Wekan

An open-source Kanban board built with Meteor that you host on your own server.

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About Wekan

Wekan is a self-hosted Kanban board application in the style of Trello, built on the Meteor framework. Teams organize work as cards on boards and lists, and the project is translated into many languages through Transifex. The developers state that it has no telemetry.

The project has a long history, with more than 28,000 commits and an active main branch. GitHub issues are reserved for developers; commercial support is offered separately by the maintainers.

Strengths

  • Self-hosted, with no telemetry
  • Long-running project with frequent commits
  • Translated into many languages
  • Commercial support available

Limitations

  • You have to host and maintain it yourself
  • Community support is limited; GitHub issues are for developers only

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source, with optional paid commercial support.
License
MIT
Developer
The Wekan contributors
Platforms
Web, Self-hosted
How it runs
Self-hosted
Best suited for
Teams that want a Trello-style board on their own server
Categories
Office tools
Last verified
Added
Provenance
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