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Wekan vs organice
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. organice has 2,671 stars, 168 forks, 117 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Wekan leads on adoption by 690% (21,089 vs 2,671 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; organice is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, organice 6%. Wekan was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| Wekan | organice | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 2.7K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 168 |
| 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 organice if
- You want the organice feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and organice 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 organice
organice is an open source JavaScript web application that implements Org mode without requiring Emacs. It is built for mobile and desktop browsers and lives in the Emacs and Org mode productivity ecosystem, where task, note, and project files are stored in Org format. It is licensed under AGPL 3.0.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or organice more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and organice has 2,671. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and organice free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT and organice under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wekan and organice?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and organice in JavaScript. 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 organice?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose organice if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.