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
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |