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Wekan vs Redmine
Wekan has 21,150 GitHub stars, 3,002 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Redmine has 6,069 stars, 2,473 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Wekan leads on adoption by 248% (21,150 vs 6,069 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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| Wekan | Redmine | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 6.1K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| 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 ® 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 Redmine
= Redmine Redmine is a flexible project management web application written using Ruby on Rails framework. More details can be found in the doc directory or on the official website
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or Redmine more popular?
Wekan has 21,150 GitHub stars and Redmine has 6,069. 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 (21,150 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Redmine if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.