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Add to SafariWhen comparing Bugs vs MaxiBug, 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 MaxiBug is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Bugs is:
It runs on PHP and MySQL, which are ubiquitous nowadays.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
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.
Pro Free
Pro Drag & Drop
Images can be dragged and dropped on the Issue form.
Pro Git support
From version 1.1.0 in the Issue form the "Git history" tab can be selected, and by pressing the sync button the Git history for an issue can be retrieved.
Pro Single exe
All that is needed is a single exe (file size less than 3 MB) and a PostgreSQL server, the database will be created automatically.
Cons
Con Based on an outdated Laravel version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.
Con PostgreSQL knowledge needed
There should be at least one person in the team that can administer a PostgreSQL server with user roles and rights.
Con Virus warning
Might give a false virus warning on some Windows versions when using the Edge browser, try with Chrome instead.
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