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I Built an Open-Source Canny Alternative Using Spec-First AI Development. Here's the Methodology.

By Sriram Gopalan

devto-nextjs4h ago · Jun 30, 2026

OpenCan v2.0.0 is out — an open-source, self-hostable alternative to Canny. AGPL-3.0, deploys with a single Docker Compose file. This post covers what it does, the stack, and — what I think is the more interesting part — the development methodology I used to build it: spec-first, AI-assisted, with mandatory review passes before anything shipped. Repo: https://github.com/sriramgopalan/opencan https://demo.opencan.dev https://opencan.dev/docs The core loop: customers submit and vote on feature req

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