Kanzo

io.github.emanuele-em/kanzo

3/4 checks passed
Runs locally
No secrets
★ 133 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-27
Health score 59

About Kanzo

Kanzo is an MCP server published by the GitHub account emanuele-em. Self-hosted kanban for humans and agents. One 4 MB binary, starts in 2 ms, zero setup.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the cargo package kanzo at version 0.1.3.

It asks for no keys or passwords.

Version 0.1.3 was published on 27 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 7 automated checks on registry metadata: 3 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 3 info. How we check.

What it asks for

This server declares no environment variables, so it asks for no keys or settings.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/emanuele-em/kanzo
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for no secrets
Known package registry	Warn	Unrecognized registry: cargo
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account emanuele-em
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flags	Info	cargo packages are not read yet

Popularity & health: 59 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity11 / 40

198 GitHub stars, no download count, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity25 / 25

Last push 2026-10-28, last release 2026-10-27, 137 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

2 closed of 2 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

11 forks, 5 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.emanuele-em/kanzo`
Publisher	GitHub account emanuele-em
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account emanuele-em. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	cargo `kanzo` 0.1.3 (stdio)
Version	0.1.3
Published	2026-10-27
Last updated	2026-10-27
Source repository	https://github.com/emanuele-em/kanzo
Website	None linked
Category	Productivity & notes (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)