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Wekan vs Planka
Wekan has 21,148 GitHub stars, 3,003 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Planka has 12,659 stars, 1,397 forks, 425 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Wekan leads on adoption by 67% (21,148 vs 12,659 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; Planka is written in JavaScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Planka 11%. 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 | Planka | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 13K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-10-28 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 1.4K |
| 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 Planka if
- You want the Planka feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and Planka 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 Planka
PLANKA Project mastering driven by fun Install · Demo · Docs · API · Cloud · Pro version PLANKA Pro When the whole team runs on PLANKA. Phones and tablets · five themes · a dashboard across every project · calendar, timeline and map views · cards on more than one board · templates · guest roles · SSO · PDF export. Self hosted exactly as you host it now, supported by the people who build it. Pro upgrades an existing Community installation in place — your database, your volume, your data. It is a real migration rather than a new image: Pro adds a Valkey service and a one off schema promote. The promote accepts…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or Planka more popular?
Wekan has 21,148 GitHub stars and Planka has 12,659. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and Planka free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT, and Planka has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Wekan and Planka?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and Planka 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 Planka?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,148 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Planka if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.