WeKan ® - Open Source kanban by wekan
The Open Source kanban, built with Meteor. GitHub issues/PRs are only for FLOSS Developers, not for support, support is at https://wekan.fi/commercial-support/ . New English strings for new features at imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json . Non-English translations at https://app.transifex.com/wekan/wekan only.
About WeKan ® - Open Source kanban
From the project's README at github.com/wekan/wekan. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
https://wekan.fi/install/ Docker Containers GitHub Quay Docker Hub
docker-compose.yml at https://github.com/wekan/wekan/blob/main/docker-compose.yml Standards WeKan and Standard for Public Code assessment was made at 2023-11. Currently Wekan meets 8 out of 16 criteria out of the box. Some others could be met with small changes. Code stats CII Best Practices Code Climate Open Hub OSS Insight Translate WeKan ® at Transifex
Translations to non-English languages are accepted only at Transifex using webbrowser. New English strings of new features can be added as PRs to master branch file wekan/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json . WeKan ® feature requests and bugs
Please add most of your questions as GitHub issue: WeKan ® Feature Requests and Bugs. It's better than at chat where details get lost when chat scrolls up. Discussions
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 21k | github.com/wekan/wekan |
| GitHub forks | 3.0k | github.com/wekan/wekan |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 15 | wekan |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 12.4 years | since Jan 2014 |
| Last commit | 2 months ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 603 | last: 2 months ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 2 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
CVE-2026-30847. What people say on Hacker News
Replaces these paid SaaS
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Ready to self-host WeKan ® - Open Source kanban?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.
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