WeKan
by Wekan · Open-source, self-hostable kanban boards
32.8 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
WeKan is an open-source kanban tool for tracking work on boards. Each board holds lists such as "To Do", "Doing" and "Done", with cards carrying titles, descriptions, due dates, labels, checklists, files and comments that you drag between lists as work progresses. It can be self-hosted, and access can be limited at board or user level.
- Best for
- Teams wanting a self-hosted, MIT-licensed kanban board that keeps task data on their own servers.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; WeKan is MIT-licensed and self-hostable, with a SaaS app and paid commercial support mentioned but no figures published.
- Runs on
- Self-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- MIT-licensed; source can be inspected and audited by anyone
- Self-hosting keeps board data under your own control
- Boards, lists and cards with labels, checklists, files and comments
- Access controls can be set per board or per individual user
Trade-offs
- Meets only 8 of 16 Standard for Public Code criteria (2023 assessment)
- No prices published for the SaaS app or for commercial support
- Self-hosting means you run, secure and upgrade the server yourself
- Pages describe core kanban only; no integrations or automation stated
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 25 out of 100
- Documentation
- 20 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 39 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 55 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 40 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 85 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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