Redmine

Redmine

Developer(s)	Jean-Philippe Lang
Initial release	June 25, 2006
Stable release	3.3.1 (October 10, 2016[1]) [±]
Repository	svn.redmine.org/redmine
Development status	Active
Written in	Ruby on Rails
Available in	34 languages
Type	Project management software, Bug tracking system
License	GNU General Public License v2
Website	www.redmine.org

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.^[2]

Redmine is written using the Ruby on Rails framework.^[3] It is cross-platform and cross-database and supports 34 languages.^[4]

Features

Redmine's features include the following:

• 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 34 languages
• Allows multiple databases
• Allows for plugins
• Provides a REST API

Adoption

Redmine is reported to have more than 80 major installations worldwide.^[5] Among the users of Redmine is Ruby.^[6] Redmine is the most popular open source project planning tool.^[7]

Forks

Following concerns with the way the feedback and patches from the Redmine community were being handled^[8] a group of Redmine developers created a fork of the project in February 2011.^[9] The fork was initially named Bluemine, but changed to ChiliProject.^[10] After the leader of the fork moved on from ChiliProject in 2012^[11] and development got stuck,^[12] the project was officially discontinued in February 2015.^[13]

Another fork of ChiliProject called OpenProject is being actively worked on.^[14]

See also

• Comparison of project management software
• Software configuration management
• Comparison of issue-tracking systems

References

1. "Redmine 3.3.1, 3.2.4 and 3.1.7 released". Retrieved 2016-10-27.
2. "Edgewall Software Trac". trac.edgewall.org. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
3. "10 Awesome Free Applications for Office Work". OXHow.com. 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
4. "Features". redmine.org. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
5. "Redmine - They Are Using Redmine". Redmine. 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
6. "Ruby Issue Tracking System". Retrieved 2015-03-01.
7. "Project Planning Tools - Popularity Ranking". Project Management Zone. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
8. "ChiliProject – Why fork". Retrieved 2012-07-04.
9. "Introducing ChiliProject – A community fork of Redmine". Retrieved 2011-04-16.
10. "Chiliproject FAQ". Retrieved 2015-03-31.
11. "ChiliProject". Retrieved 2014-05-21.
12. "ChiliProject Blog". Retrieved 2014-05-21.
13. "Announcing the end of ChiliProject". 2015-02-02.
14. "Open Project Development Timeline". openproject.org. Retrieved 2015-03-31.

Book references

• Lesyuk, Andriy (2013). Mastering Redmine. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-849519-14-4.
• Bevilacqua, Alex (2014). Redmine Plugin Extension and Development. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-783288-74-8.

External links

• Official website