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 | 21k | 21k |
| Language | Docker | 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 | 3 days ago | 4 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. Super Productivity has seen more recent development. 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