6 Best Free and Open Source Project Management Software (FOSS) in 2024 Source medevel
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Summary : Project Management Software is an essential requirement nowadays to keep track of all demands of projects as time tracking, task assignment, bug tracking, report generation, and collaboration between teams. The following is a list of the top 6 free and open source Project Management Systems.
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1- ZenTao

ZenTao is an open source project management software whose main features are product management, project management, QA management, document management, bug management and todo management. It is a professional Application Lifecycle Management(ALM) , covering the core process of software development. It also has powerful search features, various forms of statistical reports and complete API. ZenTao also has a Professional and Enterprise versions with additional features.

Highlights

  • Application Lifecycle Management
  • Product Management
  • Story Management
  • Project/Sprint management
  • Task Management
  • QA management
  • Bug management
  • Case Management
  • Planning management
  • Release Management
  • Reports
  • Kanban
  • Whatsapp/Skype Group chat
  • Open source and unlimited to commercial use
  • Robust extensions and various plug-ins

2- ProjeQtOr


ProjeQtOr is a free open source project management software grouping in a single tool all the features needed to organize your projects. It is simple, easy to use while covering a maximum of project management features. ProjeQtOr is designed as a collaborative tool,  available in Web mode, and so requires the setup of a Web server.  However, the installation is easy and automated as much as possible. To setup and run ProjeQtOr, a simple PHP / MySql stack is needed, you can use your favorite stack (EasyPHP, ZEND, WAMP, XAMPP).

Highlights

  • Multilingual (14 languages)
  • Cross-Platform
  • 100% collaborative (web based)
  • Web 2.0 user interface

3- Tuleap

Tuleap is a free and Open Source Suite to improve management of software projects and connect with team members. It provides tools for managing projects, tasks, changes, defects, documents as well as version control, continuous integration and social collaboration. It has also a Professional and Cloud versions with more features.

Highlights

  • 100% Open Source
  • Monthly updates
  • Project management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Git, SVN and Jenkins support
  • Gamified Test Management
  • Document Management
  • Real-time collaboration

4- Taiga


Taiga is a free open source project management platform for agile developers. It is simple and customizable. It has premium and enterprise versions with added features. It is programmed with Python, Django and AngularJS.

Highlights

  • Simple and customizable
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Import from Trello, Jira, Asana and Github
  • Taiga REST API
  • Taiga mobile app
  • Social management

5- TaskJuggler


TaskJuggler is a Free and Open Source Software project management tool. It covers the complete spectrum of project management tasks from the first idea to the completion of the project. It assists you during project scoping, resource assignment, cost and revenue planning, risk and communication management. It provides an optimizing scheduler that computes your project time lines and resource assignments based on the project outline and the constraints that you have provided.

The built-in  resource balancer and consistency checker offload you from having to worry about irrelevant details and ring the alarm if the project gets out of hand. The flexible as-many-details-as-necessary approach allows you to plan your project as you go, making it also ideal for new management strategies such as Extreme Programming and Agile Project  Management.

TaskJuggler is written in Ruby Programming Language.

Highlights

  • Powerful Todo list management
  • Full integration with Vim text editor
  • Automatic resource leveling and tasks conflict resolution
  • Unlimited number of scenarios (baselines) of the same project for what-if analysis
  • Multiple time zone support
  • Support for profit/loss analysis
  • Comprehensive and flexible reports
  • Project tracking and status reporting with dashboard support
  • Projects can be combined into larger projects
  • Powerful project description language with macro support
  • Scales well on multi-core or multi-CPU systems
  • Support for project management teams and revision control systems
  • Data export to Microsoft Project and Computer Associates Clarity
  • CSV data export
  • iCalendar export
  • Server based time sheet system for status and actual work reporting
  • Runs on all Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOS and several other operating systems

6- web2Project


web2Project is a Free Open Source business-oriented Project Management System (PMS). It is based on an AMP-stack which means it is designed to run on Apache, MySQL, and PHP.

Highlights

  • Role-based permission system to give the Project Manager fine-grained control over sensitive data
  • Project and Group-wide Gantt Charts
  • A unified calendar with iCalendar support
  • A modular infrastructure which allows the addition or removal of modules to customize the features according to your requirements

Reference

https://medevel.com/top-12-free-and-open-source-project-management-systems/

George 2021-02-23 13:33:52 Reply
ZenTao biz for small teams less than ten users only charge 29.9dollars for perpetual, it's quite reasonable. And the most I like it is it can be self-hosted.
Glenn Smith 2021-02-02 11:19:17 Reply
Actually, among the above only ZenTao is totally free without user limitation if you have more than three users with open source version while zentao premium is not.
Ruth Ogden 2020-12-07 22:42:09 Reply
Surprisingly, Restyaboard is missing from the list. Restyaboard is a powerful opensource project and task management software for small and large businesses of 2021.
Taotao 2020-12-08 14:55:50
Could you compare the features of Restyaboard and ZenTao?
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