OTRS
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| Developer(s) | OTRS AG |
|---|---|
| Initial release | February 14, 2003[1] |
| Written in | Perl, Javascript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Ticket tracking software |
| License(s) | Affero General Public License v3[2] |
| Website | community.otrs.com |
OTRS or "Open Ticket Request System"[3] is an open-source ticket tracking application (sometimes referred to as a "trouble ticket" or "issue tracking" system) developed by OTRS AG and the OTRS Group. The company offers both a free open-source version called "((OTRS)) Community Edition" and a more controlled open-source professional edition simply called "OTRS." In addition to their software, the OTRS Group also offers users fee-based hosting, implementation support, and operational support services.
Product history
Open source pioneer Martin Edenhofer planted the first seeds of the OSTR project on September 2, 2001 after talking to colleague Sebastian Wormser about the lack of an open source ticket tracking application.[3] Edenhofer began programming on OSTR two months later, quickly producing a beta version by March 2002.[4] On February 14, 2003, Edenhofer released the first stable release of OSTR (version 1.0).[1] Seeing a market for services to his product (then at version 1.1.3) Edenhofer and other developers decided to create a company — OTRS GmbH — in October 2003.[5][4]
August 2005 saw OSTR 2.0 get released, with reportedly more than 12,000 companies and organizations worldwide using the software.[6][7] As the popularity of the software continued to grow, the company transitioned into a new entity OTRS AG in October 2007, eventually becoming a multinational company.[8]
In early 2018, OTRS AG announced a series of key changes that would affect both its free open-source and business versions, starting with version 7[9]:
- Significant portions of the non-public functionality found in the business product would be integrated into the public OTRS version.
- The public (free open-source) OTRS version will be renamed to "((OTRS)) Community Edition" (CE).
- New versions of OTRS (which is now the name of the professional/business version) will be made available to paying customer first, "then several years later to the public."
- A separate site will be maintained for the CE.
- The company will provide bug fixes to the most recent version of the CE, until a new major release of the CE arrives.
- Development to OTRS will now be limited to bug fixes of previously released versions via GitHub; adding new features to future versions is only available to paying customers.
Features
OTRS
Key features of the OTRS software include:
- ticket management
- knowledge management
- self-service portal
- service catalog and documentation
- time accounting
- reporting
- customer surveying
- iPhone support
- access management
- system monitoring
The difference in features between the Community Edition (CE) and the professional version are not, however, clear.
Hardware/software requirements
System requirements for the CE can be found here.
Videos, screenshots, and other media
- Demonstration videos of OTRS can be found on YouTube.
Entities using OTRS
Further reading
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edenhofer, Martin (14 February 2003). "Release of OTRS 1.0 (codename Sunset Beach)". Martin Edenhofer. http://edenhofer.de/2003/02/release-of-otrs-1-0-codename-sunset-beach/. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ "License - OTRS". OTRS, Inc.. http://www.otrs.com/en/license/. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Edenhofer, Martin (2 September 2001). "Start of OTRS!". Martin Edenhofer. http://edenhofer.de/2001/09/start-of-otrs/. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bio - Martin Edenhofer". Martin Edenhofer. http://edenhofer.de/bio/. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ Baader, Hans-Joachim (14 October 2003). "Trouble Ticket System OTRS mit kommerziellem Support". Pro-Linux. http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/6064/trouble-ticket-system-otrs-mit-kommerziellem-support.html. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ Lindner, Mirko (1 August 2005). "OTRS 2.0 freigegeben". Pro-Linux. http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/8462/otrs-20-freigegeben.html. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ Edenhofer, Martin (1 August 2005). "OTRS 2.0.1 (Klong Jark Beach) Released!". Martin Edenhofer. http://edenhofer.de/2005/08/otrs-2-0-1-klong-jark-beach-released/. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ "OTRS History - OTRS". OTRS, Inc.. http://www.otrs.com/en/company/otrs-history/. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ "Template:OTRS Community Edition". OTRS AG. Archived from the original on 03 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180503170951/https://community.otrs.com/. Retrieved 04 May 2018.
