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I built OpenArca β€” a self-hosted workflow tool for developer teams (open source)

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Hey everyone πŸ‘‹

I wanted to share a small project I recently open-sourced β€” OpenArca www.openarca.com

It started as an internal tool because I couldn’t find something that felt right between heavy project management systems and simple task boards. Most tools were either too complex or didn’t keep enough execution context for developer work.

So I built something focused on:

  • self-hosted workflow for dev teams
  • ticket lifecycle + Kanban board
  • developer TODO flow synced with tickets
  • passwordless OTP login
  • lightweight Docker setup
  • open source (AGPL-3.0)

The main idea is simple: keep context alive between tickets, tasks, and real execution.

The project is still evolving, and I’d really love feedback from people running self-hosted setups or working in small engineering teams.

If you want to try it, test it, or contribute:

https://github.com/visiolab-studio/OpenArca

I’m open to ideas, suggestions, and contributions πŸ™‚

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