When comparing The Bug Genie 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 The Bug Genie is ranked 13th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Wiki
Built-in Wiki with MarkDown support.
Pro Custom issue fields
The Bug Genie supports having any number of custom issue fields for any type of issue.
Pro Open-source
The Bug Genie is a free and open source tool.
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 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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