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Focalboard vs WeKan
Pick Focalboard if you want Mattermost community's Trello/Asana-shaped boards (already named on the tracker stack). Pick WeKan if you want that MIT Meteor kanban. The published Trello stack remains It's a Plan + Plane.
Facts checked 20 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Focalboard in the catalog WeKan in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Focalboard | WeKan | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 source (catalog); compiled Mattermost builds use MIT per repo LICENSE source | MIT License (catalog) source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | JavaScript (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 26,517 stars in the catalog source | 21,125 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | Named on /stacks/plane-tracker. Boards, not the full It's a Plan agent runtime. | Meteor kanban. Official support via GitHub issues (project README). |
| Best for | Trello-shaped boards next to Mattermost. | A MIT kanban if Focalboard is not the shape. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Focalboard is already listed on /stacks/plane-tracker. WeKan is wekan/wekan. It's a Plan is the editor's pick on that stack. This pair is the two board-shaped siblings, not the full tracker OS.
FAQ
- Why not It's a Plan?
- It's a Plan is the editor's pick on /replace/trello. This pair is two kanban siblings.
- Focalboard or Plane?
- Plane is the larger product tracker on the same stack. Focalboard is boards.
- Are these free?
- Focalboard source is AGPL-3.0. WeKan is MIT. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy a tracker?
- Open /stacks/plane-tracker. It's a Plan or Plane plus Postgres is the published path.
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