Alternatives to Wekan
An open-source Kanban board built with Meteor that you host on your own server. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Wekan
An open-source Kanban board built with Meteor that you host on your own server.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Wekan.
Trello
A web-based Kanban board app for organizing tasks and projects alone or in teams.
Trello removes the hosting work with a hosted Kanban service and templates, but its free plan caps boards and collaborators and self-hosting is not possible.
PLANKA
A self-hosted Kanban board for teams, with real-time collaboration and paid Pro editions.
PLANKA offers a polished Trello-like board with easy Docker deployment and optional managed cloud, but is source-available and SSO requires a paid edition.
Kanboard
A minimal self-hosted Kanban board for managing projects with drag-and-drop tasks.
Kanboard is a minimal MIT-licensed self-hosted Kanban board with work-in-progress limits and a task query language, deliberately plainer in features.
Vikunja
Manage tasks through a self-hostable project workspace.
Vikunja is an AGPL-3.0 self-hostable task workspace with a hosted option, organised around projects and tasks rather than only boards.
Taiga
An open-source agile project management tool with Scrum and Kanban support for cross-functional teams.
Taiga is an open-source self-hostable tool built around Scrum and Kanban workflows, aimed at agile software and product teams.
MeisterTask
A hosted task and project management platform for teams built around shared visual project boards.
MeisterTask is a hosted kanban board with time tracking and reports, hosted in Germany, which replaces self-hosting with a vendor service.
OpenProject
Open-source project management software with Gantt charts, agile boards, time tracking and cost reporting.
OpenProject adds Gantt charts, time tracking and cost reporting alongside agile boards, self-hosted, with some features on paid plans.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Redmine
Self-hosted open-source project management and issue tracking web application built on Ruby on Rails.
Plane
An open-source project management tool for work items, cycles, wikis and AI, cloud or self-hosted.
Leantime
Open-source project management software designed for non-project managers and people with ADHD, dyslexia or autism.
Huly
An open-source team platform combining project tracking, chat, documents, planning and video meetings.
Asana
A hosted work and project management app for planning tasks, projects and team workflows.
ClickUp
A web-based work management app combining tasks, docs, chat, whiteboards and AI features.
