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DescriptionThe Bug Genie is an open source issue tracking tool, that also offers planning and collaboration capabilities.Bug tracking and project planning tool available as cloud service and as commercial tool.
CategoryProject Planning, ranked #99
Issue Management, ranked #37
Project Collaboration, ranked #73
Project Planning, ranked #3
Issue Management, ranked #2
DeveloperZegenie StudiosAtlassian
Websitethebuggenie.comatlassian.com/­software/­jira
Technical documentationthebuggenie.com/­supportconfluence.atlassian.com/­display/­JIRA/­JIRA+Documentation
Social network pages
Facebook569likes
Google+93followers
Twitter277followers
LinkedIn15,130followers
Twitter19,873followers
Initial release20022002
LicenseOpen SourceMozilla Public License 1.1
Commercial
Web-based service (SaaS)
Commercial
Web-based service (SaaS)
Web-based architectureyesyes
Programming languagePHPJava
Operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Mobile appsnono
APIyesyesJava, REST
Multi-useryesyes
User rolesyesyes
Authentication mechanismPassword
LDAP
Password
LDAP
NotificationsEmail
RSS feeds
Email
Project Planning Properties
Hierarchical tasksSupport for parent-child relationships of tasksyesyes
Recurring tasksSupport for definition of tasks that occur repeatedlynono
Milestone trackingMilestones indicate the completion of major deliverables, normally by completing a set of tasksyesno
Task dependenciesDependencies between tasks are logical relationships that restrict the sequence of task executions, e.g. one task must be completed before another task can startnoyesvia "issue linking"
Critical path managementThe critical path method calculates the set of tasks that cannot be delayed without increasing the project's duration, taking into account task dependenciesnono
Critical chain managementThe critical chain method expands the critical path method by additionally taking resource constraints into accountnono
Gantt chartsBar chart to visualize a project's tasks and milestones schedulenoyesavailable via 3rd-party plugins
PERT chartsNetwork diagrams according to Program Evaluation Review Techniquenono
BaselinesSupport for creating and using snapshots of a project's plan in terms of cost, scope and schedule nono
Resource managementSupport for managing a project's human and/or non-human resourcesyesno
Resource levelingSupport for optimizing the allocation of a project's resourcesnono
Time trackingSupport for estimating and monitoring the time spent on a project's tasksyesyesavailable via 3rd-party plugins
Cost trackingSupport for monitoring a project's expensesnoyesavailable via 3rd-party plugins
Earned value managementSupport for tracking a project's performance and progress via earned value measurementsnono
Risk managementSupport for identifying and keeping track of project risks and risk-related activitiesnoyesavailable via 3rd-party plugins
Scrum supportSupport for typical Scrum techniques such as sprints, backlogs and burn-down chartsyesyeswith JIRA Agile add-on
Kanban supportSupport for typical Kanban techniques such as visualization of tasks on boards using cardsyesyeswith JIRA Agile add-on
Project portfolio management Support for collectively managing a set of current or proposed projects, e.g. by evaluation and prioritization of projectsnoyesavailable via 3rd-party plugins
Issue Management Properties
Hierarchical issuesyesyes
Custom fieldsyesyes
Custom workflowsyesyes
Project Collaboration Properties
Project wikiyes
Discussion forumno
Online chatno
Audio conferencingno
Video conferencingno
Screen sharingno
Calendar sharingno
Contact sharingno
Document sharingyes
File versioningno
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