Design: WeKan vs Trello vs Jira

Kanban originally from Toyota paper cards

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban
• Every kanban software usually implements similar features, original or inspired by some other kanban software

WeKan copied design from Trello, then WeKan did redesign, then Trello copied design from WeKan

• WeKan has all original developed Open Source MIT licensed code, that is different than Trello propietary code.
• WeKan UI redesign was done at 2015-01-20 after DMCA from Trello
  • by original WeKan creator mquandalle
    • Original redesign
  • by xet7 current maintainer of WeKan
    • Improvements to original design
    • Monkey Proof Software
• Then Trello started copying from original WeKan design

Trello copied design from WeKan

Existing WeKan features

• 2025-04 Opened card has comments at right, copied from original WeKan feature Maximize Card 2021-06-14. Trello does not have WeKan feature Minimize Card.
  • https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Trello-questions/comments-in-the-ticket-on-the-right/qaq-p/3029030
  • https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Trello-questions/Trello-card-comments-now-appear-in-a-side-tab-how-to-go-back-to/qaq-p/3003380
• 2025-02 Mirror Card, copied from original WeKan feature Linked Cards from 2018-04-18, discussed at WeKan issue 5683
• 2021-02 New board button position at top, copied from original WeKan feature from 2018-09-28

Existing WeKan ideas, that are not yet implemented in WeKan

• 2025-01-28 Sync Jira Lists to Trello, copied from original WeKan Multiverse from 2022-07-14
• 2021-02 Map Card, copied from original WeKan feature request from 2017-01-06.

News

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44821127

Trello features, that are not yet implemented in WeKan

• 2025-05-21 Email Inbox
• 2025-02 Complete Card Checkbox: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/5818
• 2021-05 Workspaces
• 2018 Butler Scheduled and Repeating Tasks: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/5825 . WeKan added IFTTT Rules at 2018-09-16, but not yet scheduled or repeating IFTTT Rules.
• 2016-12 Card Repeater PowerUp: Copy cards daily/weekly/monthly/yearly

Jira copied design from ClickUp

• 2025-06-29 Jira has UI design copied from ClickUp, where is left sidebar menu.