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Wekan

Wekan is an open-source, Trello-style kanban board, distributed as an official Docker image alongside its MongoDB-compatible FerretDB backend.

Target: Any Docker hostProject ManagementOfficial homepage ↗Official docs ↗
This guide is synthesized from Wekan's own official documentation, linked above — always cross-check exact package/version names there before running these commands on a production server, since distro and project versions move over time.

  1. 1Download the official docker-compose.yml

    The file defines two services: a ferretdb container providing MongoDB-compatible storage over embedded SQLite, and the wekan app container itself.

    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wekan/wekan/main/docker-compose.yml

  2. 2Edit the environment variables

    At minimum, set ROOT_URL to the URL you'll access Wekan at, and MAIL_URL/MAIL_FROM if you want outgoing email notifications. MONGO_URL is preconfigured to point at the bundled ferretdb service.

  3. 3Start Wekan

    docker compose up -d

  4. 4Access Wekan

    Open the ROOT_URL you configured (port 80 by default in the official compose file) and register the first account.

    Wekan's wiki recommends at least 4GB RAM for a production server and keeping the deployment updated frequently.