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Wekan vs tuxedo
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. tuxedo has 1,672 stars, 89 forks, 69 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Wekan leads on adoption by 1,161% (21,089 vs 1,672 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; tuxedo is written in Rust under MIT. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, tuxedo 5%. 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 | tuxedo | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 1.7K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 89 |
| 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 tuxedo if
- You want the tuxedo feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and tuxedo 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 tuxedo
tuxedo is a keyboard driven terminal UI for todo.txt files. It is written in Rust, released under the MIT license, shipped as a single static binary, and lives in the plain text todo.txt ecosystem. The project belongs to the business software category of project and work management.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or tuxedo more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and tuxedo has 1,672. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and tuxedo free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT and tuxedo under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wekan and tuxedo?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and tuxedo in Rust. 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 tuxedo?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose tuxedo if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.