BugKick - Free, open, and simple bug tracking.
Who and Why
The engineers behind Musopen have spent years trying every bug tracking, to do list, and project management site in existence. Some are great but expensive, others haven't changed in years, most are too complex and are re-hashes of the same product.
We hate reinventing the wheel, but we are also very unhappy with the current state of bug tracking apps. So we began work on BugKick.com - a very simple web-app to handle 90% of most users's task/project management and bug tracking needs. More importantly, being visual people, we have a slightly different take than what you see today which we think you will enjoy.
The idea for this project began after using BugKick for a while just for ourselves. Slowly friends of ours began asking to have an account, then friends of friends, and so on. Soon we realized we might have something others would appreciate. So we're here to ask for your help to finish and release the project as a free hosted and open-source project.
The Product
Features:
- Instant search
- Group tickets into projects
- Custom user permissions
- Realtime notifications via Node.js
- Set deadlines w/ auto reminders (email)
- Assign tickets to groups
- Save filter selections
- Custom labels
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Negative filters (show all but filter X)
- Drag and Drop to apply a filter/remove/assign a user
- External website form submission
- BugKick API
- Export all your account info and tickets (why trust us? be able to leave at any moment
What does Free mean
We're very proud of the tool we've built and want everyone to be able to use it. Since free might not be sustainable depending on how many users we get, to help cover the costs of hosting we will offer a $9 a month plan with a few extra bells and whistles (custom branding etc.), but otherwise we will always offer an unlimited free plan: unlimited users, unlimited tickets, as well as the open-source code so anyone can always host it themselves.
The Plan
We want just 1 to 2 months to tighten up and polish the site for an initial beta release just to our donors. It needs some more functionality, design tweaks, and a security and bug sweep. After feedback from our donors, and seeing what work remains, we will open the site up to the public and release the code (we're assuming 1-3 months post a beta).
Thanks for reading and your support.
FAQ
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The site is written in Yii (php) and is also using MySQL as the db, and Node.js for real-time notifications.
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Good questions.
I don't want to knock any projects specifically, especially open-source ones, but there are plenty that are quite old and in need of a refresh. Fundamentally, the approach of this app is very different, focused on ease-of-use instead of feature set. That's why this was started from scratch instead of working off of something else, we wanted to create a different user experience, and make the code as clean and understandable as possible.
No, not host only! It absolutely will be open sourced, that's the point of this. It's good enough for ourselves but to release it requires a bit more polish than we have time for. Once we're done, anyone will be able to host it themselves.
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Yes that's exactly what we were thinking, and I should have included it. The AGPL works nicely for our goals to get it out there and allow other modifications to the software to be released for other users.
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Website bug submission Closed tickets are kept indefinitely API access Custom logo Unlimited projects Github integration Priority email support No ads Early release for new features
Tickets are backed up to 3 geographically separate DB's
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Backers
$3,805
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Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on September 26, 2012.
Funding period
Sep 6, 2012 -
Sep 26, 2012
(20 days)
- 4 created · 2 backed
- Aaron Dunn 177 friends
- Website: musopen.org
Pledge $5 or more
11 backers
Be the first to gain access to the open-source code before its released publicly + early access to all new features in advance + Added to our list of donors
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $10 or more
75 backers
Be the first to gain access to the open-source code before its released publicly + 6 months of BugKick Pro membership free + early access to all new features in advance. + Added to our list of donors
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $25 or more
39 backers
Be the first to use BugKick (hosted) and give feedback before its released or features are set in stone. + All the previous + get a free hosted BugKick Pro account for one year (normally $108).
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $50 or more
8 backers
BugKick Pro membership for 2 years (normally $216) + Musopen.org Pro membership + all the previous.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $75 or more
2 backers
6X BugKick Pro accounts for 2 years each! + Musopen.org Pro membership for 2 years + all the previous.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $100 or more
2 backers
A chance to sit down with the team (Skype or Gchat) immediately for a walkthrough of the current site to see what we've built and suggest improvements, feature ideas, priorities for launch. + All the previous
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $250 or more
3 backers Limited (7 of 10 left)
Lifetime BugKick Pro account + all the previous.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
