StackOverflow2013

Note that there are some explanatory texts on larger screens.

plurals

PO
text
Body
copied!<p>Check out <a href="http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBUGZ/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FogBugz</a> (hosted or not). Hosted it's free for 2-3 users.</p> <p>For a free alternative, try <a href="http://www.bugzilla.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bugzilla</a>.</p> <p>And of course there is <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jira</a>.</p> <p>Of the two commercial ones, FogBugz on the face of it is more expensive but there are several compelling advantages over Jira:</p> <ul> <li>option to have a hosted version (but at $25+ a seat per month, it doesn't come cheap);</li> <li>it includes the emailing component;</li> <li>it has a wiki (you would need Confluence - another commercial product - or some other Wiki with Jira that won't be as nicely integrated);</li> <li>it has project management features, namely evidence based scheduling. I've yet to see this used in a large project but it certainly would be interesting as it seems more flexible (and realistic) than the classic GANTT Chart approach;</li> <li>easily ability to upload screenshots (very useful for testers);</li> <li>opening a new case is as easy as sending an email bug request (and you don't need a license to do this but you do if you want to track it, be assigned it and so on);</li> <li>source control integration; and</li> <li>hosted version is free for up to 2 users.</li> </ul> <p>One comment I'll make is that I find the hosted version of FogBugz to be a bit... slow. It feels unresponsive. I've only ever used that version so I don't know how the local version compares but to me Jira seemed more responsive.</p> <p>The advantages of Jira are (imho):</p> <ul> <li>cost;</li> <li>it runs on any Windows, Mac OS X and Linux </li> <li>a <a href="http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAEXT/JIRA+Plugins" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rich set of plug-ins</a> (particularly for Confluence).</li> </ul> <p>Bugzilla I know less about but it seems more narrowly focused on just tracking bugs whereas the other two have integrated a much broader range of features.</p> <p>There are of course other bug tracking tools not listed above but I know less about those.</p>

Querying!

Guidance

An individual column

Larger individual text columns get their own page to allow for proper reading.

SQuiL has stopped working due to an internal error.

If you are curious you may find further information in the browser console, which is accessible through the devtools (F12).

Reload