When comparing Lean Testing vs MaxiBug, the Slant community recommends MaxiBug for most people. In the question“What are the best free bug-tracking tools for programming? ” MaxiBug is ranked 9th while Lean Testing is ranked 10th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Hosted
Offers a hosted version, which is very helpful if you want to avoid the time and energy it takes to host a bug tracker on your own internal server.
Pro Slack integration
Can easily be integrated with Slack.
Pro Free unlimited projects & team members
Lean Testing is free for an unlimited number of team members or projects.
Pro Test plan manager
Includes a manager for testing plans.
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 Not very popular
Since it's not a very popular solution, there are not as many guides and resources for this out there. Plus, there's also a greater risk of it shutting down one day than other, more popular issue trackers.
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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