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Kaneo vs taskwarrior
Kaneo has 9,134 GitHub stars, 800 forks, 70 open issues and last shipped yesterday. taskwarrior has 6,076 stars, 421 forks, 436 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Kaneo leads on adoption by 50% (9,134 vs 6,076 stars). Kaneo is written in TypeScript under MIT; taskwarrior is written in C++ under MIT. Kaneo has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, taskwarrior 7%. Kaneo was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Kaneo | taskwarrior | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.1K | ★ 6.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 800 | ⑂ 421 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Kaneo if
- You weight community size — 9.1K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick taskwarrior if
- You want the taskwarrior feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and taskwarrior fits your workflow better
About Kaneo
Kaneo is an open source project management tool for development teams, published under the MIT license and written in TypeScript. It describes itself as "all you need, nothing you don't," and its README frames the design goal around restraint: the project's authors argue that the problem with most project management platforms is not a lack of features but an excess of them, where notifications, unnecessary buttons and complex workflows pull teams away from building products. Kaneo belongs to the self hosted project and work management ecosystem, and its topic list places it explicitly alongside issue trackers and…
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About taskwarrior
Taskwarrior is a portable, MIT licensed command line task list management utility written in C++ for people who track to dos and projects from a terminal instead of a graphical app.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Kaneo or taskwarrior more popular?
Kaneo has 9,134 GitHub stars and taskwarrior has 6,076. Kaneo has the larger community by that measure.
Are Kaneo and taskwarrior free?
Both are open source. Kaneo is licensed under MIT and taskwarrior under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Kaneo and taskwarrior?
Kaneo is written in TypeScript and taskwarrior in C++. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Kaneo or taskwarrior?
Choose Kaneo if you want the larger community (9,134 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose taskwarrior if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.