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Wekan vs Vikunja
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars, 3,000 forks, 165 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Vikunja has 5,438 stars, 694 forks, 235 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Wekan leads on adoption by 288% (21,089 vs 5,438 stars). Wekan is written in JavaScript under MIT; Vikunja is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. Wekan has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Vikunja 13%. Vikunja 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 | Vikunja | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 5.4K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 694 |
| 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 Vikunja if
- You want the Vikunja feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Vikunja 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 Vikunja
Vikunja is a self hosted task and project management application that carries the tagline "The task manager you actually own." It lives in the Go and Vue.js ecosystem: the backend is written in Go, the frontend uses Vue.js, and the project ships a documented OpenAPI interface with Swagger docs published against the hosted demo instance. The repository sits on GitHub under the go vikunja organization, is licensed AGPL 3.0 or later across most of the codebase with the contents of desktop/ under GPL 3.0 or later, and is published as the Docker image vikunja/vikunja with the current release marked as v2.6.0.…
read the full Vikunja overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wekan or Vikunja more popular?
Wekan has 21,089 GitHub stars and Vikunja has 5,438. Wekan has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wekan and Vikunja free?
Both are open source. Wekan is licensed under MIT and Vikunja under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wekan and Vikunja?
Wekan is written in JavaScript and Vikunja in Go. 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 Vikunja?
Choose Wekan if you want the larger community (21,089 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Vikunja if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.