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MantisBT vs Redmine: catalog facts
MantisBTRedmine
Free

Free and open source under the GPL; third-party hosting is available separately.

Free

Free and open source under the GNU GPL v2.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Per-project role-based access control
  • Customizable fields, notifications and workflow
  • Issue tracking, Gantt charts, wiki and time tracking per project
  • Integrates with Git, Subversion, Mercurial and more
  • Requires a PHP web server and database to set up
  • Interface is dated next to newer trackers
  • Requires running a Ruby on Rails server
  • Interface is more functional than modern
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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