Redmine

Redmine is a free and open source, web-based project management and issue tracking tool. It allows users to manage multiple projects and associated subprojects. It features per project wikis and forums, time tracking, and flexible, role-based access control. It includes a calendar and Gantt charts to aid visual representation of projects and their deadlines. Redmine integrates with various version control systems and includes a software repository browser and diff viewer.

The design of Redmine is significantly influenced by Trac, a software package with some similar features.

Redmine is written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database and supports 34 languages.

Features

• Allows tracking of multiple projects
• Supports flexible role-based access control
• Includes an issue tracking system
• Features a Gantt chart and calendar
• Integrates News, documents and files management
• Allows Web feeds and e-mail notifications.
• Supports a per-project wiki and per-project forums
• Allows simple time tracking
• Includes custom fields for issues, time-entries, projects and users
• Supports a range of SCM integration, including (Apache Subversion (SVN), CVS, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and Darcs)
• Supports multiple LDAP authentication
• Allows user self-registration
• Supports 34 languages
• Allows multiple databases
• Allows for plugins
• Provides a REST API

Related lectures

• Project Management Quarter.