Should I self-host Trello?
Wekan does kanban fine (verified boot) and per-seat Trello money is real money for teams. For individuals, Trello's free tier already covers you — don't self-host what's free. Worth it for paying teams comfortable with a plainer board.
Trello's power-ups, butler automations and mobile apps
The free tier — seriously, check if you even pay
kanban boards · cards & checklists · labels & due dates · power-ups
* Percent of the subscription price. Your time is priced at the slider's rate — $0/h ("my homelab time is free and I love it") is a legitimate position. Every number is derived from the record, never hand-written. Price source, checked 2026-08-06.
Runs comfortably on a real VPS (2 GB+).
Boot to healthy measured at 52s on the 2GB reference env
# Wekan — kanban; meteor app + mongo. Sidecar probe.
services:
wekan:
image: wekanteam/wekan:latest
container_name: wekan
restart: unless-stopped
depends_on:
wekan-db:
condition: service_healthy
environment:
ROOT_URL: http://localhost:8106
MONGO_URL: mongodb://wekan-db:27017/wekan
WITH_API: "true"
ports:
- "8106:8080"
probe:
image: busybox:stable
network_mode: "service:wekan"
depends_on:
- wekan
command: sh -c 'while true; do sleep 30; done'
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z localhost 8080 || exit 1"]
interval: 5s
timeout: 5s
retries: 60
start_period: 30s
wekan-db:
image: mongo:6
restart: unless-stopped
command: mongod --oplogSize 128
volumes:
- wekan-db:/data/db
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "mongosh --quiet --eval 'db.runCommand({ping:1}).ok' | grep -q 1"]
interval: 5s
timeout: 10s
retries: 12
volumes:
wekan-db:
Want a guided install instead? caniselfhostit.com/trello has AI-agent prompts that assume a bare machine — that's their half of the stool, and it's good.
FULL TIMED LOG
# Trello — verdict log - **Date:** 2026-08-10 - **Verdict:** KINDA — worth it if… - **Protocol:** v1 (2GB reference env, Docker preinstalled, AI assistant: claude-code) ## Setup evidence - Compose: `compose/trello-wekan.yml` - Boot to healthy: **52s** measured this session - Setup time recorded: 11 min (boot + configuration to first working workflow) ## What broke / notes - Boot to healthy measured at 52s on the 2GB reference env ## The call Wekan does kanban fine (verified boot) and per-seat Trello money is real money for teams. For individuals, Trello's free tier already covers you — don't self-host what's free. Worth it for paying teams comfortable with a plainer board.