Kaneo

A modern project management tool with board, list, calendar and Gantt views, built to stay simple, self-hosted with Docker or Kubernetes.

9.7k stars, 925 forks TypeScript On GitHub since December 2024

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What is Kaneo?

Kaneo aims to be project management that does not become a project itself. Work appears in board, list, calendar or Gantt views, with a backlog, filters and search. Tasks keep their context together: descriptions, attachments, subtasks, dependencies, labels, comments and time tracking. Teams share workspaces with invitations, custom roles, live updates and public projects. It runs with PostgreSQL, and 18 translations of the interface are available.

Good fit if

  • You want a fresh, lightweight alternative to Jira or Linear for a small team.
  • You want Gantt and calendar views without a heavy install.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want a more established tracker with a large user base: Plane.
  • You only need kanban boards: PLANKA or Kan.

Before you adopt it

Kaneo is MIT-licensed and free, with a hosted cloud as an option. It is young, started in December 2024, and its creator writes most of the code. A Helm chart is included.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Kaneo health: is it still maintained?

78 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    1,758 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    4 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 78% of them.
    9 / 20
  • Releases
    12 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v2.48.0, on 26 October 2026.
    18 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 56% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 22 hours.
    16 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Kaneo license: is it open source?

Kaneo uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. December 2024First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run Kaneo yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
compose.yml: 2 services (postgres)
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
18 languages

Install instructions: kaneo.app or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Kaneo

Is Kaneo open source?

Yes. Kaneo is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Kaneo still maintained?

Its health score is 78 of 100 (actively developed). It had 1,758 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 26 October 2026.

How do I run Kaneo?

You can run it with Docker, on Kubernetes with the Helm chart in the repository. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Kaneo?

Close alternatives in the Project & task management category include OpenProject, Plane, Worklenz.