Mantis Bug Tracker
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| Mantis Bug Tracker | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Victor Boctor |
| Latest release | 1.1.1 / Jan 2008 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Available in | bulgarian, catalan, chinese_simplified, chinese_traditional, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, english, estonian, finnish, french, german, greek, hebrew, hungarian, icelandic, italian, japanese, korean, latvian, lithuanian, norwegian, polish, portuguese_brazil, portuguese_standard, romanian, russian, serbian, slovak, slovene, spanish, swedish, turkish, ukrainian, urdu |
| Genre | Bugtracker |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://www.mantisbt.org/ |
Mantis Bug Tracker is a free web-based bugtracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting language and works with MySQL, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL databases and a webserver. Mantis Bug Tracker claims support for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, OS/2, and a variety of Unix operating systems. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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[edit] Feature List
- Free software.
- Supports shared hosting environments.
- Web Based.
- Supports any platform that runs PHP (Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, AS400/i5, etc.).
- Available in 68 localizations.
- Simple or Advanced Issue Tracking.
- Multiple projects per instance.
- Supports Projects, Sub-Projects, and Categories.
- Users can a different access levels per project.
- Automatic Changelog generation.
- Automatic Roadmap generation.
- Customized "My View" Page allows developers to quickly see their assignments.(sample)
- Search and filter:
- Full Text Search
- Simple/Advanced Filters
- Shared Filters (across users / projects)
- Built-in report generation (reports / graphs).
- Custom fields in bug reports.
- Email notifications.
- Users can monitor specific issues.
- Attachments per issue.
- Issue change history.
- RSS Feeds (news, issues matching saved filters, issues matching a specific project).
- Customizable issue workflow.
- Sponsorships support - users are able to place bounties or sponsorships for specific issues.
- Anonymous access or private viewing.
- Self signup with Captcha and email confirmation.
- Self-Service reset password support.
- Export to csv, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word.
- Ability to extended functionality through custom functions.
- Reporting Issues via custom forms.(Anonymantis)
- Source Control Integration (SVN / CVS).
- Wiki integration (DokuWiki, MediaWiki, XWiki, TWiki).
- Time tracking.
- Ability to send messages to other users in regards to a specific issue.
- Public / Private Projects - Public project accessible to all users, private are only accessible to those explicitly added.
- Public / Private Notes - Private notes are accessible to users with a specific access level to the relevant project.
- Public / Private Issues - Private issues are accessible to users with a specific access level to the relevant project.
- Issue Relationships.
- Issue Relationship Graphs.
- Attachment Auto-Preview.
- Public / Private News (news can be associated with a specific project, or with all projects).
- Sticky Issues (always appear on the top of the issues list).
- Group Actions: actions can be applied on multiple issues.
- Authentication methods:
- Default Mantis Authentication (recommended)
- LDAP integration
- Basic HTTP Authentication
- Active Directory integration
- Chat system (via Twitter).
- Multi-DBMS Support - Mantis uses ADODB as an abstraction library to support the following database systems:
- MySQL
- DB2
- MS SQL (experimental)
- PostgreSQL (experimental)
- Oracle (experimental)
- Webservice (SOAP API) - MantisConnect project offers client libraries and tools in .NET, Java, and Cocoa. Tools include Eclipse plugin, (N)Ant plugin, notifier, etc.
- Support for mobile devices (MantisWAP).
[edit] Requirements
For Mantis 1.1.x
- PHP 4.3.0 and higher
- MySQL database 4.1.1 and higher (MS SQL and DB2 are also supported).
- Web server (Apache, IIS, etc.)
For Mantis 1.2.x
- PHP 5.2.0 and higher
- MySQL database 4.1.1 and higher (MS SQL, DB2, and PostgreSQL are also supported).
- Web server (Apache, IIS, etc.)
[edit] See also
- Comparison of ticket-tracking systems
- TestLink - cooperating Test management project
