The Bug Genie Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to The Bug Genie for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is JIRA, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to The Bug Genie and 11 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to The Bug Genie are Mantis Bug Tracker, Fossil, Easy8 (formerly Easy Redmine) and not8.

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  1. JIRA icon
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    Centralized project management tool for planning and tracking tasks, aligning work with company goals, visualizing workflows, and optimizing performance via real-time data insights. Offers AI-driven task suggestions, integrates with essential tools, and provides a cohesive collaboration space under one roof.

    458 JIRA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. Mantis Bug Tracker is a free and open source, web-based bug tracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting language and works with MySQL, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL databases and a webserver. MantisBT can be installed on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, OS/2, and others.

    99 Mantis Bug Tracker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Fossil icon
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    Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management. Fossil is a distributed version control system, bug tracking system and wiki software server for use in software development.

    27 Fossil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Adaptive suite integrating project, IT service, and source code management for technology teams, featuring time tracking, issue and document management, customizable dashboards, third-party integration, agile and waterfall support, and cloud deployment options.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. not8 icon
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    not8 enables to write notes directly on the team website, and share them with colleagues. These notes will help to efficiently share feedback and reviews between colleagues, without the necessity of video explanations, long emails or screenshots.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Flyspray icon
     21 likes

    Flyspray is a lightweight, web-based bug tracking system written in PHP for assisting with software development and project managements. Originally developed for the Jabber client project it has been made available to everyone under the...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. Codegiant icon
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    Codegiant includes pretty yet powerful tools for agile project management. It is meant to be a single platform for project management. People are loving it as a great alternative to Jira as it is faster with better UI/UX and is free to use for upto 5 users.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. zipBoard icon
     9 likes

    Enhance web development and e-learning projects by annotating and assigning bugs with zipBoard. It combines real-time visual feedback, task management, and collaboration tools to improve productivity. Suitable for QA teams, managers, developers, and designers with a focus on client integration.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. jtrac icon
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    JTrac is an open source and highly customizable issue-tracking web-application written in Java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Deskzilla icon
     2 likes

    Deskzilla is an alternative user interface for Bugzilla. Its an installable application that connects to Bugzilla, downloads bugs and lets the user work with bugs in a snappy Outlook-like user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. The DevBox is based on trac with the addition of file sharing, a much easier permission system, automated backups with Dropbox option, unified access control with automated ssh key management and support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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