions, attachments, subtasks, dependencies, labels, comments, and time tracking.
- Shared workspaces, invitations, custom roles, live updates, and public project views.
- Custom columns and fields, with rules that can move tasks in response to repository activity.
- Notifications through the app, email, ntfy, Gotify, and personal webhooks.
- GitHub and Gitea integrations, chat integrations, project webhooks, a REST API, and MCP support for AI assistants.
Use Cases
- A small product team can plan and track work across board, list, or calendar views without splitting task details across separate tools.
- A team that uses GitHub or Gitea can connect repository activity to project workflows and task movement.
- An organization that wants control over where its project management service runs can choose self-hosting instead of Kaneo Cloud.
- Teams building internal workflows can use custom fields, roles, webhooks, and the REST API to adapt Kaneo to their processes.
What you need
Detected in the repository
- Node.js ^24.11.0 || >=26.0.0 (from package.json)
- A Compose file to run it with its related services
- A Helm chart for Kubernetes
- A test suite and automated checks on GitHub Actions
License in plain words
MITpermissive
- Commercial use: yes
- Modify and redistribute: yes
- You must keep: the copyright and license notice
- Share your changes: no
A summary, not legal advice: the LICENSE file is what applies.
Getting Started
Choose Kaneo Cloud or follow the self-hosted installation guide. See the repository README for project details and contribution guidance.
Alternatives
- namviek: Namviek targets small development teams with core planning features, while Kaneo offers board, list, calendar, and Gantt views plus task discussions and integrations.
- plane: Plane organizes work items with cycles and modules, while Kaneo emphasizes multiple task views, including calendar and Gantt, alongside discussions and integrations.
| Project | Language | License | Stars | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kaneo | TypeScript | MIT | 9.4k | Active |
| namviek | TypeScript | GPL-3.0 | 2.6k | Quiet |
| plane | TypeScript | AGPL-3.0 | 60.3k | Active |
Considerations
Kaneo is a relatively young project, so teams evaluating it for long-term adoption should assess its maturity against their needs. Its measured activity is strong, with regular commits and releases, and contributions are not concentrated in a single person; issue closure activity has also been recorded recently.
Self-hosting requires a compatible Node.js version. The repository documents Docker Compose and Helm support, but not a standalone Docker requirement. Check the installation guide for deployment specifics and operational needs before choosing a hosting approach.
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