Super Productivity vs WeKan
| Tagline | Advanced to-do app with timeboxing, time tracking, and Jira/GitHub integrations | Open-source kanban board, the long-standing Trello alternative |
| Category | Project Management & Kanban | Project Management & Kanban |
| Replaces | Asana, Trello, monday.com | Trello, Asana |
| GitHub stars | 22k | 21k |
| Language | Docker | JavaScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Simple | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | One-Click Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 6 days ago | 6 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Super Productivity
- No multi-user collaboration or team workspace; primarily single-user
- Board/Gantt chart views common in Asana or Monday.com are absent
- Reporting and analytics are limited to personal time logs
- No built-in file attachments or rich document editing on tasks
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 Super Productivity if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Super Productivity for the larger community and ecosystem. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Super Productivity
Advanced to-do app with timeboxing, time tracking, and Jira/GitHub integrations