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Add to SafariWhen comparing Mantis BT vs Bugs, the Slant community recommends Bugs for most people. In the question“What are the best free bug-tracking tools for programming? ” Bugs is ranked 7th while Mantis BT is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Bugs is:
It runs on PHP and MySQL, which are ubiquitous nowadays.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Open source
MantisBT is a free and open source bug tracker.
Pro Light
Really light and simple. Good for simple management.
Pro Simple installation
It runs on PHP and MySQL, which are ubiquitous nowadays.
Pro Free and opensource
Bugs is free an Open source. Anyone can contribute to it.
Cons
Con Little integration
Supports little integration with code repositories, and CI servers
Con Too simple
Not powerful enough for complex management.
Con No documentation can be found in the installation files
The files that are included with the installer or the files that come out of the box after a fresh installation don't include any documentation.
Con Based on an outdated Laravel version
The maintainer doesn't feel like porting it to a more recent Laravel version. So unless someone steps up, it may slowly die along with its PHP version.
