Redmine

h1. Redmine

Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database.

Redmine is open source and released under the terms of the "GNU General Public License v2":http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html (GPL).

h2. Overview

* 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, Bazaar and Darcs)

* Issue creation via email

* Multiple LDAP authentication support

* User self-registration support

* Multilanguage support

* Multiple databases support

Read more about [[Features|Redmine features]]

h2. Online demo 

An online demo can be found here: http://demo.redmine.org/.

This demo is running Redmine trunk (r3671) so you can evaluate the new features that have been added recently. It's been setup to give registered users the ability to create their own projects. This means once you register, you can create your own project on there and try out the project administration features.

h2. Documentation

You can read the [[Guide|Redmine guide]] (work in progress). 

Other resources:

* [[Changelog]]

* [[FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]

* [[HowTos]]

* [[Plugins]]

* [[Themes]]

* [[Logo|Logo and Icon]]

* [[ThirdPartyTools|Third Party Tools]]

h2. Companies and projects saying "We are using Redmine!"

[[WeAreUsingRedmine|This page lists]] some companies and projects using Redmine.

h2. Support & getting help

For getting help or discussing about Redmine, you can browse the "Redmine forums":http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/boards hosted right here in Redmine. Or, join #redmine on the "freenode":http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml IRC network.

Before submitting a bug report, a patch or a feature request here, please read the [[Submissions|Submission guidelines]].

h2. Contributing and helping out

Redmine is built and maintained by community volunteers. If you enjoy using it and would like to give back to the community, the [[Contribute]] page has several ideas. Software development experience is not required. Check out the [[Teams]] Page if you are interested in a specific area to contribute regularly.

You can also make a donation and get listed on the [[Donors|Redmine Donors page]].