Bug Tracking Software

Overview

This list is compiled based on a discussion on LinkedIn started on October 31, 2009. This list was compiled on January 28, 2010. The purpose of compiling the list is to show the large number of available packages. The opinions of the discussion contributors have been omitted here. There is no attempt here to compare packages or make recommendations.

Although these products have a common purpose of tracking defects, they differ widely. Some are parts of suites that provide other capabilities. Some are stand-alone bug tracking. Some are Internet services and some are packages that need to be installed on your system. Some vendors offer light, standard, or premium versions. Some vendors have only one version. Wikipedia has a comparison chart of bug tracking systems. This list includes items not listed here.

Several vendors offer a free version for a limited functionality or number of users, but charge for more capable versions. If the vendor offers a version for free and one for a fee, the product is listed as "fee." Check with the vendor to see if a free version is available.

The list has been edited somewhat to update product names and take into account mergers and acquisitons of the vendors.

Product Name Vendor Fee or Free Vendor URL
Bontq BONTQ LLC Fee http://bontq.com
BugControl Warelords Ltd Fee http://www.warelords.com/
BugTracker.NET ifdefined.com Free http://ifdefined.com/bugtrackernet.html
Bugzilla bugzilla.org Free http://www.bugzilla.org/
Bugzero WEBsina, Inc. Fee http://www.websina.com/bugzero/
ClearQuest International Business Machines Corp. Fee http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/clearquest/
DevTrack TechExcel, Inc. Fee http://www.techexcel.com/products/devsuite/devtrack.html
Elementool Elementool Inc. Fee http://elementool.com/
ExtraView - Issue Tracking Platform ExtraView Corporation Free http://www.extraview.com/
FogBugz Fog Creek Software, Inc. Fee http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBUGZ/
Footprints Numara Software, Inc. Fee http://www.numarasoftware.com/FootPrints/service_desk_software.aspx
Gemini CounterSoft Limited. http://www.countersoft.com/home.aspx
Gnats Andrew Gray, Yngve Svendsen, Milan Zamazal, and Chad Walstrom Free http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/
IssueNet Intercept Elsinore Technologies Inc. Fee http://www.elsitech.com
Jira Atlassian Pty Ltd. Fee http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
MantisBT mantis.org Free http://www.mantisbt.org/
Mingle ThoughtWorks, Inc Fee http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/mingle-agile-project-management
MKS Integrity MKS Inc. Fee http://www.mks.com/products/index.jsp
OnTime Axosoft LLC Fee http://www.axosoft.com/
PVCS Tracker Synergex International Corporation Fee http://pvcs.synergex.com/products/pvcs_tracker.aspx
QPack Orcanos Fee http://www.orcanos.com/
Quality Center Hewlett-Packard Co. Fee http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/welcome.html#Product
Rally Rally Software Development Corp Fee http://www.rallydev.com/
Remedy BMC Software, Inc Fee http://www.bmc.com
ReQtest ReQtest AB Fee
Sirid for Windows Thraex Software Fee http://downloadnew.org/development/management-distribution/sirid-for-windows-10433.html
Software Planner AutomatedQA Corp. Fee http://www.pragmaticsw.com/Products.asp
SpiraTea Inflectra Corporation Fee http://www.inflectra.com/SpiraTeam/Default.aspx
StarTeam Borland, a Micro-Focus Company Fee http://www.borland.com/us/products/starteam/index.html
Team Foundation Server Microsoft Corp. Fee http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/dd408382.aspx
TeamTrack Serena Software, Inc. Fee http://www.serena.com/products/teamtrack/index.html
Test Track Pro 2010 Seapine Software, Inc Fee http://www.seapine.com/ttpro.html
Trac Track Open Source Project Free http://trac.edgewall.org/
Unfuddle Unfuddle LLC Fee http://unfuddle.com/

by William Shaffer