# Redmine

> Free, self-hosted issue tracker and project management web app

Redmine is an open-source project management web application that you install on your own server. It tracks issues across multiple projects with configurable roles, workflows and custom fields, and adds a Gantt chart, calendar, time tracking, and a wiki and forums for each project. It is written in Ruby on Rails, released under the GNU GPL v2 and maintained by community volunteers.

- **Category:** Project Management
- **Made by:** Jean-Philippe Lang and community volunteers (since 2006)
- **Website:** https://www.redmine.org
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Redmine is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Free and open source under the GNU GPL v2. Releases are downloaded from redmine.org and run on your own server; the site lists no paid plans or hosting of its own.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Redmine | $0 | The complete application, downloaded as a .tar.gz or .zip release or checked out from the source repository, and installed on your own server. |

Read from https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Download on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Redmine before buying.

## Key features

- **Configurable issue tracking:** Statuses and issue types are defined by the administrator, and workflow transitions are set for each issue type and role from the web administration interface.
- **Gantt chart and calendar:** Both views are generated automatically from the start and due dates entered on issues.
- **Time tracking:** Time can be entered at project or ticket level, with a simple report of time per user, issue type, category or activity.
- **Per-project wiki and forums:** Each project can have its own wiki, with diff and annotate views, alongside forums, news, documents and file management.
- **Repository browser:** Existing Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar or CVS repositories can be attached to a project to browse their contents, search changesets and view diffs.
- **Roles, custom fields and REST API:** Roles and permissions are user-defined, custom fields cover issues, time entries, projects and users, and a REST API serves data as XML or JSON.

## Good for

- Teams able to install and maintain their own server software
- Software teams that want issues tied to a code repository
- Organizations running many projects and subprojects in one installation

## Worth knowing

- The project offers downloads rather than hosting: you install it yourself, which needs Ruby and a database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- Redmine itself is a web application. The mobile and desktop clients listed on its site are community tools that the project does not support.
- Help comes from community forums, an IRC channel and an unofficial Slack workspace; the project is maintained by volunteers.
- SQLite is supported as a database, but the install guide says it is not for multi-user production use.

## Works with

Git, Subversion, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, LDAP

**Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Issue tracking, Gantt & timelines, Time tracking, Wiki, Public API

## Alternatives

- [OpenProject](https://toolgpa.com/tools/openproject): Open-source project management for classic and agile teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/openproject-vs-redmine)
- [Planio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planio): Hosted Redmine with issue tracking, repositories, wiki and help desk. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/planio-vs-redmine)
- [Jira](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jira): Issue and project tracking for software and business teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jira-vs-redmine)
- [Taiga](https://toolgpa.com/tools/taiga): Open-source agile project management with Scrum and Kanban. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/redmine-vs-taiga)
- [Kanboard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kanboard): Free, self-hosted kanban board software under the MIT License. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kanboard-vs-redmine)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Download
- https://www.redmine.org
- https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Features
- https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/RedmineInstall
- https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Rest_api
- https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/ThirdPartyTools
- https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Changelog_0_6

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