Gogs vs WeKan
| Tagline | Minimal painless self-hosted Git service written in Go | Open-source kanban board, the long-standing Trello alternative |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | Jira, Linear, Trello | Trello, Asana |
| GitHub stars | 48k | 21k |
| Language | Go | JavaScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | One-Click Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 2 days ago | today |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Gogs
- No built-in CI/CD pipeline; relies on webhooks to external systems
- Code review and pull-request functionality is basic compared to GitHub or Gitea
- Plugin/extension ecosystem is very limited
- Development pace is slower than Gitea; some features lag behind by years
WeKan
- UI is dated compared to Trello's polish
- Meteor/MongoDB stack can be memory-heavy and occasionally slow on large boards
- No official managed cloud hosting
- Power-up/integration ecosystem is minimal versus Trello
Bottom line
Choose Gogs if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Gogs for the larger community and ecosystem. WeKan has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.