🔐 WeKan — Login System Overview - Wekan

This document provides a detailed overview of WeKan’s login and authentication system, covering client-side UI, server-side logic, external authentication methods, and potential upgrade paths.

WeKan's login interface is implemented using a combination of:

layouts.jade – Login HTML structure
layouts.js – Login logic and interactivity
layouts.css – Styling and layout

📁 Source: client/components/main

⚙️ Server-Side Authentication

Server-side login functionality is handled in:

server/authentication.js

Other related configurations:

🔧 Account config: config/accounts.js
📨 Sign-up invitations: models/settings.js#L275
👤 User creation logic: models/users.js#L1339

👥 Meteor User Accounts

WeKan utilizes Meteor’s accounts system. Relevant resources:

📚 Meteor 2.x Accounts Docs: v2-docs.meteor.com/api/accounts
🔍 Meteor Packages:
- packages
- versions
📦 Meteor 2.14 core packages: Meteor 2.14 packages

🔐 External Authentication (OIDC, LDAP, etc.)

WeKan supports external authentication methods via internal packages.

📁 See packages/ for:

OpenID Connect (OIDC)
LDAP
OAuth and other integrations

📦 NPM & AtmosphereJS Dependencies

🔗 package.json: Dependencies list
🧩 WekanTeam scoped NPM packages: @wekanteam on npm
☁️ AtmosphereJS Meteor packages: atmospherejs.com

🚧 Meteor Version & Upgrade Notes

📌 Current Version: Meteor 2.14
- .meteor/release
🔧 Maintained with only critical fixes until ~Summer 2025
🚀 Migration to Meteor 3 or a new framework is under consideration

📘 Meteor 3 API: docs.meteor.com/api/accounts

🧪 Prototypes & Examples

Used in experimental versions:

Step 1: sign-up1.php
Step 2: sign-up2.php
Main entry: index.php#L72-L83

🎨 WeKan Studio Prototype

Sign-up logic in the WeKan Studio version:

signUp.fmt

📎 Future Considerations

Upgrading to Meteor 3.x
Refactoring frontend logic to fix translation rendering order
Exploring simplified authentication systems in future prototypes

🔗 Project Links

🔧 Main Repo: github.com/wekan/wekan
🌐 Website: wekan.github.io
📚 Documentation: Wekan Wiki

🔐 WeKan — Login System Overview