Windows

a) Bundle with Windows Node+MongoDB

This has highest performance and lowest RAM usage, because there is no virtualization like Docker, Windows Subsystem for Linux, etc. Wekan is run with Windows native version of Node.js and MongoDB, directly at Windows filesystem.

1. If you have important data in Wekan, do backup.

2. Install newest Node.js v12.x.x for Windows https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.16.1/

3. Install MongoDB 4.x for Windows https://www.mongodb.com/download-center/community

4. Download and newest Wekan bundle wekan-3.xx.zip from https://releases.wekan.team

5. Unzip wekan-3.xx.zip, it has directory name bundle

6. Like at bundle wiki page, similarly do for bundle:

cd bundle/programs/server
npm install
npm install node-gyp node-pre-gyp fibers
cd ..\..\..

7. Download start-wekan.bat to your bundle directory. Edit it for your ROOT_URL etc settings.

8. Start Wekan:

cd bundle
start-wekan.bat

9. Add users.

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b) Install Meteor on Windows

https://github.com/zodern/windows-meteor-installer/

c) Docker

d) Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10

• Install Windows Subsystem for Linux
• Install Debian from Windows Store
• Use VirtualBox scripts of rebuild-wekan.sh etc to install and build Wekan
• Run Wekan locally with meteor at http://localhost:3000 : cd wekan && meteor
• Or: try to modify start-wekan.sh etc to run wekan at http://ip-address or http://example.com
• You could try to proxy from IIS SSL website to Wekan localhost port, for example when ROOT_URL=https://example.com and PORT=3001 , and you make IIS config that supports websockets proxy to Wekan http port 3001.

e) Probaby does not work: Install from source directly on Windows to get Wekan running natively on Windows. git clone on Windows has been fixed. Related: running standalone and nexe.

Related

Linux stuff in Windows 10 part 1 and part 2.