What is WeKan?
Boards with swimlanes, automation rules, Gantt and Scrum views that teams run on their own servers.
Who is WeKan best for?
WeKan is best for teams and public bodies that want Trello-style kanban boards on servers they control.
Leaving Trello or Jira
Boards import from Trello, Jira, Asana, ClickUp, monday.com, Notion and many other tools.
Scrum and flow metrics
Backlogs, sprints, velocity, burndown and cycle-time charts sit beside the usual swimlanes and lists.
Automating card moves
IFTTT-style rules move, label or update cards, and Trello Butler or n8n rules can be imported.
Multilingual teams
The interface is translated into more than 200 languages.
How much does WeKan cost?
WeKan is free to self-host under the MIT licence, its free web app needs no install, and the official hosted version with an admin panel costs €50 a year.
- Snap, Docker, Kubernetes or zip bundle
- Admin panel included
- Automatic updates with the Snap
- Runs in any browser at boards.wekan.team
- No admin panel
- Hosted in Finland
- Admin panel and unlimited everything
- Your own subdomain or custom domain
- Servers in Finland
Paid support is sold separately: €100 per case, €100 an hour, or yearly plans from €500 for 5 hours up to €5,000 for 50 hours over 3 years. Sales are business to business and non-refundable. Full pricing on wekan.fi. We checked these prices on .
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Is WeKan open source?
Yes. WeKan's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
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- Last commit
- 12 Nov
- Repository age
- 12 years
- Latest release
- 12 Nov
- Licence
- MIT
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- wekan/wekan
What are the best WeKan alternatives?
WeKan is an open source alternative to ScrumDesk, Trello and ClickUp. Plane, Colanode and Taiga do the same job and are open source too.
ScrumDeskFreeScrum boards, backlogs and OKRs for agile teams.
TrelloFreeCard and list boards for tracking to-dos and team work, with an inbox, planner and automation.
ClickUpFreeTasks, docs and chat with an AI layer across the workspace.
PlaneOpen SourceTrack issues, sprints and roadmaps in one workspace for software and product teams.
ColanodeOpen SourceLocal-first workspace with team chat, Notion-style pages, databases and shared file storage.
TaigaOpen SourceAgile project tool for Scrum and Kanban teams, with backlogs, sprints, epics and issues.
Questions about WeKan
What is WeKan?
Boards with swimlanes, automation rules, Gantt and Scrum views that teams run on their own servers.
Who is WeKan for?
WeKan is best for teams and public bodies that want Trello-style kanban boards on servers they control.
Is WeKan free?
Yes. WeKan has a free Self-hosted plan: snap, Docker, Kubernetes or zip bundle.
How much does WeKan cost?
WeKan's paid plans are Official SaaS at €50 per year.
Is WeKan open source?
Yes. WeKan's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best WeKan alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are ScrumDesk, Trello, ClickUp, Plane, Colanode and Taiga.
Where can I try WeKan?
On its official website, wekan.fi.
Does WeKan need MongoDB?
No. Every WeKan package uses FerretDB on SQLite by default, so you do not need a separate database server. PostgreSQL also works, and MongoDB 6 to 9 is still supported.
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