Paca-AI
To democratize human-AI collaboration by providing a free, self-hosted project management platform where AI agents participate as first-class Scrum teammates.
At a Glance
- Agile software teams
- Startups
- Open-source contributors
- AI engineering teams
AI Tools by Paca-AI
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Paca
Open Source AI Scrum Platform
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Latest News
Show HN: Paca – Lightweight Jira alternative for human-AI collaboration
Release v0.4.0: In-app AI chat, Activity diff & revert, and more
Paca-AI launches Paca: The AI-native PM platform for Scrum teams
Paca-AI MCP Server published to npm
Products & Services
A self-hosted, AI-native alternative to Jira and Trello where AI agents and humans share a single Scrumban board as equal teammates.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enabling AI agents like Claude to interact directly with Paca projects, tasks, and sprints.
A set of natural-language commands for Claude Code to manage tasks, epics, and documentation within Paca.
Market Position
Positions itself as a lightweight, AI-native, and self-hosted alternative to enterprise tools like Jira and ClickUp, focusing on deep agent integration over feature bloat.
Leadership
Founders
Hải Huỳnh
AI/ML Engineer and Data Scientist based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Previously an AI/ML engineer at Smulie, an AI music edtech startup. Known as 'pikann' on GitHub and 'pikann22' on Hacker News.
Executive Team
Hải Huỳnh
Founder & Lead Developer
AI/ML Engineer with experience in music edtech (Smulie) and open-source development.
Founding Story
Inspired by the desire to treat AI agents as real teammates rather than peripheral chatbots, Paca was built to make agile workflows AI-native. The name 'Paca' is a pun on the Japanese word 'Baka' (silly), a nod to early AI hallucinations.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Free, open-source project. No current paid tiers or reported revenue figures.
Pricing Tiers
100% free and open-source (Apache 2.0). Self-hosted via Docker Compose. Full access to all features and plugin system.
Target Markets
- Agile software teams
- Startups
- Open-source contributors
- AI engineering teams
- Agile software development
- Human-AI collaborative teams
- Teams requiring data sovereignty/self-hosting
- Scrum and Scrumban project management
- Community open-source users
- Early adopters in the AI agent space