Trac

Trac
Developed by	Edgewall Software
Initial release	October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)
Stable release	0.11  (June 22, 2008 (2008-06-22); 77 days ago) [+/−]
Preview release	0.11rc1  (April 30, 2008 (2008-04-30); 130 days ago) [+/−]
Written in	Python
OS	Cross-platform
Type	Project management software
License	Modified BSD license
Website	http://trac.edgewall.org/

Trac is an open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. The program is inspired by CVSTrac, and was originally named svntrac due to its interdependence with Subversion.^[1] It is developed and maintained by Edgewall Software.

Trac is written in the Python programming language. Until mid-2005, it was available under the GNU General Public License; since version 0.9, it has been released under a modified BSD license.^[2] Both are free software licenses.

Features

Trac allows hyperlinking information between a computer bug database, revision control and wiki content. It also serves as a web interface to a version control system like Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and Darcs. Prior to version 0.11 the web front end presentation of Trac was handled by the ClearSilver template system. Starting with 0.11 an in-house template system called Genshi is used, although compatibility with ClearSilver based plugins will remain for several versions.^[3]

Adoption

Trac is reported to have more than 450 major installations worldwide.^[4] Among the users of Trac is NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which reports that it uses this tool to manage various deep space and near space projects, and WebKit, the open source browser rendering engine that powers Apple's Safari browser (and also Adobe's AIR among other implementations).

See also

Free software portal

• List of project management software
• Comparison of issue tracking systems
• Software configuration management

References

External links

• Trac Project home page
• #trac on freenode
• Bugzilla Vs. Trac - The article (beginning on page 14) compares Trac with Bugzilla