Favorite bug tracking tools?
I'm in the market (so to speak) for a new bug tracking tool.. there are only a few requirements and it doesn't have to be open source or free, just good!
- Web based
- Tiered security
- Not hell to administer (don't want a full time employee just for this!)
- E-mail notification
- Decent reporting
- Integration with source control would be nice, but since we haven't picked a tool for that yet, it's not necessary.
I'm currently looking at:
BugZero
Scarab
ProblemTracker
Comments
How about MKS Integrity Solution?
http://www.mks.com/solutions
Posted by: David Gibbs | January 21, 2005 07:41 PM
MantisBT?
Web based, roles, fairly ok to manage, has e-mail reports for bugs (they can get annoying after awhile), reporting is ok, not sure about current SCM integration though.
I like the upgrade tool. A lot.
http://www.mantisbt.org/
(Site is a bit quirky at the moment)
Posted by: david | January 21, 2005 08:31 PM
I have just two words for you:
JIRA (http://atlassian.com/jira)
Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org)
I use both. The latest version of JIRA can index and link to Subversion; put a JIRA issue number in your commit log, and *bingo* JIRA will have a link to the repository and your commit message in-line with the issue.
The Atlassian folks are fantastic. They're great people and make very good software. Also check out their wiki, Confluence.
Posted by: b | January 21, 2005 09:13 PM
http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/
Posted by: Greg Wilson | January 21, 2005 10:06 PM
Why isn't BugZilla on your list?
Posted by: Dave | January 21, 2005 11:18 PM
Another vote for JIRA. It's fantastic. Whatever you do, don't choose Rational ClearQuest:
http://www.cwinters.com/news/display/?news_id=3323
Posted by: Chris Winters | January 21, 2005 11:26 PM
JIRA by far.
I've tried FogBugz, and JIRA is by far better.
Give it a try, you'll never look back.
Posted by: Jason Barker | January 21, 2005 11:46 PM
Trac is pretty decent, integrates with subversion, and is free. http://www.edgewall.com/trac/
Posted by: Ryan | January 22, 2005 01:05 AM
http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ if you want something relatively simple and customizable - I don't know if it covers the access control model you want, though, the things I've used it for just needed interesting workflow.
Posted by: Mark Eichin | January 22, 2005 02:46 AM
Edd Dumbill looked at this a few months ago. He unfortunately didn't come with a conclusion.
http://usefulinc.com/edd/blog/contents/2004/10/19-trackers/read
http://usefulinc.com/edd/blog/contents/2004/10/20-trackers/read
Posted by: Frederic Peters | January 22, 2005 03:50 AM
Another vote for JIRA.
Posted by: map | January 22, 2005 03:56 AM