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What is Redmine?

Redmine is a project management web application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database, and free to download and use as an open source project available on the GNU 2.0 license.

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  • Task Management (12)
    9.0
    90%
  • Gantt Charts (11)
    8.0
    80%
  • Team Collaboration (11)
    8.0
    80%
  • Resource Management (11)
    7.0
    70%
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What is Redmine?

Redmine is a project management web application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database, and free to download and use as an open source project available on the GNU 2.0 license.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

7.7
Avg 7.5

Professional Services Automation

Features that support professional services organizations

7.5
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is Redmine?

Redmine is a project management web application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database, and free to download and use as an open source project available on the GNU 2.0 license.

Some of the main features of Redmine are:

  • Multiple projects support
  • Flexible role based access control
  • Flexible issue tracking system
  • Gantt chart and calendar
  • News, documents & files management
  • Feeds & email notifications
  • Per project wiki
  • Per project forums
  • Time tracking
  • Custom fields for issues, time-entries, projects and users
  • SCM integration (SVN, CVS, Git, Mercurial and Bazaar)
  • Issue creation via email
  • Multiple LDAP authentication support
  • User self-registration support
  • Multilanguage support
  • Multiple databases support

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Redmine Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Redmine is a project management web application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database, and free to download and use as an open source project available on the GNU 2.0 license.

Redmine starts at $0.

OpenProject are common alternatives for Redmine.

Reviewers rate Email integration highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Redmine are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Richard Davies | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our small web development team uses Redmine for project management and issue tracking for various small-medium projects.
  • Basic, lightweight project management tool with issue tracking, wiki, Gantt charts, calendars, and document/file storage, etc.
  • Flexible hosting options. You can host it yourself on your own web server for free or pay to have it hosted as a software-as-a-service.
  • The design and user-interface are a little outdated. It looks like a product that was designed ten years ago and doesn't have a polished look and feel like newer apps have.
  • It's not particularly designed to support agile-based project management methodologies such as Scrum.
It's good for a small team that only needs very basic project management and/or issue tracking features. If you're using agile-based project management practices such as Scrum you might want to look for other solutions or look into Redmine plugins that add agile features.
Project Management (14)
62.142857142857146%
6.2
Task Management
90%
9.0
Resource Management
80%
8.0
Gantt Charts
80%
8.0
Scheduling
50%
5.0
Workflow Automation
70%
7.0
Team Collaboration
80%
8.0
Support for Agile Methodology
20%
2.0
Support for Waterfall Methodology
80%
8.0
Document Management
70%
7.0
Email integration
80%
8.0
Mobile Access
10%
1.0
Timesheet Tracking
60%
6.0
Change request and Case Management
70%
7.0
Budget and Expense Management
30%
3.0
Professional Services Automation
N/A
N/A
  • Redmine was a great improvement over using email and shared spreadsheets to manage bug/issue tracking for our software projects. It made it easy for anyone to look up the status of various issues and track the project's progress.
  • It's been a critical tool for team collaboration and issue tracking on a project with remotely located team members.
As we've moved to using agile-based methodologies, we've started using JIRA more, which is better suited for agile development. JIRA looks and feels like a more modern web application and has greater flexibility and more features. I used Basecamp a long time ago for some small personal projects. As such, my experience isn't directly comparable, but as I recall it had fairly similar features.
As far as I know, the only support available is community support or support by your hosting provider if you use a hosted version. So support options may be fairly limited if you have a difficult issue or need personalized assistance. But on the other hand, I don't think I've ever needed support for Redmine so that's a bonus.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization currently uses Redmine as a project management tool and to track feature requests, track development and bugs, to make notes on upcoming / newly released software versions, to document changes in our hardware/products, and also for a wiki which allows our employees to search for specific processes or procedures pertaining to specific tasks.
  • Because Redmine is open source, it can be customized to fit your businesses needs.
  • Redmine is great at project management tool. It is super easy to assign tasks to people and to track the progress of that task or project.
  • Redmine is one of the few free programs that offer an integrated Wiki and they do that very well.
  • While it has greatly improved over the years, Redmine's interface could be brought up-to-date and/or modernized.
  • I'd like to see the option to create a Wiki that is not required to be linked to a project.
  • I think adding a chat feature from within the interface would also be helpful. Allowing your team to chat and brainstorm on specific projects while working on different projects or tasks.
Redmine is a perfect solution for businesses that are looking for a FREE and open source solution for project management. It is great for teams that are managing numerous tasks or projects at one time. Redmine is easy to set up and is fairly self-explanatory for anyone who is semi tech-savvy.
Project Management (14)
26.428571428571427%
2.6
Task Management
100%
10.0
Resource Management
70%
7.0
Gantt Charts
N/A
N/A
Scheduling
N/A
N/A
Workflow Automation
N/A
N/A
Team Collaboration
60%
6.0
Support for Agile Methodology
N/A
N/A
Support for Waterfall Methodology
N/A
N/A
Document Management
N/A
N/A
Email integration
N/A
N/A
Mobile Access
40%
4.0
Timesheet Tracking
N/A
N/A
Change request and Case Management
100%
10.0
Budget and Expense Management
N/A
N/A
Professional Services Automation (4)
17.5%
1.8
Quotes/estimates
N/A
N/A
Invoicing
N/A
N/A
Project & financial reporting
70%
7.0
Integration with accounting software
N/A
N/A
  • Redmine saves us a LOT of time by making it super easy to track many projects at one time.
  • Redmine saves us money because it is FREE!
  • Redmine has made it easier for us to track issues, bugs, and feature requests from customers - which ultimately allows us to see what is most important to our clients and what they'd like to see next in our products.
Redmine is much for granular than Trello. The detail and record tracking in Redmine can't really be compared to that in Trello. While they can both track things and there is a record of changes... Redmine is more detailed and more geared toward long term projects where Trello is great for short terms notes and tasks.
Redmine is free, easy to use and it's everything you could want in a free project management program. The fact that it has wiki integration and that it can track on such a granular level is amazing. Assigning tasks to other users, such as our development team, is fantastic and ensures we are always up-to-date on where we are what - on what projects.
João Almeida | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used in our group for project management including git repositories, files, documentation, etc. It is very suitable for our projects because one can have everything integrated into the same platform and we can work as a team with distinct levels of access for the different members in different projects.
  • It includes an internal Wiki to explain step by step how to do what we need.
  • A very complete project management and team collaboration platform.
  • Allows everyone to see all projects and tasks - no assigning to certain people.
  • Some of the dashboard features are tough to figure out.
  • Lacks an overview project main indicators dashboard.
  • It takes some training time to become an expert on using it.
It is a tool that does not is only for this use but with its great power of integration with other tools, we realized that in one solution we could cover many solutions. For instance, it is very well suited for git integration. Besides that, the quality team can assign tasks to the corresponding department. Maybe it is not very appropriate for very large and complex projects, where deeper monitoring of human resources, task deliverables, and deadlines is necessary.
Project Management (14)
73.57142857142857%
7.4
Task Management
90%
9.0
Resource Management
70%
7.0
Gantt Charts
90%
9.0
Scheduling
90%
9.0
Workflow Automation
60%
6.0
Team Collaboration
90%
9.0
Support for Agile Methodology
60%
6.0
Support for Waterfall Methodology
70%
7.0
Document Management
90%
9.0
Email integration
90%
9.0
Mobile Access
N/A
N/A
Timesheet Tracking
70%
7.0
Change request and Case Management
70%
7.0
Budget and Expense Management
90%
9.0
Professional Services Automation (4)
N/A
N/A
Quotes/estimates
N/A
N/A
Invoicing
N/A
N/A
Project & financial reporting
N/A
N/A
Integration with accounting software
N/A
N/A
  • It requires some effort for configuration and training, but it's very useful after some short period.
  • Redmine does need a lot of data entry, but it's fairly easy to do.
Redmine has a lot of the same functionality but is much easier to use. The project tends to have functions that only the most advanced PM would even look at. JIRA is easier to deploy in a cloud/managed environment: it also has better "apps" support. However, Redmine benefits from maturity, as well as a large base of experts who manage Redmine on a constant basis. Additionally, Redmine is fairly "easy" to set up: as long as you have an appreciable background in Linux/Unix, you can deploy Redmine in a weekend (vanilla, no configurations).
The wiki tutorial is very good and detailed, so one only needs to follow the steps described there in order to avoid any hassle. I never need to request any support from the team or search much online about the solutions for some issues, because the experience with Redmine was always very easy.
Redmine is a great product to have in an organization. It's extremely flexible, costs much less to maintain than other alternatives, and as a tool, it is relatively fast to get experienced with. The primary advantages of working with Redmine are: flexible platform, API, open-source and highly configurable, stability.
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