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Wekan vs Alexandrie
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Alexandrie has 2,752 stars, 193 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Wekan leads on adoption by 666% (21,089 vs 2,752 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; Alexandrie is written in Vue under MIT. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Alexandrie 7%. Wekan was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (kanban), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| Wekan | Alexandrie | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 2.8K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Vue |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 193 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Wekan if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Alexandrie if
- You want the Alexandrie feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You evaluated both and Alexandrie fits your workflow better
About Wekan
Wekan is an open source collaborative kanban board application written in JavaScript and built with Meteor. It is licensed under the MIT license and is positioned as a free and open source alternative to Jira and Monday.com. The project lives in the self hosted business software and project management ecosystem.
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About Alexandrie
Alexandrie is an open source, self hosted knowledge base and project & work management tool. It lives in the Vue/Nuxt, Golang, Docker, and offline first web app ecosystem. It provides an extended Markdown editor for organizing, searching, sharing, and exporting notes from desktop or mobile devices.
read the full Alexandrie overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or Alexandrie more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and Alexandrie has 2,752. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and Alexandrie free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT and Alexandrie under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wekan and Alexandrie?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and Alexandrie in Vue. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Wekan or Alexandrie?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Alexandrie if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.