WeKan Features

This page is an index of WeKan features. It used to be one long page; it has been split into focused topic pages under docs/Features/.

Not every feature from the CHANGELOG is documented yet — contributions are welcome.

Kanban basics

• Boards — board list, star/watch, board menu, restore archived boards, full-screen / standalone app mode.
• Lists — add, archive, restore and delete lists.
• Cards — description, labels, checklists, attachments, comments, markdown, dates, drag-and-drop images, multi-selection, filtered views.
• Swimlanes
• WIP Limits
• Members and Permissions
• Templates
• Shared Templates (Admin view)
• Archive and Delete
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Accessibility
• Rules (Automation)
• Card Dependencies — "Red Strings" / PI Program Board

Card content and formatting

• Card Cover Image
• Stickers
• Card Locations
• Attachments and File Storage
• Board Background Images
• Custom Fields
• Subtasks
• Linked Cards
• Markdown, Emoji, Multiline, Numbered text, LaTeX
• Drag and Drop on Mobile and Desktop
• Right-to-Left (RTL) UI

Planning and time

• Due Date
• Time Tracking
• Calendar
• Gantt Chart
• Planning Poker
• Burndown and Velocity Chart

Administration

• Admin Panel — every pane, one page per menu entry
• Allow private boards only: Disable Public Boards
• SMTP e-mail settings
• Login / Authentication methods — LDAP, OAuth2, SAML, Keycloak, Google, Azure, and more.
• Metrics, Logs, Stats
• Cleanup
• Python based features

Import and Export

• Import / Export / Sync
• From Trello, Jira, Asana, Zenkit, CSV/TSV
• Export board. If the Export menu is not visible, set yourself as board admin.
• Working with big boards: JSON tools, copying files to clipboard

Integrations

• REST API and API docs
• Webhooks — per-board events; configure at the board right sidebar / Board Settings / Webhooks. See also Outgoing Webhook to Discord/Slack/Rocket.Chat.
• IFTTT
• Integrations

Translations

• Translate WeKan at Transifex
• Translations, Customize Translations, Change Language

Versions of Meteor and Node

WeKan tracks current Meteor and Node.js releases. As of WeKan 8.75 and newer it uses Meteor 3.5-rc.x and Node.js 24.x, with MongoDB 7.x (or 6.x) or FerretDB2/PostgreSQL. WeKan 8.43 upgraded to Meteor 3.x. For the exact versions of each release, see the CHANGELOG.

Roadmap and feature requests

Many features that were once on the wishlist — Custom Fields, Subtasks, Swimlanes, Gantt charts, WIP limits, voting on cards, board templates and checklist templates — are now implemented (see the topic pages above).

• WeKan Roadmap kanban board
• Multiverse WeKan Roadmap
• Feature requests

More

• Platforms
• Integrations