http://projectlocker.com
git or SVN + Trac + wiki
Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
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Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#12If you would like to have a simple app which can align more with your requirements, you can build one online in a few minutes, using iFreeTools Creator.
Check out: http://blogs.ifreetools.com/2010/03/building-simple-bug-trac...
The overview of the steps involved..
- Edit App Settings to re-brand, set time-zone, etc.,. (optional)
- Add Bug Entity
- Add Attributes for Bug
- Start using the Bug Tracker
Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#13I use and love CodeBaseHQ (http://www.codebasehq.com/)
It hosts git repos and does ticketing in a pretty minimal way...
Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#14The best free issue tracker I've used is the one on Google Code. I use GitHub for hosting, but the Google Code issue tracker has plenty of options, and can fit just about any bill you want it to. It also has a built-in wiki! Since there's no requirement to actually host your code there, it works out pretty well.
Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#15bitbucket does the job for me.
Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#16I use a text file. Fixed bugs go to the bottom of the file with "FIXED" next to them. The higher priority a bug is the higher up in the file it is. I keep the file in source control with my code base.
I tried moving to a different system, but I found that even the simplest alternative was still much more complex, and I tended not to use it as much because it required me to open up a new window/tab. I find that a solution that causes me to want to use it less is not a better solution.
I'm working alone, and I don't need much more then a description to remind myself of what needs fixing, so it really works well for me. To each their own.
Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#17I'd suggest not actually using a bug tracking system. They tend to be separate from actual planning and the fact that they're separate means that planning is harder. Take a look at http://www.pivotaltracker.com/ The whole system is crazy simple/easy to use and it pretty much lets you do all your project management in one place.
Pivotal Tracker is fantastic. Free, extremely easy to use, productive, and they just re-did their user interface.
We use Pivotal Tracker at work and it's just awesome! I can't believe it's free, it's so good. At my last job we were using some enterprising scrum management software and it was slow, clunky, and expensive (unless you used the free version, which we didn't because heck, we've got an IT budget to spend and we need that burndown report!)
Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#18I'm very happy with Redmine, and it's free. :) I do host it myself, which is really not very hard (my instance runs off a Ubuntu Server VM on my Windows work machine, and took about 30 mins to get running).
I just setup Redmine after seeing a comment about it here yesterday, took longer for the new subdomain to propagate than to install. In a day I have fully switched from a bunch of Trac installs since I can manage multiple projects with Redmine. Though I still think Trac's repo browsing is slightly better.
Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#19I'd suggest not actually using a bug tracking system. They tend to be separate from actual planning and the fact that they're separate means that planning is harder. Take a look at http://www.pivotaltracker.com/ The whole system is crazy simple/easy to use and it pretty much lets you do all your project management in one place.
I can't recommend pivotal tracker enough. It's not a full featured bug/issue tracker like JIRA, but I think that's what I love about it (I also only really use it for projects with up to about 4/5 people on them). The interface is super easy to learn, but works very well for both bugs and features. You do have to prescribe to an agile style development cycle to get the most out of it, but alternatively, you could just leave everything in the icebox.
Re: Ask HN: Any recommendations for bug tracking software?
#20I submitted this same question to HN a little less than a year ago when we started working on what would eventually become Crowdbooster. Here's a link to it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1190516
We ended up going with Unfuddle, which we still use, and it's nice to be able to close out tickets in your Git commit messages, but we don't really use the rest of the software much. Honestly, just having quick meetings and going down a list on a whiteboard has been the most effective thing.