Considering the number of personal projects that I am working on, I decided to give a try for some good project management software. And this was the criteria I was looking for
- Source code integration with Git
- Projects > Tasks > Bugs
- Burn down charts and time tracking
- Supports at least two users
- Email notifications
- Create task/ bug using email
- Web, Android apps
- It should last another 5 years and should not shut down immediately
- Tasks, bugs could be exported, so that even if the site goes down, I can take my data elsewhere
- Free and open source, and should ideally be in PHP/MySQL combination
- SPAM control
- Task reminders (reminder emails should be send, when the deadlines are approaching )
- API support – so that I can talk with it
- Wiki support
- Team members should be able to communicate with each other ( using inbuilt chat )
- At least 10 GB of storage space and 500 MB attachments ( per user ) Remember, files can quickly fill up, in size
- Responsive, smooth design. Definitely should not look like the dotproject UI
After several hours of Googling, I came to realize that very few platforms offer even a subset of these features ( even in the paid version ) Clearly there is a lack of good software, as far as project management is concerned. Most of them masquerade as glorified task trackrs with some colorful boards and gantt charts !
Although they have limited functionality, I have decided to go with the following two
- https://monday.com/
- https://backlog.com/
Tomorrow I will install qdPM on my self hosted site and will share the results