Hello,<p>With my friends we are starting a company and we had found that we need application to manage tasks whitim our projects. Its it project. We use Subversion to keep our code updated.but our needs are wider,<p>Do HN tested open source freeware software for this task?<p>best wishes!
I'd recommend Trac (trac.edgewall.org). It's pretty configurable with basic milestone tracking and a wiki (and people have written addons, etc.). It also integrates with Subversion.
FogBugz. It's free for startups. But I'm the president of Fog Creek so maybe I'm biased ;)<p><a href="http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/StudentAndStartup.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/StudentAndStartup.html</a>
I am fan of Acunote <a href="http://acunote.com" rel="nofollow">http://acunote.com</a> Not surprising since that is my startup :-)<p>It's tailor-made for a software startup, includes SVN integration and is free for <= 5 users.
I'm a fan of Basecamp by 37 signals (basecamphq.com) - It's good for small and big businesses, file sharing, messages to clients, whiteboards and task lists, etc.<p>Trac is also good because of its integration with subversion and it being open source.
XP-Dev.com - (disclaimer: I develop and manage xp-dev.com). I'm using it at the moment for a couple of side projects (they're not startups, but more webapps) with others.<p>Bunch of features: <a href="http://xp-dev.com/features/" rel="nofollow">http://xp-dev.com/features/</a><p>Having said that, if you really want something standalone - Trac <a href="http://trac.edgewall.org/" rel="nofollow">http://trac.edgewall.org/</a> and Redmine <a href="http://www.redmine.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.redmine.org/</a> come to mind. There is always Bugzilla (<a href="http://www.bugzilla.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bugzilla.org/</a>) if you want to go old school.<p>Of course, you could always just use a spreadsheet to track it all (please don't laugh at this - I've seen it used oh-so-many-times in the past).
Daptiv is a SaaS provider with great project management and built in collaboration features. Firefox or IE, nothing to install. Customers in many industries including software dev and gaming. www.daptiv.com
We use unfuddle, <a href="http://www.unfuddle.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.unfuddle.com</a> . Kind of like Basecamp, but a bit more dev focused. Integrates well with Subversion.
I highly recommend StreamFocus.com for work management, but as a founder I'm definitely biased :) We will be launching a free version shortly in addition to more powerful features at lower monthly fees, but you can use it free of charge in the beta program now. I have doubled my profit margin in my Architecture firm using StreamFocus over the last year, so the value it provides is very good.
I have a found using Beanstalk and Basecamp together to be absolutely awesome. It gives us the ability to use todos/milestones as well as establish polices (coding standards, design docs, etc) on Whiteboards.<p>The best part - and what gets the most use - is Messaging/comments. The ability to post comments directly related to a commit has become insanely powerful for our 2-man crew.<p>Best of all, you can do it all for free.
you could try our startup <a href="http://wizehive.com" rel="nofollow">http://wizehive.com</a> - use beta code 'yc2009' to sign up. Email me with any questions or comments.
hi there!
We've been using Producteev.com for the past 2 weeks, and it is simply amazing for Team Task Management... A pure jewel.
If you request a code on producteev.com, you get a token within the hour
You might want to try them out, I discovered them through this post on TC : <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/09/producteev-launches-group-task-management-app-at-leweb-500-invites/" rel="nofollow">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/09/producteev-launches-gro...</a>