Redmine

Redmine
Developer(s)Jean-Philippe Lang
Initial releaseJune 25, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-06-25)
Stable release6.0.1 (November 12, 2024; 14 days ago (2024-11-12)[1]) [±]
Repository
Written inRuby
Operating systemUnix, Linux, macOS, Windows
PlatformRuby on Rails
Available in49 languages[2]
List of languages
Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English (British), Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian Cyrillic, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Spanish (Panama), Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
TypeProject management software, Bug tracking system
LicenseGNU General Public License, version 2.0
Websitewww.redmine.org Edit this on Wikidata

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 repository browser and diff viewer.

The design of Redmine is significantly influenced by Trac, a software package with some similar features.[3]

Redmine is written using the Ruby on Rails framework.[4] It is cross-platform and cross-database and supports 49 languages.[2]

Features

Redmine's features include the following:[5]

  • 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 (SVN, CVS, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and Darcs)
  • Supports multiple LDAP authentication
  • Allows user self-registration
  • Supports 49 languages
  • Allows multiple databases
  • Allows for plugins
  • Provides a REST API

Adoption

As of 2008, there were more than 80 major Redmine installations worldwide.[6] Among the users of Redmine is Ruby.[7] In 2015, Redmine was the most popular open source project planning tool.[8]

Forks

Following concerns with the way the feedback and patches from the Redmine community were being handled[9] a group of Redmine developers created a fork of the project in February 2011.[10] The fork was initially named Bluemine, but changed to ChiliProject.[11] After the leader of the fork moved on from ChiliProject in 2012[12] and development and maintenance had been announced to shut down,[13] the project was officially discontinued in February 2015.[14]

Another fork of ChiliProject called OpenProject is active since 2015.[15]

Additionally, Easy Redmine (also known as Easy Project), developed by Easy Software, functions as an extension to Redmine. Established in 2006, Easy Redmine offers enhanced features and a mobile application, and is available in over 80 countries. It covers various project management methodologies and integrates advanced functionalities like risk and resource management, Gantt charts, and CRM modules. Easy Redmine is being used by the Kazakh state administration, Bosch, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic among others.[16][17][18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Download - Redmine". redmine.org. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  2. ^ a b "Features". redmine.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ^ "Edgewall Software Trac". trac.edgewall.org. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  4. ^ "10 Awesome Free Applications for Office Work". OXHow.com. 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  5. ^ "Overview - Redmine". crackpaws.ezyro.com/. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  6. ^ "Redmine - They Are Using Redmine". Redmine. 2008-11-12. Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  7. ^ "Ruby Issue Tracking System". Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  8. ^ "Project Planning Tools - Popularity Ranking". Project Management Zone. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  9. ^ "ChiliProject – Why fork". Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  10. ^ "Introducing ChiliProject – A community fork of Redmine". 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  11. ^ "Chiliproject FAQ". Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  12. ^ "ChiliProject". 2 February 2011. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  13. ^ "ChiliProject Blog". Archived from the original on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  14. ^ "Announcing the end of ChiliProject". 2015-02-02. Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  15. ^ "Open Project Development Timeline". openproject.org. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  16. ^ "Důvěra jako cenná komodita. Výzkum české firmy Easy Software vyvíjející projektové nástroje odhalil trendy managementu na dálku v roce 2021". roklen24.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  17. ^ iX-Redaktion (2017-06-09). iX Special 2017 – IT-Projektmanagement: Agil bessere Software entwickeln (in German). Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 978-3-95788-087-1.
  18. ^ "Easy Redmine Reveals its New Feature Developed Based on the Feedback of Over 200 Scrum Teams". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2023-12-26.

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