# Paca 14 Hacker News commenters recommended Paca and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended as a smaller, cheaper, AI-focused alternative to Jira for solo engineers. One critic found the AI agent needs manual prompting to check tasks. ## Why people recommend it - Built for AI-assisted coding workflows (3 comments): "I think this is capturing the current need - solo vibe engineers that need structured task tracking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520034)) "Feels like it's geared toward actually enabling the "dark factory"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519406)) "Traditional Jira feels way too slow when vibecoding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516074)) - Smaller and cheaper than Jira (2 comments): "Better than what I have, smaller/cheaper/more AI focused than Jira." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517021)) "now I just saved 10$/month with this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517686)) - Matches what people were looking for (2 comments): "This is exactly what I was going to build next" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516581)) "This is what was for looking for." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48554439)) ## What people warn about - Security policy link returns 404 (1 comments): "Thanks for having a security policy. However I'm getting a 404" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519870)) - Unspecified minor concerns raised (1 comments): "I really love the concept, but I have a few minor concerns" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48524905)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Apple Reminders](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-reminders.md): 15 recommend - [Todoist](https://hackerapproved.com/p/todoist.md): 13 recommend - [Minimal Monthly Task Planner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minimal-monthly-task-planner.md): 11 recommend - [Taskwarrior](https://hackerapproved.com/p/taskwarrior.md): 9 recommend - [Things 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/things.md): 9 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Paca", https://hackerapproved.com/p/paca/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).