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Vikunja vs Wekan

Vikunja and Wekan are both listed on Forkshelf as open source alternatives to Trello. This page sets their license and GitHub activity side by side. Every figure comes from the GitHub API, fetched on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Vikunja vs Wekan at a glance

Vikunja and Wekan compared, from the GitHub API
VikunjaWekan
LicenseAGPL-3.0 [S1]MIT [S1]
GitHub stars5,993 on 8 Nov 2026 [S1]21,159 on 8 Nov 2026 [S1]
Last push8 Nov 2026 [S1]8 Nov 2026 [S1]
Latest releasev2.8.0 on 6 Nov 2026 [S1]v13.01 on 8 Nov 2026 [S1]
ArchivedNo [S1]No [S1]
Project sitevikunja.iowekan.fi
Repositorygo-vikunja/vikunjawekan/wekan

What is Vikunja?

Vikunja is a task manager that its makers describe as "the task manager you actually own." Its code is on GitHub at go-vikunja/vikunja [S1].

What is Wekan?

Its makers describe Wekan as a free and open source kanban board built with Meteor. Its code is on GitHub at wekan/wekan [S1].

What Trello does

Our catalog sums it up as: Trello is a hosted kanban board for moving cards across lists. [S2]

How we list Vikunja and Wekan

Our Trello alternatives page describes Vikunja as: Vikunja also comes as a hosted version from its makers, and the same AGPL-3.0 project appears on the Jira and Asana pages. [S2] We also list Vikunja as an alternative to Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp [S3].

Our Trello alternatives page describes Wekan as: Wekan is a collaborative kanban board under the MIT license, also suggested on the Asana page. [S2] We also list Wekan as an alternative to Asana [S3].

Vikunja vs Wekan license

The Vikunja repository is under AGPL-3.0 [S1].
The Wekan repository is under MIT [S1].

Activity

On 8 Nov 2026, Vikunja had 5,993 GitHub stars. It is not archived, and its last push was on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].
On 8 Nov 2026, Wekan had 21,159 GitHub stars. It is not archived, and its last push was on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].
Vikunja's latest GitHub release is v2.8.0, from 6 Nov 2026 [S1].
Wekan's latest GitHub release is v13.01, from 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Which one fits

Wekan has more GitHub stars than Vikunja as of 8 Nov 2026 [S1]. Stars show interest, so check the issue tracker too.
Both had a push on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].
Vikunja uses AGPL-3.0 and Wekan uses MIT [S1]. If you plan to change the code and run it as a service for others or ship it, read both licences before you pick.

Other Trello alternatives

See the full list on the Trello alternatives page [S2].

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FAQ

Is Vikunja open source?
Its repository is under AGPL-3.0, as of 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Is Wekan open source?
Its repository is under MIT, as of 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Is the Vikunja repository still active?
As of 8 Nov 2026, it is not archived and its last push was on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Is the Wekan repository still active?
As of 8 Nov 2026, it is not archived and its last push was on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Sources (all fetched 8 Nov 2026)