REDMINE: A complete Project Management

Back when Assembla was free, I used it a lot. But when it gone commercial, I have no choice but to back away from it. I do a lot of experiments, and thus a lot of projects that not even released in the public. It’s impractical for me to pay for that.

So I looked at the net for something similar with Assembla, and luckily… I found a few

However, what worries me is that It would end-up being like the way Assembla. Not that I don’t like paying for it… I mean, really the owner must pay for the cost of hosting and maintenance of it. $2 a month is way too cheap, that I understand. But it’s just that not practical for me at all.

So my question is summarized:

- A Project Management System which is;

user-friendly
can be installed on any platform – so that i won’t worry about paying of the hosting.
ability to connect and retrieve details thru SVN
Allows project managers to issue tickets, message, etc.
and FREE

and so after a long while search, I found REDMINE. At first I doubting it. Especially when I looked at the requirements ans intallation process. I ‘ve gathered and read reviews about it, and found out that it’s a little bit difficult to setup, and there’s not much screenshots available. So I found myself thinking of giving up.

After a week, my boss asked me of putting up a PMS for the entire operations. I had no choice. I reviewed REDMINE again, and check for other details on how it can be setup. I’m a lazy bastard so I looked for an easier way. Luckily, I found out about BITNAMI.

BitNami Redmine Stack is an easy to use installer for Redmine, which is a flexible project management web application. Written using Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database. Its main features are: