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Wekan vs projectile
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. projectile has 4,238 stars, 588 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Wekan leads on adoption by 398% (21,089 vs 4,238 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; projectile is written in Emacs Lisp under GPL-3.0. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, projectile 14%. 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 | projectile | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 4.2K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | Emacs Lisp |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 588 |
| 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 projectile if
- You want the projectile feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Emacs Lisp
- You evaluated both and projectile 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 projectile
Projectile is a project interaction library for Emacs, and it lives in the Emacs ecosystem. It treats a directory or repository as a project, then adds commands that operate on the whole project rather than on a single buffer.
read the full projectile overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or projectile more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and projectile has 4,238. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and projectile free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT and projectile under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wekan and projectile?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and projectile in Emacs Lisp. 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 projectile?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose projectile if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.