Redmine

{{Short description|Computer bug tracking software}}

{{Infobox software

| logo = Redmine logo.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| name = Redmine

| developer = Jean-Philippe Lang

| released = {{Start date and age|2006|06|25}}

| programming language = {{#statements:P277|from=Q1149365}}

| operating system = Unix, Linux, macOS, Windows

| platform = Ruby on Rails

| genre = Project management software, Bug tracking system

| language = 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

| language count = 49

| language footnote =

| license = {{#statements:P275|from=Q1149365}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/RedMine |title=Edgewall Software Trac |publisher=trac.edgewall.org |date=2015-03-01|access-date=2015-03-31}}

Redmine is written using the Ruby on Rails framework.{{cite web|url=http://www.oxhow.com/10-awesome-free-applications-office-work/ |title=10 Awesome Free Applications for Office Work |publisher=OXHow.com |date=2014-08-03|access-date=2015-03-31}} It is cross-platform and cross-database and supports 49 languages.{{cite web|url=http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Features|title=Features|publisher=redmine.org|access-date=2021-04-28}}

Features

{{Primary sources|section|date=November 2016}}

{{Prose|section|date=November 2016}}

Redmine's features include the following:{{Cite web|url=http://crackpaws.ezyro.com/2023/10/06/hide-me-vpn-4-2-2-crack-key-2024/|title=Overview - Redmine|website=crackpaws.ezyro.com/|language=en|access-date=2017-07-22}}

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  • 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

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Adoption

{{as of|2008}}, there were more than 80 major Redmine installations worldwide.{{cite web |date=2008-11-12 |title=Redmine - They Are Using Redmine |publisher=Redmine |url=http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/TheyAreUsingRedmine |access-date=2008-11-12 |archive-date=2010-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507170235/http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/TheyAreUsingRedmine |url-status=dead }} Among the users of Redmine is Ruby.{{cite web |url=https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ |title=Ruby Issue Tracking System |access-date=2015-03-01}} In 2015, Redmine was the most popular open source project planning tool.{{cite web |date=2015-08-01 |title=Project Planning Tools - Popularity Ranking|publisher=Project Management Zone|url=http://project-management.zone/ranking/open-source,planning |access-date=2015-08-01 }}

Forks

Following concerns with the way the feedback and patches from the Redmine community were being handled{{cite web |url=https://www.chiliproject.org/projects/chiliproject/wiki/Why_Fork | title=ChiliProject – Why fork |access-date=2012-07-04}} a group of Redmine developers created a fork of the project in February 2011.{{cite web | url=http://blog.chiliproject.org/community/chiliproject-a-community-fork-of-redmine/ | title=Introducing ChiliProject – A community fork of Redmine | date=2 February 2011 | access-date=2011-04-16 | archive-date=2011-04-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417184146/http://blog.chiliproject.org/community/chiliproject-a-community-fork-of-redmine/ | url-status=dead }} The fork was initially named Bluemine, but changed to ChiliProject.{{cite web | url=https://www.chiliproject.org/projects/chiliproject/wiki/FAQ | title=Chiliproject FAQ | access-date=2015-03-31}} After the leader of the fork moved on from ChiliProject in 2012{{cite web | url=http://www.littlestreamsoftware.com/portfolio/chiliproject-pm/ | title=ChiliProject | date=2 February 2011 | access-date=2014-05-21}} and development and maintenance had been announced to shut down,{{cite web | url=http://blog.chiliproject.org/ | title=ChiliProject Blog | access-date=2014-05-21 | archive-date=2014-06-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630090501/http://blog.chiliproject.org/ | url-status=dead }} the project was officially discontinued in February 2015.{{Cite web|url = http://blog.chiliproject.org/community/announcing-end-chiliproject/|title = Announcing the end of ChiliProject|date = 2015-02-02|access-date = 2015-02-28|archive-date = 2015-02-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150204043404/http://blog.chiliproject.org/community/announcing-end-chiliproject/|url-status = dead}}

Another fork of ChiliProject called OpenProject is active since 2015.{{cite web|url=https://community.openproject.org/projects/openproject |title=Open Project Development Timeline |publisher=openproject.org |access-date=2015-03-31}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Důvěra jako cenná komodita. Výzkum české firmy Easy Software vyvíjející projektové nástroje odhalil trendy managementu na dálku v roce 2021 |url=https://roklen24.cz/?quick_news=duvera-jako-cenna-komodita-vyzkum-ceske-firmy-easy-software-vyvijejici-projektove-nastroje-odhalil-trendy-managementu-na-dalku-v-roce-2021 |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=roklen24.cz |language=cs}}{{Cite book |last=iX-Redaktion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_cYmDwAAQBAJ&dq=Easy+Redmine&pg=PA90 |title=iX Special 2017 – IT-Projektmanagement: Agil bessere Software entwickeln |date=2017-06-09 |publisher=Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG |isbn=978-3-95788-087-1 |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Easy Redmine Reveals its New Feature Developed Based on the Feedback of Over 200 Scrum Teams |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/easy-redmine-reveals-its-new-feature-developed-based-on-the-feedback-of-over-200-scrum-teams-1032729510 |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=markets.businessinsider.com |language=en}}

See also

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book

|last=Lesyuk|first=Andriy

|year=2013

|title=Mastering Redmine

|publisher=Packt Publishing|isbn=978-1-849519-14-4}}

  • {{cite book

|last=Bevilacqua|first=Alex

|year=2014

|title=Redmine Plugin Extension and Development

|publisher=Packt Publishing|isbn=978-1-783288-74-8}}