Question

I'm looking for a small and simple (emphasis on simple) bugtracker for a small project. It should run on Apache/PHP, though I'll consider other alternatives too (no Windows though). Oh, and I don't have any money to spend on it, so it should be free. :P

Any recommendations?

Added: Please, no hosted solutions. I want to host it myself.

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Solution

Trac. It is free, simple, and runs on Apache. See the demosite to try it out yourself.

OTHER TIPS

Written in Perl, but Bugzilla is really easy to setup. The installation is mostly done by the setup script.

Pivotal Tracker: http://www.pivotaltracker.com/

It's simple and is great for project management too. It's also hosted and free! No setup. You just need a login.

I really like Mantis: http://www.mantisbt.org/ . You can see it in action at http://bugs.scribus.net , for example.

There is much personal taste involved; this is just mine: I think Mantis is simple, still offers you quite a few features, but it doesn't bang you in the head with them. I find it very comfortable to work with.

TBH, I have never used Mantis as and Admin, just as a User / Reporter, but I do suppose that the ease of use continues into the lower level functionality.

FogBugz (hi Joel) has a free, hosted version if you're working alone, or with one other person.

Roundup tracker: http://roundup.sourceforge.net/

  • It's free
  • It's open source
  • It has a built in webserver so can host itself, or do the apache thing
  • It can run on top of a database, or just files
  • It's written in Python and is insanely hackable if that's your thing
  • It has a vibrant community of people writing plugins - e.g wiki like issue editing

Checkout BugTracker.net.

It's easy to use and very much productive.

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