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Re: OpenProject – open-source project management software

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Interesting lineage, RedMine -> ChiliProject -> OpenProject. Here is a (biased) overview on how the product compares to RedMine: https://www.openproject.org/blog/openproject-an-alternative-...

Reading this, I had a little laugh after reading the entire spiel about increasing intuitivness and the first point is renaming issues (universally understood) to "work packages" (what?). Maybe it's just me :) overall it looks like quite the overhaul from its redmine roots. A lot of what I had to hunt for in paid redmine plug-ins years ago is just a core feature in OpenProject.

I agree that the term "work packages" does not always fit. "Issues" doesn't neither. An "Epic" is not a an issue, in my opinion. I am curious which term you had on your mind.

Re: OpenProject – open-source project management software

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I'm curious what the BIM addon entails?

The BIM addon entails quite some features: - It allows you to share your construction 3D models as IFC models (a standard of openBIM) with the rest of your team. Everyone on a project suddenly has access without having to pay crazy license fees to Autodesk etc. You simply view the models right in the browser. - Everyone can create and comment on issues within the 3D models. Issues can be imported and exported via the BCF format, another openBIM standard. - There is add-in for Autodesk Revit, so that you can fix issues reported in OpenProject browser based IFC viewer straight away in the 3D model authoring tool.

Re: OpenProject – open-source project management software

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post #8

Interesting lineage, RedMine -> ChiliProject -> OpenProject. Here is a (biased) overview on how the product compares to RedMine: https://www.openproject.org/blog/openproject-an-alternative-...

It's interesting that when they forked in 2011 they switched from a RoR app to an SPA (angularjs then angular) + REST api to be able to get better UI interactivity. Now it's 2024 and after we've had SSR and hydration, JS frameworks are moving to even tighter integration between client and server (for example React Server components).

Yes, we are moving away from the SPA approach. If you follow our latest feature developments you will see that we now try to adopt the HOTwire approach in combination with GitHub's Primer ViewComponents. And it is fun!

Re: OpenProject – open-source project management software

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I'm curious what the BIM addon entails?

The BIM addon entails quite some features: - It allows you to share your construction 3D models as IFC models (a standard of openBIM) with the rest of your team. Everyone on a project suddenly has access without having to pay crazy license fees to Autodesk etc. You simply view the models right in the browser. - Everyone can create and comment on issues within the 3D models. Issues can be imported and exported via the…

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