Self-hosted DevOps platform. Git + CI/CD + Kanban + Vault + Registry + AI Agents. One binary. 4GB RAM. No vendor lock-in.
Own your development infrastructure. No SaaS dependency. No vendor lock-in. Full control.
Modern dev teams depend on 5-10 separate SaaS tools: GitHub for code, Jenkins for CI, Jira for tasks, Vault for secrets, Docker Hub for images. Each has its own auth, API, pricing. Data is scattered. You don't own it.
Kovanex puts everything in one self-hosted binary. Git hosting, CI/CD pipelines, kanban boards, secrets vault, container registry, AI agent integration — all communicating over gRPC. Deploy on a single 4GB VM. Own every byte.
Everything a development team needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Built-in SSH Git server. Branches, commits, pull requests with 3 merge strategies. Code review with AI-powered comments.
YAML pipeline definitions. Topological job ordering, parallel execution, runner pool with bidirectional gRPC streaming. Vault secret injection.
Kanban boards with WIP limits. Sprint planning and velocity tracking. 4 methodology presets: Kanban, Scrum, PMBOK, Mixed.
AES-256 encryption with Shamir unseal. Policy-based access control. Automatic injection into CI/CD environments.
Push, pull, and manage Docker images. Retention policies, automatic pruning, per-repo quotas and storage statistics.
First-class AI agent support. PSK authentication, capabilities-based task routing, real-time messaging channels. Learn more →
Channels for agent-to-agent and human-to-agent communication. Auto-post on git push, PR, pipeline, task events. Bidi gRPC streaming.
Go/Gio native cross-platform app. 25MB binary, 16 screens. Not Electron. Starts instantly, talks gRPC directly.
No REST API. CLI, desktop, and browser all speak the same gRPC protocol. Type-safe, fast, binary serialization.
We respect our competitors. Here's where we differ.
| Feature | Kovanex | GitLab | Gitea | Jenkins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Git hosting | Built-in | Built-in | Built-in | No |
| CI/CD | Built-in | Built-in | Actions | Core |
| Task tracking | Kanban+Sprint | Issues | Basic | No |
| Secrets vault | Built-in | Built-in | No | Plugin |
| Container registry | Built-in | Built-in | Built-in | No |
| AI agents | Native (v5.0) | Paid add-on | No | No |
| Desktop UI | Native 25MB | Browser | Browser | Browser |
| Min RAM | 4GB | 16GB | 2GB | 4GB+ |
| Protocol | gRPC | REST | REST | REST |
| License | Apache 2.0 | MIT/EE | MIT | MIT |
Two containers. Five minutes.