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Add to SafariWhen comparing Wekan vs Checkvist, the Slant community recommends Checkvist for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform task apps?” Checkvist is ranked 20th while Wekan is ranked 60th. The most important reason people chose Checkvist is:
Checkvist hits a sweet spot between minimal and complexity. It gives you a host of options and extras to use on your lists, but you can completely ignore them if you don't need them and keep it very simple. This makes Checkvist a one-stop shop, regardless of what type of 'list' you need.
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Pros
Pro Open source
Open source software benefits from collaborative development from the user community.
Pro Install with a few clicks with Cloudron or Yunohost
Making it really easy to self host.
Pro Easy to create instance on sandstorm.io
Wekan is available as an app on sandstorm.io. For personal use, it may be sufficient to run an instance in a free sandstorm account.
Pro Easy to install on most arm64, x86 and x64 linux systems
Pro Friendly support
Developers are very helpful and friendly.
Pro Clear UI/UX
Well-thought-out user interface – despite the high complexity of the functionality very intuitive.
Pro Can easily be integrated with NodeJS apps
Since it's built using Meteor, it can easily be integrated with existing NodeJS apps.
Pro Written in JavaScript
Pro As simple or as complex as you need
Checkvist hits a sweet spot between minimal and complexity. It gives you a host of options and extras to use on your lists, but you can completely ignore them if you don't need them and keep it very simple. This makes Checkvist a one-stop shop, regardless of what type of 'list' you need.
Pro Tasks can be managed with custom tags
Pro vim-like commands
Pro Convenient search by text or tag filtering
Pro Converts incoming emails to todos - this is a way to enter tasks from anywhere.
Pro Great search
Search filters help you search for tasks by tag, due date, assignee, etc.
Pro Very flexible
To-do lists often need to be grouped and regrouped for clarity. The outline-based nature of Checkvist makes it easy to move things across categories, to increase and decrease priority, etc.
Pro Smart parsing of items
Parses markdown, html links, hashtags to become formatted text, clickable links, and tags, respectively.
Pro Generous set of free features
Checkvist offers many free features if you are using this individually.
Pro Supports comments on tasks
Any item can have a free-text comment, which can be shown or hidden as desired.
Cons
Con No print version of the ticket page
Con No desktop notifications
Con Limited capability in the android app
Checkvist is primarily a web interface.
