Redmine
by Redmine · Self-hosted open source project management and issue tracking
28.5 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Redmine is a project management web application written in Ruby on Rails, and is cross-platform and cross-database. It covers multiple projects with role-based access control, issue tracking, Gantt charts and calendars, time tracking, custom fields, and news, document and file management. Each project can have its own wiki and forums, and it integrates with SVN, CVS, Git, Mercurial and Bazaar.
- Best for
- Teams wanting a self-hosted, open source tracker for issues and multiple projects at once.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the software is open source and released under the GNU General Public License v2.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open source under the GNU GPL v2
- Issue tracking with Gantt chart and calendar views
- SCM integration with SVN, CVS, Git, Mercurial and Bazaar
- Per-project wikis and forums, time tracking, custom fields
Trade-offs
- Self-hosted Ruby on Rails application that you install and maintain
- The only demo site is an unofficial third party one, not run by the project
- Support is community forums, an IRC channel and an unofficial Slack
- Built and maintained by community volunteers
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- Documentation
- 0 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 41 out of 100
- Customer sentiment
- 80 out of 100
- Changelog
- 80 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 15 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 0 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 30 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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