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Wekan vs taskwarrior
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. taskwarrior has 6,071 stars, 422 forks, 436 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Wekan leads on adoption by 247% (21,089 vs 6,071 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; taskwarrior is written in C++ under MIT. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, taskwarrior 7%. 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 | taskwarrior | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 6.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 422 |
| 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 taskwarrior if
- You want the taskwarrior feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and taskwarrior 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 taskwarrior
Taskwarrior is a portable, MIT licensed command line task list management utility written in C++ for people who track to dos and projects from a terminal instead of a graphical app.
read the full taskwarrior overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or taskwarrior more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and taskwarrior has 6,071. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and taskwarrior free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT and taskwarrior under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wekan and taskwarrior?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and taskwarrior in C++. 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 taskwarrior?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose taskwarrior if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.