For developers
Project management for developers
Ember is calm, privacy-first project management built for indie and solo developers. No sprints, no ceremony: just fast native apps, MCP support for AI agents, and tasks that stay out of your way.
- Free for solo use
- Built in the EU, no tracking
- macOS, Windows, Linux, and web
Sound familiar?
Built for shipping, not process
Running sprint ceremony for a team of one.
Milestones and a ranked Do Next list. Plan the week, ship today.
Ticket forms full of fields you never fill in.
Status, priority, estimate, and a Markdown description with diagrams and checklists.
AI agents that need your data in someone else's cloud.
MCP that works with a local model, plus a log of every change an agent makes.
The smallest set of features that lets you ship
Enterprise tools make a team of one run an enterprise process. Ember does the opposite.
No sprints, no ceremony
Skip cycles, velocity charts, and ticket lifecycles. Built-in statuses work out of the box, and you can add one like In Review if you need it.
Connect AI agents with MCP
Agents can create and update tasks, plan milestones, and write notes. Run a local model via Ollama or LM Studio and your task data never leaves your machine.
Fast and native
Native desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux that open instantly, plus a web app when you're away from your machine.
Quiet by default
No notifications, no inbox, no @mentions. You stay in deep work and check in only when you choose to.
AI agents
See exactly what your agents changed
Every project has an Activity tab that shows who changed what and when. Changes made over MCP are marked, so you can let an agent triage tasks and still review its work.
How MCP works in Ember
Dashboard
Open Ember, see what to do next
Do Next ranks open tasks by due date and priority and tells you why each one is there, so you can start coding instead of triaging.
Privacy you can actually verify
Ember is built in the European Union and GDPR-compliant by design. With MCP and a local model, your task data can stay entirely on your machine.
- No behavioral analytics or session recording
- No ads, and no selling or sharing your data
- No AI trained on your content
- Export everything, any time
Coming from another tool?
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Developer questions, answered
Is Ember a good project manager for indie developers?
Yes. Ember is built for solo and small-team developers who don't need sprints, velocity tracking, or ticket workflows. It keeps task management simple so you spend time shipping, not administering a tool.
Does Ember support AI agents or MCP?
Yes. Ember supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), so any MCP-compatible agent — Claude, a local assistant, or your own setup — can read your tasks, create new ones, update statuses, plan milestones, and write notes. Connect a local model and your data stays on your machine.
Does Ember have sprints like Jira or Linear?
No, by design. Ember has no sprint or cycle model, no velocity charts, and no ticket lifecycle. You plan your week and focus on today without agile ceremony.
Is Ember free for solo developers?
Yes. Ember is free forever for solo use, with unlimited projects and tasks plus 2 collaborator seats. You only pay a flat €5/seat/month when you add more than two people.
Does Ember run on Linux?
Yes. Ember ships native Linux builds (AppImage, .deb, and .rpm) alongside macOS and Windows apps, with a strong privacy posture that fits the Linux audience.
Plan less. Ship more.
Free for solo use. No configuration required. Open it and get to work.