Good Bug / Enhancement Tracking Software (FREE) ???

[Schnieds]

Hey All,

I am currently working on a small software development project. We are in need of a good bug / enhancment tracking application that costs nada.

Here are our requirements for the software:

-Web based
-Server / Client based
-Multi-level accessible (i.e. Read only, manager, etc.)
-Catagorical (i.e. Bug, Enhancement, etc.)
-Priorities

Thanks!

 

[Gaunt]

I need the same thing, but I haven't found anything yet.

Something you COULD try would be a combination of CVS and a makeshift bug tracking database. Of course you'd have to piece things together for yourself, which would take time... cvs is free, and I believe will run on windows, although they suggest running the server only on a *nix based platform.

Other than that, the only option you might have is sourceforge, but I don't know what their requirements are.

 

[Adrian Tung]

Not sure if this is free (you may want to try Google to find it), but recently my company started to use a system called Bugzilla to track bugs. Very comprehensive and detailed, should have all the features you need, but I completely hate it (well, I hate anything that gets in the way/slows down my work anyway... 😀).


🙂atwl

 

[Schnieds]

Thanks for the replies... I am also checking out CodeTrack, which seems be a variant of Bugzilla. I should have also mentioned that I need this software to run on Win2K with ISS unfortunately.... That makes life a lot more difficult.

 

[Gaunt]

Ya, I think your chances are pretty slim. I need basically the same software for my team, but we've got a little bit of time before we'll need it. Probably end up developing it ourselves if we can't find it for a reasonable price.

 

[Turkey]

Bugzilla is what you're looking for. It will run on w2k/IIS with a little massaging. I'm curious though, why not just set up a linux pc and run it that way, or install apache on a windows machine? PCs are so cheap now you'd spend $500 and 2 days (if you're a linux n00b) setting up. Considering average weekly pay for the developers there is probably over $1000/week gross, you could have a new server and be using the industry standard bug tracking system, and be ahead financially.