September 29th, 2009 | 
Author: I am on secondment to my company IT team, responsible for defect triage and admin of a web based bug tracking dB, Bug Host Pro (www.bughost.com), while this is effective & easy to manage for the most of the time, it is costly (approx GBP400/month).
I am keen in the use of Open Source where possible, my employers are not. I am sure that there are plenty of open source defect tracking applications out there, can anyone recommend something that has similiar functionality to BH. We are need to allow external parties access to the system and would prefer a web based application with minimal installation work. Any tips would be helpfull, I would like to use my own webspace to create an example and then write my proposal, I can write the business paper, but need assistance installing the application on a web page.
Thanks in advance of any advice offered.
There are several good Open Source bug trackers.
1. Bugzilla is by far the most famous, though it is notoriously difficult to set up. Many different companies and Open Source projects use this as their bug tracker.
http://www.bugzilla.org/
2. Mantis: This one is much easier to set up than Bugzilla, and has some pretty limited requirements. I’m not very fond of the UI, but it’s a capable program.
http://www.mantisbt.org/
3. My favorite open source bug tracker is Flyspray. It is simple to install and has a good number of features without being too complicated. I would recommend this one, though you should also take a look at Mantis to see which UI works better for you.
http://flyspray.org/
4. One of the lesser known open source tracker is Eventum. This was made by the developers of MySQL, and has time tracking features unavailable in Flyspray and Mantis. I found it to have far more features than I needed, but depending on what your requirements are, it may be the best fit.
http://eventum.mysql.org/
Alternatively you could find a CMS with a bug tracking addon, such as Drupal (and the project module), or TikiWiki (and their Tracker addon).
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There are several good Open Source bug trackers.
1. Bugzilla is by far the most famous, though it is notoriously difficult to set up. Many different companies and Open Source projects use this as their bug tracker.
http://www.bugzilla.org/
2. Mantis: This one is much easier to set up than Bugzilla, and has some pretty limited requirements. I’m not very fond of the UI, but it’s a capable program.
http://www.mantisbt.org/
3. My favorite open source bug tracker is Flyspray. It is simple to install and has a good number of features without being too complicated. I would recommend this one, though you should also take a look at Mantis to see which UI works better for you.
http://flyspray.org/
4. One of the lesser known open source tracker is Eventum. This was made by the developers of MySQL, and has time tracking features unavailable in Flyspray and Mantis. I found it to have far more features than I needed, but depending on what your requirements are, it may be the best fit.
http://eventum.mysql.org/
Alternatively you could find a CMS with a bug tracking addon, such as Drupal (and the project module), or TikiWiki (and their Tracker addon).
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