Modern, Secure, Open Source Project Management

Cairina gives teams and security-focused organizations a full-featured project management solution—combining issues, boards, wikis, time tracking, CVE management, a modern ticketing system, and end-to-end cryptography.
Open source. Self-hostable. Built from the start for privacy and transparency.

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What Can Cairina Do?

Cairina is already usable for production teams! Here’s what it offers today:

Advanced Project Management

Create and organize projects, categories, assign members by role, invite customers.

Issues & Kanban Boards

Track issues, priorities, custom statuses, labels and boards. Use modern drag-and-drop Kanban with custom columns and swimlanes.

Wiki & Knowledge Base

Project-level wiki with markdown, attachments, page history and fine-grained permissions.

Service Desk / Ticketing

Secure customer portal. Email-integration for ticket creation. Assign, respond, escalate to issues. PGP support for fully encrypted communication.

Integrated CVE Management

First-class tracking for vulnerabilities. Full CVE registration workflow, embargoes, access controls, audit log, and notification system.

Time Tracking & Reporting

Log work, categorize, export reports (CSV, PDF), approval flows, customer billing. Visual calendar. .ics feeds for calendar export.

Extensible REST API

Modern, well-documented API for integration, automation, and reporting. See API docs

Privacy & Security First

End-to-end PGP for emails and attachments. Secure-by-default cryptography, strong audit trails. Open code, no vendor lock-in.

Project Status: Alpha & Actively Used

Cairina is in active development and already supports real workflows for small to medium teams. Bugs may exist—but you can deploy and use it today!

🚀 Ready To Use

Try the demo, or deploy on your server—see Git README.
We recommend using a test database for first-time evaluation.

👥 Community-Driven

We welcome all contributions: bugs, documentation, new features. See issues/PRs on our Git and join discussions in our Matrix room.

🔒 Security-Focused

Open review and auditability are our top values. If you are a cryptographer, security pro, or privacy advocate, your help is invaluable!

Join the Cairina Project

Whether you're a developer, cybersec expert, project lead, or simply passionate about open source, there’s room for you.