Redmine is a

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, web-based project management and issue tracking tool. It allows users to manage multiple projects and associated subprojects. It features per project

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s and forums, time tracking, and flexible, role-based access control. It includes a calendar and

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s to aid visual representation of projects and their deadlines. Redmine integrates with various

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systems and includes a

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browser and

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viewer. The design of Redmine is significantly influenced by

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, a software package with some similar features. Redmine is written using the

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framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database and supports 49 languages.

Features

Redmine's features include the following: * Allows tracking of multiple projects * Supports flexible

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* Includes an

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* Features a

and calendar * Integrates News, documents and files management * Allows

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s and e-mail notifications. * Supports a per-project

and per-project forums * Allows simple time tracking * Includes custom fields for issues, time-entries, projects and users * Supports a range of SCM integration, including ( SVN, CVS,

Git Git () is a distributed version control system: tracking changes in any set of files, usually used for coordinating work among programmers collaboratively developing source code during software development. Its goals include speed, data in ...

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, Bazaar and Darcs) * Supports multiple

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* Allows user self-registration * Supports 49 languages * Allows multiple databases * Allows for plugins * Provides a

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Adoption

, there were more than 80 major Redmine installations worldwide. Among the users of Redmine is

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. In 2015, Redmine was the most popular open source project planning tool.

Forks

Following concerns with the way the feedback and patches from the Redmine community were being handled a group of Redmine developers created a

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of the project in February 2011. The fork was initially named Bluemine, but changed to ChiliProject. After the leader of the fork moved on from ChiliProject in 2012 and development and maintenance had been announced to shut down, the project was officially discontinued in February 2015. Another fork of ChiliProject called

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is active since 2015.

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