Wekan Vs Trello Vs Restyaboard

Update 2023-09-23

FOSS Kanban

MIT:

WeKan (MIT, Node.js/Meteor/MongoDB) https://github.com/wekan/wekan is maintained, major features being added, see https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Deep-Dive-Into-WeKan
Kanboard (MIT, PHP) https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard is at maintenance mode, no major new feature development. There is still security fixes etc.
4gaBoards (MIT, Node.js/Sails.js/PostgreSQL) https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards is maintained fork of Planka
Godello (MIT, Godot) https://github.com/alfredbaudisch/Godello can save locally, maybe no multi-user support yet
Rust TUI kanban (MIT, Rust) https://github.com/yashs662/rust_kanban is maintained

GPL/AGPL:

OpenProject (GPL-3.0, RoR) https://github.com/opf/openproject is maintained
Leantime (AGPL-3.0, PHP8/MySQL) https://github.com/Leantime/leantime is maintained
NextCloud said at NextCloud Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8KHXnH4NKs , that Deck (AGPL-3.0, PHP) https://github.com/nextcloud/deck is for being lightweight kanban, and to not have full Project Management features like OpenProject (GPL-3.0, RoR) https://github.com/opf/openproject
Planka (AGPL-3.0, Node.js/Sails.js/PostgreSQL) https://github.com/plankanban/planka changed from MIT to AGPL-3.0, so there is MIT fork at https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards
Planify (GPL-3.0, Vala) https://github.com/alainm23/planify is maintained

Not maintained:

RestyaBoard (OSL-3.0, PHP/Python/Java/JS) is not developed anymore, there is no commits after Mar 12, 2022: https://github.com/RestyaPlatform/board/issues/4426

Other kanbans maybe listed at https://github.com/KanRule

Propietary kanban

Atlassian is retiring self-managed server offerings https://www.atlassian.com/blog/platform/atlassian-server-is-going-away-next-steps

Please search from ChangeLog page instead

Please search from ChangeLog page instead about does Wekan have some feature.

This comparison below is over one year old and very outdated. All of Wekan/Trello/Restyaboard have changed very much and have many new features and fixes.

Basic features

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Price	Free and Open Source, MIT license. Free for Commercial Use.	Free with limitations, Monthly payment, Annual Subscription, Quote-based	Open Core
Whitelabeling	Yes. Admin Panel/Layout: Hide Logo, Custom Product Name.	No	$ Yes
Theming	Yes	No	$ Yes
Redistributing	Yes	No	$ Yes
Hosting	Self-host or SaaS provider	SaaS	Self-host

Basic features: Board

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Activities fetch	WebSocket	WebSocket	Polling (Better, for easy scaling)
Multiple language	Yes 70	Yes 29	Yes 38
Keyboard shortcuts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Boards	Yes	Yes	Yes
Closed boards listing	Yes, at Archive	Yes	Yes
Starred boards listing	No, starred and non-starred at All Boards	No	Yes
Add board with predefined templates	Personal templates, Import Board from Trello or Wekan	No	Yes
Board stats	Yes	No	Yes
Board - Add members	Yes	Yes	Yes
Board - Remove members	Yes	Yes	Yes
Close board	Yes, move to Archive	Yes	Yes
Delete board	Yes, from Archive	Yes	Yes
Subscribe board	Yes	Yes	Yes
Copy board	Export / Import board	Yes	Yes
Starred board	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unstarred board	Yes	Yes	Yes
Board text list view	No	No	Yes
Board calendar view	Yes, for Start/End Date	Yes	Yes
Board sync with google calendar	No	Yes	Yes

Basic features: Swimlanes

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Swimlanes	Yes	External Chrome Add-On and Firefox Add-On	No
Change Swimlane Color	Yes	?	?

Basic features: Lists

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Create list	Yes	Yes	Yes
List color	Yes	No	Yes
Copy list	No	Yes	Yes
Move list	No. Only at same board with dragging.	Yes	Yes
Subscribe list	Yes	Yes	Yes
Remove list	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move all cards in this list	No. Only multiselect-drag to the same board.	Yes	Yes
Archive all cards in this list	No	Yes	Yes
Archive this list	Yes	Yes	Yes
Show attachments in list	No. Only on card.	No	Yes

Basic features: Cards

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Map card	Not yet	No	?
Filter cards	Yes, also with Regex	Yes	Yes
Archived items	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card stickers	No	Yes	No
Card labels	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card labels color change	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cards	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paste multiline text as one or many cards	No	Yes	?
Create cards	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delete cards	Yes	Yes	Yes
Instant add card	No	No	$ Yes
Add cards & reply via Email	No	Yes	Yes
Multiple card view	No	No	Yes
Expandable card view	No	No	Yes
Card ID display	Not yet	No	Yes
Card color	Yes	No	?
Card color on card list	No	No	Yes
Card action on card list	Only multiple selection and WIP Limit	Yes	No
Card - Set due date	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card - Add members	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card - Remove members	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card - Add labels	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card - Add checklist	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card - Add attachment	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move card	Yes	Yes	Yes
Copy card	Yes	Yes	Yes
Subscribe card	Yes	Yes	Yes
Archive card	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vote card	No	Yes	Yes
Share card	No	Yes	Yes
Print card	No	Yes	No
Add comment on card	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reply comment on card	No, only adding another comment	No	Yes
Remove comment on card	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nested comments	No	No	Yes
Card resizable view	No	No	Yes
Show attachments in card	JPG/PNG/GIF images in slideshow.	Yes	Yes
Card history filtering	No	No	Yes
Button to delete all archived items	Not yet	No	Yes

Basic features: Checklists

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Checklist - Add item	Yes	Yes	Yes
Copy multiple lines from Excel/Project and paste as one or many checklist items	Not yet	Yes	?
Checklist - Remove item	Yes	Yes	Yes
Checklist - Convert to card	No	Yes	Yes
Checklist - Mention member	No	Yes	Yes
Checklist - Select emoji	No	Yes	Yes

Basic features: Search

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Search	Only on one board, also with regex. And add linked card search from any board.	Yes	$ Yes
Save search	No	Yes	No

Basic features: Organizations

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Organizations list on profile	Yes, at All Boards page	Yes	Yes
Organizations	Yes	Yes	Yes
Change organization on board	Yes	Yes	Yes
Organizations - Add members	Yes	Yes	Yes
Organizations - Remove members	Yes	Yes	Yes
Organizations - Members change permissions	No	Yes	Yes
Create organization with types	No	Yes	No
Organizations - Sorting list	No	No	Yes
Organizations - Activities list	No	Yes	Yes
Organizations settings	Yes	Yes	Yes
Organizations visibility	No	Yes	Yes
Organizations - Membership restrictions	Yes	Yes	Yes
Organizations - Board creation restrictions	No	Yes	Yes
Remove organization	No	Yes	Yes

Basic features: Offline

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Offline sync - use without internet	No. You can install Wekan to your own computer and use it locally.	No	Yes

Basic features: Diff, Revisions and Undo

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Undo from activities	No	No	Yes

Basic features: JSON API

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
API explorer	No	No	Yes
OpenAPI	Yes here	?	?
Developer applications	Yes, using REST API	Yes	Yes
Authorized OAuth applications	No, REST API login as admin to get Bearer token	Yes	Yes
Webhooks	Yes, per board or global at Admin Panel	Yes	Yes
Zapier (IFTTT like workflow automation with 500+ websites)	Yes	Yes	$ Yes
Integrated IFTTT	Yes	No	No

Basic features: Email and Notifications

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Email-to-board settings	No, requires your code to use REST API	Yes	Yes
Email templates management	No	No	Yes
Notifications settings	Not yet	Yes	Yes
Disable desktop notification	No desktop/push notifications yet	No	Yes
User configuration to change default subscription on cards and boards	Yes	No	Yes
Card notification & highlight	No	No	Yes
Notification for card overdue	Yes, see snap/docker-compose.yml email settings	Yes	Yes

Basic features: Settings

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Additional settings	No in Web UI, most settings at CLI	Yes	Yes (Basic only)
Profile	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add a new email address	Register / Invite	Yes	No
Roles management	On web board+API	No	Yes
Settings management	Only some at Web UI, most settings at CLI	No	Yes
Users management	Add/Remove Orgs/Teams/Users	Yes?	Yes
Permanently delete your entire account forever?	No	Yes	Yes (Admin can delete)

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Login with username or email	Yes	Yes	Yes
LDAP login	Standalone: Yes. Sandstorm: Yes.	No	$ Yes
SAML login	Standalone: Not yet. Sandstorm: Yes	No	No
Google login	Not yet, needs fixes to OAuth2	Yes	No
GitHub login	Standalone: Not yet, needs fixes to OAuth2. Sandstorm: Yes.	No	No
Passwordless email login	Standalone: No. Sandstorm: Yes.	No	No

Apps for productivity: Import / Export

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Import board from Trello	Yes	No	Yes
Import board from Wekan	Yes	No	Yes
Import from GitHub	No	No	$ Yes
Export board to Wekan JSON, includes attachments	Yes	No	?
Export board to CSV	Yes	$ Yes	$ Yes
Export board to Excel	Yes	?	?
Export JSON card	No	Yes	No
Export CSV card	No	No	Yes
Change visibility	Yes	Yes	Yes
Change visibility in boards listing	No	No	Yes
Activities difference between previous version	No	No	Yes
Change background	Color only	Color and image	Color and image
Change background - custom	No	$ Gold or Business Class Only	Yes
Background image from flickr	No	No	Yes
Productivity beats	No	No	Yes (Alpha)
Show attachments in board	No, only at each card	No	Yes

Apps for productivity

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Apps (Power-ups)	All integrated in, no separate plugin/app install	Yes	Yes
Custom Field App	Yes	Yes	$ Yes
Estimated Time Custom Field App / Time Tracking	Reveived/Start/End/Due/End Date, Spent time, Requested By, Assigned By. No reports. For more advanced, Not yet	Yes, 3rd party Burndown, Harvest etc	$ Yes
Analytics	Magento integration	No	No
Hide card additional information	Yes, card and board activities	Yes, card activities	Yes, card activities
Linked Cards and Boards	Yes	Yes, Related Cards and Boards	?
Subtasks	Yes	Yes, Hello Epics Power-Up	?
Board Gantt view	No	No	$ Yes
Gogs (Git Service) Integration	Yes	No	No
Activities listing	No, only at board	No	Yes
Introduction video	No	No	Yes
List sorting by due date	No	No	Yes
Home screen	No	No	Yes
Apps Integration	All integrated in	Yes	Yes
Chat	No. You could use Rocket.Chat	No	$ Yes
Dashboard Charts	Not yet	No	$ Yes
Hide Card Created Date App	No	No	Yes
Hide Card ID App	No	No	Yes
Canned Response App	No	No	$ Yes
Auto Archive Expired Cards App	No	No	$ Yes
Support Desk	No	No	$ Yes
Card Template App	Copy Checklist Template to Multiple Cards	Yes	$ Yes
Slack	Yes	Yes	$ Yes
Amazon Echo	No	No	$ Yes
Collaborate/TogetherJS	Not yet	No	Yes
Gmail Add-on	No	Yes	Yes
Hangouts Chat bot	No	Yes	$ Yes
Print board	No	No	$ Yes

Apps for productivity: Checklist Templates

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
Website QA Checklist	No	No	$ Yes
SEO Checklist	No	No	$ Yes

Apps for productivity: Mobile Apps

Features	Wekan	Trello	Restyaboard
iOS Mobile App	Not yet. Mobile Chrome browser works.	Yes	Yes
Android Mobile App	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Microsoft Store App	Yes	?	?
Ubuntu Touch OpenStore App	Yes	?	?