Wekan

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

Wekan is an open-source kanban board platform — Trello-style boards with cards, lists, swimlanes, custom fields, time tracking, voting. Node.js + MongoDB. Designed as a Trello alternative for self-hosters who refuse to commit to Atlassian.

For teams who liked Trello pre-Atlassian-acquisition and want the same experience on their own infrastructure, Wekan is the spiritual successor.

What it's for

  • Kanban boards — visual task management
  • Project tracking — multiple boards per project
  • Personal todos — single-user task organization
  • Multi-team coordination — shared boards across teams
  • Educational projects — student project boards

Who it's for

  • Small teams rejecting Trello / Atlassian
  • Solo users wanting visual task management
  • Educational orgs running student project boards
  • Privacy-bound orgs keeping task data on-prem
  • Cost-conscious teams at any scale

Why teams pick Wekan over alternatives

  • MIT license — fully open
  • Trello-like UX — easy onboarding for ex-Trello users
  • Swimlanes — group cards horizontally beyond lists
  • Time tracking — built-in time logs
  • Custom fields — extend cards with custom data
  • Active development — community-driven

Integrations

  • Authentication — local + OAuth (Google, GitHub, custom OIDC) + LDAP
  • Email — SMTP for invite + notifications
  • API — REST API for programmatic access
  • Webhooks — fire on card events
  • Import — Trello board import
  • Notifications — email + in-app
  • Custom fields — extend cards

Notable users & community

  • 20k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by self-hosters and small teams worldwide
  • Active GitHub Discussions
  • Long-running OSS project
  • Featured in Trello-alternative roundups

Tips & operations

  • MongoDB sizing — card data grows; plan disk
  • Persist volumes — MongoDB + attachments
  • Permissions per board — public vs private vs team
  • Backup MongoDB + uploads — both essential
  • OAuth setup — local accounts proliferate; SSO early
  • Trello import — useful for migration

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker compose: Wekan + MongoDB
  • Pinned wekanteam/wekan:v7 (release-tagged)
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
  • Admin user via env config
  • Persistent volumes for MongoDB + attachments
  • SMTP placeholder for notifications
  • Backup hook covers MongoDB + attachments
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