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Wekan vs Fizzy
Wekan has 21,150 GitHub stars, 3,002 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Fizzy has 8,280 stars, 1,211 forks, 67 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Wekan leads on adoption by 155% (21,150 vs 8,280 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%. Fizzy 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 | ★ 8.3K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| 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 ® Open Source kanban Downloads Docker Containers GitHub Docker Hub RedHat Quay.io docker compose.yml at Standards WeKan and Standard for Public Code assessment was made at 2023 11. Currently Wekan meets 8 out of 16 criteria out of the box. Some others could be met with small changes. Code stats CII Best Practices Code Climate Open Hub OSS Insight Translate WeKan ® at Transifex Translations to non English languages are accepted only at Transifex using webbrowser. New English strings of new features can be added as PRs to master branch file wekan/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json . WeKan ® feature requests and…
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About Fizzy
Fizzy This is the source code of Fizzy, the Kanban tracking tool for issues and ideas by 37signals. Running your own Fizzy instance If you want to run your own Fizzy instance, but don't need to change its code, you can use our pre built Docker image. You'll need access to a server on which you can run Docker, and you'll need to configure some options to customize your installation. You can find the details of how to do a Docker based deployment in our Docker deployment guide. If you want more flexibility to customize your Fizzy installation by changing its code, and deploy those changes to your server, then we…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or Fizzy more popular?
Wekan has 21,150 GitHub stars and Fizzy has 8,280. 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 (21,150 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Fizzy if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.