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Mattermost vs Wekan: What are the differences?

Mattermost: Open-source, self-hosted, Slack alternative. Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall; Wekan: The open-source Trello-like kanban (built with Meteor). Whether you’re maintaining a personal todo list, planning your holidays with some friends, or working in a team on your next revolutionary idea, Kanban boards are an unbeatable tool to keep your things organized. They give you a visual overview of the current state of your project, and make you productive by allowing you to focus on the few items that matter the most.

Mattermost and Wekan are primarily classified as "Group Chat & Notifications" and "Project Management" tools respectively.

"Open source" is the primary reason why developers consider Mattermost over the competitors, whereas "Open Source" was stated as the key factor in picking Wekan.

Mattermost and Wekan are both open source tools. It seems that Mattermost with 14.9K GitHub stars and 3.04K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Wekan with 14.5K GitHub stars and 2.12K GitHub forks.

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Pros of Mattermost
Pros of Wekan
  • 60
    Open source
  • 41
    On-premise deployment
  • 26
    Free
  • 22
    Built using golang
  • 21
    Fast and easy to use
  • 14
    Docker image provided for easy setup
  • 14
    Full text search
  • 12
    Built using react
  • 11
    Supports multiple teams
  • 11
    Search and data archiving
  • 11
    Very professional
  • 8
    Keeps us focused, effective, concise
  • 7
    Clean and simple look
  • 7
    Integration with Gitlab
  • 7
    Webhooks support
  • 6
    Well documented
  • 6
    Use #Hashtags like Twitter
  • 3
    Import Slack logs
  • 3
    Reactive community and ease of use
  • 2
    Self managed data
  • 2
    On-premises Deployment
  • 2
    Secure
  • 1
    Markdown support
  • 1
    On premise installation
  • 1
    Kanban
  • 1
    Checklists
  • 1
    Slack-compatible integrations
  • 1
    Easy webhook integration
  • 7
    Open Source
  • 5
    Kanban
  • 3
    Installed on local server
  • 3
    Easy to use
  • 1
    Easy setup

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Cons of Mattermost
Cons of Wekan
  • 2
    Less integrations and plugins than slack
  • 2
    Many basic features are enterprise only
  • 2
    Custom sidewide themes only in enterprise
  • 1
    Basic permissions only in enterprise edition
  • 1
    Not compatible with Telegram keys, which used by FSB
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    What is Mattermost?

    Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall.

    What is Wekan?

    Whether you’re maintaining a personal todo list, planning your holidays with some friends, or working in a team on your next revolutionary idea, Kanban boards are an unbeatable tool to keep your things organized. They give you a visual overview of the current state of your project, and make you productive by allowing you to focus on the few items that matter the most.

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      What are some alternatives to Mattermost and Wekan?
      Slack
      Imagine all your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. That’s Slack. All your messages. All your files. And everything from Twitter, Dropbox, Google Docs, Asana, Trello, GitHub and dozens of other services. All together.
      RocketChat
      Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework. It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.
      Riot
      Riot brings custom tags to all browsers. Think React + Polymer but with enjoyable syntax and a small learning curve.
      HipChat
      HipChat is a hosted private chat service for your company or team. Invite colleagues to share ideas and files in persistent group chat rooms. Get your team off AIM, Google Talk, and Skype — HipChat was built for business.
      Gitter
      Free chat rooms for your public repositories. A bit like IRC only smarter. Chats for private repositories as well as organisations.
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