GitHub AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Issue Tracking Systems

The best Issue Tracking alternative to GitHub is Gitea, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to GitHub and many of them are Issue Tracking Systems so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Issue Tracking System alternatives to GitHub are Codeberg, Bitbucket, Forgejo and GitBucket.

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  1. Gitea icon

    Gitea

     180 likes

    Gitea is a fork of Gogs, lightweight code hosting solution written in Go and published under the MIT license.

    49 Gitea alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Cloudron
    • Chocolatey
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  2. Codeberg icon

    Codeberg

     132 likes

    A free Git source code hosting service with the objective to give the open-source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that code remains free and secure forever.

    53 Codeberg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    Short Landing page.
     
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  4. Bitbucket icon

    Bitbucket

     409 likes

    Provides Git repository hosting with integrated issue tracking, wiki for documentation, pull requests, code review features, support for public and private repos, CI/CD integration, branch permissions, team collaboration, notification tools, and API access.

    82 Bitbucket alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Bugtracker
     
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    Backlog

    Cloud-based platform combining project management, issue tracking, code collaboration, bug management, real-time dashboards, Gantt charts, Kanban boards, burndown charts, and team workspace for progress and sprint tracking withou...

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    Forgejo

     71 likes

    Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

    56 Forgejo alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
    Short landing page
     
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  7. GitBucket icon

    GitBucket

     54 likes

    GitBucket is the easily installable open-source GitHub clone written with Scala.

    62 GitBucket alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Scala
    User Interface
     
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  8. Trac icon

    Trac

     147 likes

    Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. gitdot icon

    gitdot

     5 likes

    Open-source platform focused on quality for developers, featuring a highly performant Git server written in Rust, code review with stacked diffs, and a secure, locally testable, and reproducible CI/CD system. Avoids unnecessary AI, encourages code craftsmanship.

    48 gitdot alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Rust
    • Homebrew
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    Phorge

     8 likes

    Phorge is an open source, community driven platform for collaborating, managing, organizing and reviewing software development projects.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    Agile Kanban Workboard
     
  12. Mantis Bug Tracker icon

    Mantis Bug Tracker

     75 likes

    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.

    103 Mantis Bug Tracker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    Mantis Bug Tracker screenshot 1
     
  13. Tuleap icon

    Tuleap

     49 likes

    Tuleap is the first fully libre and open source software (GPL licence) for Enterprise Application Lifecycle Management. Tuleap is provided by the Enalean company and the community members.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    See what's hot, what happen in the previous releases and teams' velocity
     
  14. Planio icon

    Planio

     8 likes

    Ship awesome Software! Planio is your all-in-one platform, complete with Issue Tracking, Project Management, Version Control, Help Desk, Wikis and Chat.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Redmine
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    Apache Allura

     15 likes

    Apache Allura is an open source implementation of a software forge, a web site that manages source code repositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs, and more for any number of individual projects.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    git
     
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