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Wekan vs Fizzy
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Fizzy has 8,202 stars, 1,193 forks, 67 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Wekan leads on adoption by 157% (21,089 vs 8,202 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; Fizzy is written in Ruby under a custom or non-standard licence. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Fizzy 15%. 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 | Fizzy | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 8.2K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 1.2K |
| 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 Fizzy if
- You want the Fizzy feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and Fizzy 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.
read the full Wekan overview →
About Fizzy
Fizzy is an open source kanban tool for tracking issues and ideas, published by 37signals as a Ruby on Rails application, and it is aimed at teams that want a fast, simple board together with the source code and the option to run that board on their own server.
read the full Fizzy overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or Fizzy more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and Fizzy has 8,202. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and Fizzy free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT, and Fizzy has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Wekan and Fizzy?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and Fizzy in Ruby. 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 Fizzy?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Fizzy if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.