Paca is an open-source project management tool designed for collaboration between humans and AI agents. It is built as a lightweight alternative to Jira, focusing on simplicity and AI integration. The tool is available on GitHub under the Paca-AI organization. Its development reflects a growing trend toward tools that accommodate AI agents as first-class participants in workflows.
Paca is a signal. Not just another Jira clone. It’s built for a world where AI agents are teammates. Jira was designed for humans. Paca assumes AI will read tickets, update statuses, maybe even assign work to itself. That’s a fundamental shift.
We’re moving beyond tools that merely support AI. We need tools that treat AI as a peer. Paca is early, but it points to a future where project management is less about human bottlenecks and more about orchestration. The question isn’t if AI will join the standup. It’s how we’ll manage the standup when AI is in the room.