Run Wekan, the MIT-licensed Kanban tool inspired by Trello, from a pre-configured AMI in your own AWS account. Unlimited boards and users, with your data in your own database.
Wekan is an open-source Kanban project management tool inspired by Trello. Teams manage work with boards, lists and cards, with labels, due dates and attachments. It has been actively maintained since 2016.
The familiar Kanban workflow with drag and drop.
Split boards into lanes by team, project or priority.
Organise cards your own way, with checklists and due dates.
Cap how many cards sit in a list or swimlane.
Trigger-and-action automations without code.
Bring boards across from a Trello JSON export.
The AMI ships Wekan with email and backups configured at launch.
Subscribe on AWS Marketplace and launch the CloudFormation stack with your domain, SMTP details and backup bucket.
After 5-10 minutes, create a DNS record with the PublicIp from the stack outputs.
Go to the DashboardUrl, create your account and your first board.
Invite members, or import existing boards from Trello.
An AMI on AWS Marketplace, launched into your own AWS account with a CloudFormation stack.
Launch on AWS | Wekan | Trello | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | MIT, self-hosted | Proprietary SaaS (Atlassian) |
| Free board limit | None | 10 boards per workspace |
| Pricing past free tier | None, at any team size | Per user, per month |
| Automation | Rules, no marketplace | Butler and Power-Ups |
| Data export | Full, it is your own database | Boards and cards, not automations |
Check any Power-Up you rely on has a Wekan equivalent before switching. Read Wekan vs Trello →
An open-source Kanban tool inspired by Trello, for managing tasks with boards, lists and cards, with labels, due dates and attachments.
Yes. It is MIT licensed with no per-user fee and no board limit. On AWS you pay for the instance and any Meetrix software fee shown on the listing.
Same boards, lists and cards. Wekan is self-hosted and free at any size; Trello is a more polished SaaS with per-seat pricing and a Power-Up marketplace.
Yes. Wekan imports Trello JSON exports, recreating lists, cards, labels and checklists. Attachments and comments come across less reliably.
Yes. Rules let you set up trigger-and-action automations, and WIP limits cap cards per list or swimlane.
Yes. See the official Wekan API documentation at wekan.github.io/api.
t3.medium is the recommended starting point.
Back up your server data, remove the old stack and launch the new version from AWS Marketplace.
Pricing, free-tier limits and data ownership.
Boards, swimlanes, WIP limits and rules, hands on.
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