Mantis Bug Tracker
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
Features
- Email Notifications
- Fast motion
- Integrated Chat
- Issue Tracking
- Reporting
- Role-based security access
- Web-Based
X Integration- Multiple languages
Mantis Bug Tracker News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- tiwoh reviewed Mantis Bug Tracker
I really want to love this, but the usability feels like something left over from the late 90s internet.
Basic workflows are unnecessarily painful. For example, when a developer marks an issue as “resolved,” they’re required to specify a target version—but you can’t define that version in the same form. Instead, you have to leave the issue, create a new version elsewhere, then return to the ticket to select “fixed in version x.y.z.” It’s hard to imagine how a workflow like this ever seemed...
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What is Mantis Bug Tracker?
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. Almost any web browser should be able to function as a client.
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MantisHub is available as commercial hosted solution of MantisBT.
Supports any platform that runs PHP (Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, AS400/i5, etc) Available in 68 localizations. Customizable Issue Pages Multiple Projects per instance Support for Projects, Sub-Projects, and Categories. Users can have a different access level per project Changelog Support Roadmap My View Page Search and Filter Full Text Search Simple/Advanced Filters Shared Filters (across users / projects) Built-in Reporting (reports / graphs) Custom Fields Email notifications Users can monitor specific issues Attachments (can be saved on webserver or in database - can also backup to an FTP account) Issue Change History RSS Feeds (news, issues matching saved filters, issues matching a specific project) Customizable issue workflow Sponsorships Support - users are able to place bounties or sponsorships for specific issues, also developers can track such sponsorships / payments. Anonymous Access Signup with Captcha and Email Confirmation. Self-Service Reset Password Support Export to csv, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word Ability to extended functionality through hook (custom) functions. Ability to extended functionality through plugins. Reporting issues via Email (available as a patch for 1.1.x and EmailReporting Plugin for 1.2.x]]) Reporting Issues via a custom form on your website (Anonymantis). Source Control Integration (GIT, SVN and CVS). No limit on the number of users, issues, or projects. Wiki Integration (optional) Time Tracking Ability to send messages to messages to other users in regards to a specific issue.
Mantis Bug Tracker information
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- English
Comments and Reviews
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I really want to love this, but the usability feels like something left over from the late 90s internet.
Basic workflows are unnecessarily painful. For example, when a developer marks an issue as “resolved,” they’re required to specify a target version—but you can’t define that version in the same form. Instead, you have to leave the issue, create a new version elsewhere, then return to the ticket to select “fixed in version x.y.z.” It’s hard to imagine how a workflow like this ever seemed reasonable.
On top of that, nearly every page is a wall of text, making it exhausting to navigate or understand. Configuration is equally frustrating, split between a config.php file and in-application settings with no clear boundary between the two.
Overall, the experience is cumbersome and outdated. Avoid.
This software hasn't been really fixed or improved upon for over a decade, save yourself the pain and just find some other tracker. I decided to give this software another shot: I installed it and then immediately found that I couldn't create users - you can CREATE users, but you can't give them a password from the administrator console, which seems ludicrous. The default PDO is the depreciated mysql (not mysqli, although that is an option) I needed to create about 20 users and saw that this was pretty much impossible to do easily, so I gave up and looked to find something better.
Pro: There don't seem to be many free bugtrackers out there but MantisBT does a great job once you get it set up correctly and spend hours of time exploring its capabilities. The bug lists are clear and neat.
Contra: I spend a lot of time going back and forth between admin pages to find what i am looking for, which can be a bit aggravating at times.
I upgraded the software once, only to find there were a ton of error messages popping up and those backups came in handy. It only seems to be getting worse with newer releases, so i've decided to stop trying. It's a shame though, i like MantisBT, i really do! Maybe i'm just doing something wrong, who will tell?