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How to install paca?
paca-ai/paca
$git clone https://github.com/paca-ai/pacaInstalls into the current project.
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Install paca by running `git clone https://github.com/paca-ai/paca`, then use it for the current task and follow its documentation at https://github.com/paca-ai/paca.
README.md
| 1 | <p align="center"> |
| 2 | <img src="docs/assets/paca-logo.svg" alt="Paca logo" width="256" /> |
| 3 | </p> |
| 4 | |
| 5 | <h1 align="center">Paca</h1> |
| 6 | |
| 7 | <p align="center"><strong>AI-native. Free. Lightweight. Open-source.<br/>The fully customizable alternative to Jira, Trello, ClickUp, and Monday.</strong></p> |
| 8 | |
| 9 | <p align="center"> |
| 10 | <a href="https://github.com/Paca-AI/paca/blob/master/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue" alt="License" /></a> |
| 11 | <a href="https://github.com/Paca-AI/paca/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/Paca-AI/paca" alt="Latest Release" /></a> |
| 12 | <a href="https://github.com/Paca-AI/paca/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Paca-AI/paca?style=social" alt="Stars" /></a> |
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| 19 | </p> |
| 20 | |
| 21 | <p align="center"> |
| 22 | <a href="#getting-started">Getting Started</a> |
| 23 | · |
| 24 | <a href="#mcp-server--connect-any-ai-agent-to-paca">MCP Server</a> |
| 25 | · |
| 26 | <a href="#paca-skills--claude-code-gemini-cli-cursor-and-more">Paca Skills</a> |
| 27 | · |
| 28 | <a href="docs/architecture/overview.md">Architecture</a> |
| 29 | · |
| 30 | <a href="CONTRIBUTING.md">Contributing</a> |
| 31 | · |
| 32 | <a href="ROADMAP.md">Roadmap</a> |
| 33 | </p> |
| 34 | |
| 35 | --- |
| 36 | |
| 37 | ## What is Paca? |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Paca is a **self-hosted project management platform** where AI agents and humans collaborate as equal teammates inside a Scrum team — not as chatbots bolted on the side. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | Jira gives you a backlog. ClickUp gives you automations. Monday gives you dashboards. **Paca gives your AI agents a seat at the table.** They join sprint planning, pick up tasks from the board, write BDD specs, and adapt alongside humans in real time. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Everything about Paca — its workflow, its data model, its UI — is **configurable and extendable via plugins**. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | --- |
| 46 | |
| 47 | ## Why Paca? |
| 48 | |
| 49 | | | Jira / Trello / ClickUp / Monday | **Paca** | |
| 50 | |:--|:--|:--| |
| 51 | | **AI integration** | Chatbot add-ons, peripheral automation | AI agents as first-class Scrum teammates | |
| 52 | | **Collaboration model** | Human-only by default | Human + AI, side by side on the same board | |
| 53 | | **Hosting** | Vendor cloud (your data, their servers) | Self-hosted, you own everything | |
| 54 | | **Cost** | $8–$20+ per seat/month | **Free forever** | |
| 55 | | **Customization** | Limited; locked behind enterprise tiers | **Fully open: configuration + plugins** | |
| 56 | | **Weight** | Bloated feature sprawl | Lightweight core; extend only what you need | |
| 57 | | **Source** | Closed / proprietary | **100% open-source (Apache 2.0)** | |
| 58 | |
| 59 | --- |
| 60 | |
| 61 | ## Core Idea: Humans and AI Agents, One Scrum Team |
| 62 | |
| 63 | The central insight behind Paca is that **AI agents should participate in the Scrum process**, not just generate output in isolation. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | In Paca, AI agents: |
| 66 | |
| 67 | - Are **assigned to sprints** and appear on the Scrumban board alongside human teammates |
| 68 | - **Pick up tasks** from the backlog and update their status in real time |
| 69 | - **Collaborate on BDD specs** — helping Product Owners and BAs write Gherkin scenarios |
| 70 | - **Contribute to System Design Documents** — keeping the architecture visible to the whole team |
| 71 | - **Probe, sense, and respond** to emerging complexity, just like a human would |
| 72 | |
| 73 | This is not automation. It is **genuine collaboration** — rooted in the Cynefin / Stacey framework's recognition that complex domains require teams, not pipelines. |
| 74 | |
| 75 | <p align="center"> |
| 76 | <img src="docs/assets/demo-assign-task.gif" width="720" alt="Paca Demo — AI Agents as Real Scrum Teammates on the Scrumban Board" /> |
| 77 | </p> |
| 78 | |
| 79 | --- |
| 80 | |
| 81 | ## Fully Customizable — Configuration and Plugins |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Paca ships as a small, focused core. Everything else is optional. |
| 84 | |
| 85 | **Configuration-driven:** workflows, statuses, field definitions, board layouts, sprint rules, and a |
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