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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.

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

Razzie
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    ++ for Trac, even though it can be / has been a nightmare to install, especially on older systems. I think that has improved recently, but not sure. – Thilo Jun 17 '09 at 07:21
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    In addition to bug tracking, Trac also includes a wiki, a subversion browser and great integration between these three parts. – Thilo Jun 17 '09 at 07:22
  • True, installing it can be a small nightmare. At least, that was my experience when installing it on a Linux server. It could be that I was / am a complete linux newbie, but still :P – Razzie Jun 17 '09 at 07:24
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    More votes for trac here. The subversion browser there is great, with syntax coloring and very usable revisions browsing and comparing. – KIV Jun 17 '09 at 07:25
  • Looks good. I just wonder if a person who has never used a bugtracker before won't feel too overwhelmed... :/ – Vilx- Jun 17 '09 at 07:27
  • The thing is, I'm trying to get people to use it. XD – Vilx- Jun 17 '09 at 07:27
  • No one will be overwhelmed. It is very low-ceremony. Filing and updating bug reports is super-simple. Much easier than say JIRA or Bugzilla. There is some workflow stuff, but that is all optional. – Thilo Jun 17 '09 at 07:36
  • Anyplace where I can see it in action? The site doesn't provide screenshots or a demo site of a vanilla installation. – Vilx- Jun 17 '09 at 07:45
  • OK, I think I found its own bug tracking section. Looks nice. OK, it seems I'll try this. :) – Vilx- Jun 17 '09 at 07:48
  • Vilx: http://www.hosted-projects.com/trac/TracDemo/Demo. I included it in my answer. Trac really is one of the most leight-weight bugtrackers available (out of the box) so I really doubt your users will be overwhelmed. – Razzie Jun 17 '09 at 07:49
  • Emm... basic reading skills FAIL... :D – Vilx- Jun 17 '09 at 07:57
  • OK, I'm convinced. Will try to set this up tonight. :) – Vilx- Jun 17 '09 at 08:00
  • Installed. Actually, it was pretty much a breeze (well, as much as any installation can be a breeze under Linux :P) I suppose that's because under my Debian I could do all the dependancies by apt-get and only install the software itself by dowloading (because Debian doesn't have a package for the latest version yet). – Vilx- Jun 17 '09 at 22:12
  • Glad it worked out for you ok :) If you like it, take a look at http://trac-hacks.org/ - it has a huge number of addons for Trac, some that can be quite useful. – Razzie Jun 18 '09 at 07:24
  • Alright, looking at it. Actually, it already has a truckload of features that I never thought of but immediately fell in love with. Great tool! Now let's just hope that the MySQL support is stable in the latest version. :) – Vilx- Jun 18 '09 at 07:55
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Written in Perl, but Bugzilla is really easy to setup. The installation is mostly done by the setup script.

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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.

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  • I installed Mantis after only being an user too on a limited (hosted) account. It pretty much was creating a few tables via phpmysqladmin and then running a php script on the (solaris) server, and I already was in business. Still read the docs carefully though, some of the points made in the docs have security relevance. – Marco van de Voort Jun 17 '09 at 07:41
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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.

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

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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
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Checkout BugTracker.net.

It's easy to use and very much productive.

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    Except it's written in .NET. No Windows, remember? And yes - I know of Mono, but it's hardly stable and I already failed at setting it up once. – Vilx- Jun 17 '09 at 08:02
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