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Wekan vs veritas-kanban
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. veritas-kanban has 831 stars, 99 forks, 6 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Wekan leads on adoption by 2,438% (21,089 vs 831 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; veritas-kanban is written in TypeScript under MIT. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, veritas-kanban 12%. Wekan was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (kanban), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | veritas-kanban | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 831 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 99 |
| 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 veritas-kanban if
- You want the veritas-kanban feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and veritas-kanban 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 veritas-kanban
Veritas Kanban is a local first Kanban task board with optional AI agent orchestration, built for developers and small teams who want project truth to stay on their own machine instead of in a hosted service. The board itself is a visual Kanban board, and the agent layers — CLI, MCP, OpenClaw, Squad Chat webhooks, workflows, and governance gates — are optional additions that can be switched on later.
read the full veritas-kanban overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or veritas-kanban more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and veritas-kanban has 831. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and veritas-kanban free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT and veritas-kanban under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wekan and veritas-kanban?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and veritas-kanban in TypeScript. 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 veritas-kanban?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose veritas-kanban if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.