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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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