Project Managment open source software

Hi,

Can anyone recommend any open source project management software. I’ve been using base camp and Action method, but wondered if there is anything I can host myself thats does the same job for a lot cheaper.

Thanks

Ben

Hi,
Here is a quick list:

• Collabtive
• Project Pier
• Achievo
• OpenGoo

Collabtive is probably the best way to go, even if it’s still in beta...

Quote from: Fairytree at Jan 15, 2010, 08:08 PM

Hi,
Here is a quick list:

• Collabtive
• Project Pier
• Achievo
• OpenGoo

Collabtive is probably the best way to go, even if it’s still in beta...

Nice one thanks, collabtive does look the best option.

Thanks

Ben

I was using collabtive for a while, but had some issues with it scrambling word docs >:( Not sure if it was the program or my installation/server. I was flat out at the time so didn’t have any time to sort it out.

I’m thinking that google wave + google docs could probably be used for PM reasonably well, just a matter of getting a workpath down.

I’m using opengoo (now Feng Office) and love it. very nice app.

I like Redmine. It can be difficult to set up though.

I’ve been pretty happy with Unfuddle. The free version is a bit limited, but suitable for some projects. I have some clients using BaseCamp, but honestly, I don’t think their prices are competitive -- Basecamp’s organization of posts/projects uses too big of buckets for my taste, and c’mon... BaseCamp has no SVN repos? Really?

I haven’t tried Collabtive, tho... but it looks like it offers a lot of nice features for free. The layout and links are too icon heavy for me... I don’t mind them, but good UI should always include text, imo. And some of the controls just are weird... e.g. you edit a project to change its name, and when you’re done making edits, you click "Send"? What?

Quote from: sinbad at Jan 20, 2010, 03:10 AM

I’m using opengoo (now Feng Office) and love it. very nice app.

Same here. It is great and in active development and a breeze to update when a new release arrives. We’ve even gotten clients to buy into using it (you can set permissions so they can only see information relevant to their projects). It’s great when a client is willing to login to your PM system and assign you a task. The ability to time task execution and to set billing and generate reports has proven appealing. Some clients are even considering using it in house for their own projects.

only thing I don’t like is that their forums are nothing like here. well nothing is like here

Quote from: rfoster at Jan 30, 2010, 12:55 AM

I like Redmine. It can be difficult to set up though.

Another vote for redmine from me, fully featured and most of all free. Although I was lucky and didn’t have had any problems setting it up, it worked out of the box for me and had everything built in that I required.

Although I’ve just found this thread as I’ve got a new job where I’d like to link to Redmine from a modx site. I’d like to find out if it’s possible to setup one login account in modx that’ll allow automatic login to redmine.

Adrian