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Paca-AI/paca

Paca is an Apache-2.0, AI-native project management platform (self-hosted, written in Go) that gives AI agents a seat at the Scrum table alongside humans - same board, same sprints, same goals. Unlike Jira/Trello/ClickUp/Monday clones, agents in Paca join sprint planning, pick up tasks from the board, write BDD specs, and adapt in real time, with full configurability via plugins (WASM plugins for

Score7.8
Popularity80.0
Risknone
TierSilver
Score breakdown
Usefulness7.0
Novelty8.0
Momentum8.0
Maturity7.3
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential8.9
Setup ease6.4

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for Scrum teams tired of paying for Jira/ClickUp and tired of pretending their AI assistant is a teammate. Self-host Paca (single Go binary + Postgres), enable the MCP server, point Claude Code or OpenHands at it, and watch agents pick up tasks from the board and write BDD specs the same way humans do.

Who should use it

Scrum teams tired of paying for Jira/ClickUp and tired of pretending their AI assistant is a teammateself-hosted teams who need project management on their own infrastructure (single Go binary + Postgres)agent developers who want Claude Code / OpenHands / Codex to pick up tasks from the board via MCPteams who want full configurability via WASM plugins instead of forking the project management binaryBDD teams who want AI agents writing Gherkin specs alongside humans

Who should skip it

Skip if the source link, docs, or setup requirements do not match your workflow.

Risk explanation

No inherent user-impacting risk is flagged from the captured evidence.

Evidence links

Closest alternatives / related signals

project-managementscrumjira-alternativeclickup-alternativetrello-alternativeai-agentsmcpwasm-plugins