WeKan wekan/wekan

Long-running MIT kanban board app with swimlanes, calendar, Gantt and table views, Trello import, and Windows, Mac and Linux bundles.

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WeKan at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

WeKan (v12.48, Oct 2026, ~21k stars) is a Trello-style kanban app with swimlanes, lists, cards, checklists, calendar, Gantt, table and timeline views, and importers for Trello, Jira and many others. MIT licensed. Ships as a Windows/Mac/Linux bundle with bundled SQLite (no database server), Snap, AppImage, Docker or Kubernetes. Needs 1 GB free RAM (4 GB total for production). No undo; the project stresses backups and staying on the newest version.

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How much of Trello does it replace?

3 of 3 jobs. Real-time kanban with calendar and Gantt views and Trello import; feature parity not checked.

Kanban boards (boards Partial replacement

Shared boards with comments and live updates Partial replacement

Calendar and timeline views Partial replacement

How much of monday work management does it replace?

1 of 4 jobs. Collaborative Kanban boards cover visual task tracking; it does not replace the complete monday automation, reporting and app ecosystem.

Tasks, assignees and deadlines Not covered

Kanban task boards Partial replacement

Roadmaps and Gantt timelines Not covered

Project workflow automations Not covered

For tasks, assignees and deadlines, roadmaps and Gantt timelines, project workflow automations, see other monday work management alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

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Runs on my machine? Own computer or server; a paid SaaS also exists Since WeKan ® is a free software, you don’t have to trust us with your data and can install Wekan on your own computer or server. github.com · wekan#about-wekan- ↗ 1d ago

Code licence MIT WeKan ® is a FLOSS collaborative kanban board application with MIT license. github.com · wekan#about-wekan- ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence No separate model weights github.com · wekan#readme ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use Yes, MIT WeKan ® is a FLOSS collaborative kanban board application with MIT license. github.com · wekan#about-wekan- ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? None required; paid SaaS admin panel and pre-paid support are optional Free with App or Paid with Admin Panel github.com · wekan#about-wekan- ↗ 1d ago

Hardware 1 GB free RAM for WeKan; 4 GB total RAM for a production server 1 GB RAM minimum free for WeKan ®. Production server should have minimum total 4 GB RAM. github.com · wekan#requirements ↗ 1d ago

Operating systems Windows, macOS and Linux bundles; Snap, AppImage, Docker, Kubernetes Windows/Mac/Linux bundle .zip wekan.fi · install ↗ 1d ago

Setup effort Easy; unzip the bundle (includes Node.js and SQLite) or install the Snap no container, includes Node.js/FerretDB v1/SQLite and start-wekan script wekan.fi · install ↗ 1d ago