Redmine

Redmine
Developer(s)	Jean-Philippe Lang
Initial release	June 25, 2006
Stable release	5.1.2 and 5.0.8 (March 4, 2024; 8 months ago) [±]
Preview release	none [±]
Written in	Ruby on Rails
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Project management software; Bug tracking software
License(s)	GNU General Public License v2
Website	www.redmine.org

Redmine is flexible web-based project management software that's based on a Ruby on Rails framework. The design of Redmine is significantly influenced by Trac, a software package with similar features.

Product history

Redmine was introduced on RubyForge with version 0.1.0 on June 25, 2006.^[1]

Features

Main features of Redmine include^[2]:

multiple project and subproject support
role-based security
bug tracking system
Gantt charts and calendars
project- and work-based time tracking
custom fields and interface
document management
project-based wikis
SCM integration (Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Darcs, Bazaar, and Git)
web feeds and e-mail support
lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) support
multi-language support

Hardware/software requirements

Main features of Redmine include^[3]:

1. MySQL 5.0 or higher, PostgreSQL 8, or SQLite 3

2. an appropriate version of Ruby and Ruby on Rails (see below)

The version of Ruby and Ruby on Rails necessary for proper software function depends on which version of Redmine you wish to install. Reference Redmine's install requirements for those dependencies and other dependencies for SQL databases, etc. here.