When comparing Redmine vs MaxiBug, the Slant community recommends Redmine for most people. In the question“What are the best free bug-tracking tools for programming? ” Redmine is ranked 3rd while MaxiBug is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Redmine is:
Redmine is a free and open source tool.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free and open-source
Redmine is a free and open source tool.
Pro Visually appealing and has high usability
Redmine's UI is very simple and easy to learn to use. It does not overwhelm users with many options and information at once.
Pro Built in Integration for GIT, SVN, & CVS
Pro Built In Wiki
Pro Plugins support
If there is additional features set you want you can find or write plugins to extend the ability.
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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