The Top 5 Bug Tracking Tools

Bugzilla

Bugzilla is an open-source bug tracking tool. It is a web-based testing tool developed by the Mozilla project. It also comes under Mozilla Public License. Some well-known open-source projects are using this tool. Some of these are Apache developer, Linux Kernel developer, GNOME developer, Red Hat Distribution, etc. This software application is written in Perl language and used Mysql and Oracle databases for storage. This application provides many comprehensive features to their user like some of these features are, provide lists of bugs in different formats, provides schedule reports, provide advanced search capabilities, detect duplicate bugs automatically, provide patch viewer, show private attachment, provide comments, and many more.

Mantis

Mantis is an open-source software solution used for tracking software defects and bugs. It also provides a record of the user that interact and it tracked their multiple projects. It has been released under the GNU General Public License version 2. Matis is written in PHP and used multiple databases for storage like MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL. The installation of this software is very easy and is mostly used in small and medium-sized companies. This software tool also used in mobile devices. It allows source code integration to increase the functionality of this tool. you can also increase its function by using the plugin and through hook functions. It also supported multiple platforms like Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mach, etc. It provides the feature of email notifications and users can monitor specific issues.

Trac

Trac is an open-source bug tracking software tool. It is a web-based software solution and provides a very easy-to-use web Graphical User Interface (GUI). Trac is written in Python language and it also provides a wiki and integration facility for subversion. Trac is developed by Edgewall Software it has been released under the GNU General Public License and version 0.9 in the modified BSD license. It also supported a wide range of plugins. It also permits the hyperlinking information between wiki content, bug database, and revision control. Trac provides the features of email notifications, provides the feature of multiple project support, provides a road map of project management, provides a timeline of all recent activity, and provides many more features.

Redmine

Redmine is an open-source bug tracking project management tool. It provides the facility to their user to manage a number of projects and underlying subprojects. Redmine is written in Ruby on Rails and it supported cross-platform. It supported cross databases for store data and also supported 34 different languages. The software design is similar to Trac software and also provides similar types of features. The most impressive features of Redmine are it allows tracking of multiple projects, provide support of Gantt chart and calendar, permit simple time tracking, provides supports a number of LDAP authentication, provides the REST APIs and also consist of custom fields for issues, time entries, projects and users, etc.

Fossil

Fossil is an open-source bug tracking and distributed version control system. Installation of this software is very simple and also very easy to use this software. It comes with a built-in user-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI). It is very reliable software that provides Wiki. It is written in C language and used SQLite database for data storage. Fossil is a single small-sized program with no need for configuration and administration. It can be used in different platforms like Linux, Mac, and Windows. It has been released under a BSD license.