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Self-Hosting Wekan: Open Source Kanban Board

Wekan is a self-hosted Trello alternative. Kanban boards, lists, cards, checklists, and team collaboration.

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What Is Wekan?


Wekan is an open-source kanban board, like Trello but self-hosted.


Features


  • Boards with lists and cards
  • Drag-and-drop cards between lists
  • Card descriptions with Markdown
  • Checklists within cards
  • Due dates and assignments
  • Labels and colors
  • Swimlanes
  • Card comments
  • File attachments
  • Activity feed
  • Board templates

    • Wekan vs Trello


  • Wekan: Self-hosted, free, unlimited boards
  • Trello: Cloud-based, free tier limited, $5/user/month Standard

    • Wekan vs Plane vs Focalboard


  • Wekan: Pure kanban, Trello-like
  • Plane: Full project management (issues, sprints)
  • Focalboard: Multiple views (kanban, table, gallery)

    • Wekan for teams that just want kanban. Plane for software development. Focalboard for flexible views.


    Deployment


    1. Deploy Wekan on TinyPod

    2. Create boards for your projects

    3. Add lists (To Do, In Progress, Done)

    4. Start adding cards

    5. Invite team members


    Resources: 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM.