Codendi: great for developers
First off is Codendi, one of the best open source project management tools available. This particular project management software is mainly used for programming related jobs, since that’s what it was designed for. You could use this software for other uses, but the features such as versioning code, bugs, system requirements and the testing sections of the software are clearly meant for programming needs. So while it’s one of the best open source project management software’s available, it’s not made for everyone.
ProjectPier: anything goes
ProjectPier is another Open Source and self-hosted software for project management. ProjectPier works in a similar manner to commercial project management products in that it allows you to communicate and collaborate in your own way, with the freedom of self-hosting. Overall, this is great software to use if you know how to install PHP applications on your own webserver. ProjectPier is appropriate for almost any type of project you could imagine.
Project HQ: inspired on BaseCamp
Project HQ is next on the list of open source and online project management software. Project HQ is interesting because it uses only open source technologies while being open source itself. Project HQ is independent of closed source databases such as MySQL and instead replaces it with SQLAlchemy, an interesting endeavor, to say the least. The software performs well and seems to take inspiration from Basecamp and ActiveCollab, so it’s simplistic but still reasonably powerful.
Collabtive: another BaseCamp alternative
Collabtive is a project that was started in November of 2007 as an open source web based project management software. Their goal with Collabtive is to offer an alternative to ActiveCollab and Basecamp, which they do a reasonable job at. While the software isn’t quite as powerful as ActiveCollab, it’s just as intuitive and simple to use as Basecamp.
Feng Office: all-around project collaboration software
Feng Office is the final open source project management software that will be discussed here and is more focused on general project development. Feng Office features easy contact management, time management, project management and even document management. Everything can be edited online, or downloaded/uploaded at a later time. Feng Office is not tailored to any specific job type; it’s the all-around project collaboration software that’s easy to use as well as intuitive. Well worth giving a shot if nothing else suits your project type.
Daniel C.
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