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Trello vs WeKan

Open-source kanban board focused on community development

Which to pick

Pick Trello if you want…

  • Visual kanban boards with AI assistance
  • Hosted kanban boards

Pick WeKan if you want…

  • Self-hosted kanban boards
  • Open-source kanban
  • A free, open-source tool

Trello is a hosted SaaS solution, whereas WeKan is self-hosted and open source.

Side by side

What it is
Trello:Trello is a visual kanban board platform for organizing tasks, projects, and workflows.
WeKan:WeKan is an open-source, self-hosted kanban board for task and project management.
Best for
Trello:Visual kanban boards with AI assistance
WeKan:Self-hosted kanban boards
Who it’s for
Trello:Teams and individuals needing simple, flexible task management.
WeKan:Teams needing a customizable, privacy-focused kanban solution.
Pricing
Trello:Freemium
WeKan:Open source
Plans
Trello:Free $0 · Standard $5 per user/month (annual) · Premium $10 per user/month (annual) · Enterprise $17.50 per user/month (annual)
WeKan:—
Open source
Trello:—
WeKan:Yes, 21,111 GitHub stars
Works with
Trello:Slack, Microsoft Teams, Email, Google Drive, Salesforce
WeKan:—

Trello features

  • Inbox capture. Capture to-dos from email, Slack, Teams or anywhere and store them in a personal inbox.
  • Boards & cards. Organize tasks into boards and cards that can be dragged, dropped, and customized.
  • Planner view. Drag-and-drop cards onto a calendar to schedule work and see tasks in timeline, calendar, or map views.
  • Built-in automation. No-code automation runs on every board to handle repetitive actions.
  • Card mirroring. Mirror a card across multiple boards to keep information in sync.
  • AI features. AI generates checklists, summaries, due dates, images and can create boards from a goal description.
  • Power-Ups & integrations. Connect to 200+ apps like Slack, Google Drive, Salesforce via Power-Ups.
  • Mobile & desktop apps. Access boards on iOS, Android, web and native desktop clients.

WeKan features

  • Boards. Create multiple boards with columns and cards to visualise work stages.
  • Lists. Organise workflow stages as draggable lists, with custom colors and fields.
  • Cards. Add tasks with titles, descriptions, due dates, labels, files, checklists and comments.
  • Access controls. Set board-level or user-level permissions to limit view and edit rights.
  • Self-hosting. Run WeKan on your own infrastructure for full data control and customization.

Trello vs WeKan FAQ

Is Trello or WeKan free?+

Trello has a free plan and paid plans. WeKan is free and open source.

Is Trello or WeKan open source?+

WeKan is open source (wekan/wekan on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Trello.

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