WeKan

A long-running open-source kanban board for personal to-dos and team projects, built with Meteor, with swimlanes, checklists and many integrations.

21.1k stars, 3k forks JavaScript On GitHub since January 2014

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What is WeKan?

WeKan gives you Trello-style boards with lists, swimlanes, cards, checklists, labels, due dates and attachments, for anything from a personal to-do list to a team project. It has been developed since 2014, supports sign-in through LDAP, OAuth2 and other methods, imports boards from Trello and other tools, and offers webhooks and a REST API. It can be installed with Docker, Snap or as builds for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Good fit if

  • You want a self-hosted Trello replacement with a long track record.
  • You need LDAP or OAuth2 sign-in for an organization.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want a faster, more modern board: PLANKA or Kan.
  • You need full project management with Gantt and time tracking: OpenProject.

Before you adopt it

WeKan is MIT-licensed and free. Its maintainer, Lauri Ojansivu, has led development for many years and makes very frequent releases, so check upgrade notes when updating.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

WeKan health: is it still maintained?

68 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    21,088 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    2 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 99% of them.
    4 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v12.77, on 31 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Too few recent issues from outside the team to measure, so this part gets a neutral score.
    10 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 4.6 of 10.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

WeKan license: is it open source?

WeKan uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. January 2014First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run WeKan yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 2 services
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Windows, macOS, Linux, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: wekan.fi or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about WeKan

Is WeKan open source?

Yes. WeKan is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is WeKan still maintained?

Its health score is 68 of 100 (actively developed). It had 21,088 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 31 October 2026.

How do I run WeKan?

You can run it with Docker, as an app for Windows, macOS, Linux, including ARM. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to WeKan?

Close alternatives in the Project & task management category include OpenProject, Kaneo, Kanboard.