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Wekan vs Redmine
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Redmine has 6,033 stars, 2,472 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Wekan leads on adoption by 250% (21,089 vs 6,033 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; Redmine is written in Ruby under a custom or non-standard licence. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Redmine 41%. 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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Side by side
| Wekan | Redmine | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 6.0K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 2.5K |
| 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 Redmine if
- You want the Redmine feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and Redmine 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 Redmine
Redmine is a flexible, self hosted project management web application written in Ruby on Rails, intended for teams and organizations that need to run their own project and work management platform.
read the full Redmine overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or Redmine more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and Redmine has 6,033. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and Redmine free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT, and Redmine has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Wekan and Redmine?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and Redmine 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 Redmine?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Redmine if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.