YouTrack

YouTrack

Developer(s)	JetBrains
Initial release	29 October 2009
Stable release	7.0 / 28 September 2016[1]
Written in	Java via JetBrains MPS
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Bug tracking system, project management software
License	Proprietary, free for 10 users, free for open source projects
Website	www.jetbrains.com/youtrack

YouTrack is a proprietary, commercial browser-based bug tracker, issue tracking system and project management software developed by JetBrains. It focuses on query-based issue search with auto-completion, manipulating issues in batches,^[2] customizing the set of issue attributes,^[3] and creating custom workflows.^[4]

Architecture

YouTrack is implemented in compliance with the language-oriented programming^[5] paradigm and is developed using JetBrains MPS and a set of JetBrains' own domain-specific languages.^[6] It uses a built-in JetBrains database — a transactional key-value store. For remote procedure calls, YouTrack supports a RESTful API.

Integration with external tools

YouTrack integrates with a number of source control programs such as Subversion, CVS, Clearcase, Visual SourceSafe, Mercurial, Git, and Perforce through TeamCity. Also, there is a service hook to build an integration with GitHub. It also has an integration with TeamCity, IntelliJ IDEA, TestLink, TestRail, and supports user authentication with Google Account, Yahoo!, OpenID and LDAP. YouTrack is capable of importing issues from JIRA, Redmine, FogBugz, Bugzilla, MantisBT, Trac, CSV file and Google Code bug tracker. YouTrack provides a Python library^[7] for importing issues from other tracking systems.

User interface

YouTrack's Ajax-based user interface allows both keyboard and mouse interaction. Searching for issues is implemented via search query syntax and performed from a single search box.^[8]

System requirements and distribution types

YouTrack is cross-platform and works on any Java-enabled operating system, including Microsoft Windows, Linux (*nix), Mac OS X and Solaris.

It has three distribution types: runnable Java archive (.jar) which bundles Jetty and is ready to be started without any additional installation; a Windows Installer MSI which installs and configures JRE and Tomcat with the deployed YouTrack web archive, and also a plain .zip file archive. Until version 6.0,^[9] JetBrains also distributed YouTrack as a web archive (.war) which could be deployed to almost any servlet container (Tomcat, Jetty, etc.).

YouTrack RESTful API

YouTrack RESTful API^[10] allows developers to perform various actions programmatically, including:

• Importing existing projects and issues from other bug tracking systems.
• Creating, modifying, getting all the issues attributes.
• Manipulating projects, users, groups and roles.
• Implements the Networked Help Desk API.^[11]

License

JetBrains offers YouTrack in five packs with different numbers of users supported, with the basic pack being free of charge.^[12] JetBrains also provides YouTrack at no charge for open source projects and for educational and teaching uses in classrooms.

YouTrack is also available as a hosted service (SaaS), called YouTrack InCloud.

See also

• Comparison of issue-tracking systems

References

1. Download YouTrack
2. "JetBrains Releases YouTrack 1.0 Beta". eWeek. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
3. "JetBrains upgrades YouTrack bug tracker". InfoWorld. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
4. "JetBrains YouTrack 3.0 Clears Bug Tracker Launchpad". Dr.Dobb's. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
5. "Language Oriented Programming:The Next Programming Paradigm" (PDF).
6. "Evolving Java Without Changing the Language:Custom DSLs". InfoQ.
7. "Python Client Library".
8. "JetBrains Releases Bug and Issue Tracking Beta". Dr.Dobb's.
9. http://forum.jetbrains.com/thread/YouTrack-1803
10. "YouTrack REST API Reference".
11. "Integration with Zendesk". Retrieved 2016-05-06.
12. "Konfigurierbare Workflows mit YouTrack 3.0". heise Developer. Retrieved June 17, 2011.