A free, self-hosted, and open source alternative to Basecamp
Mon, Jul 28, 2008
In my search for a Basecamp alternative – because it’s not free, and I’d prefer something I can host on my own server – I have come across an excellent piece of software called ProjectPier. This is a branch from ActiveCollab — an open source project that later became a commercial product. ProjectPier is simple, speedy, and it works!
What I like about ProjectPier:
- Free/open source
- Self-hosted
- Comes with a bunch of nice themes out of the box
- It’s fast (well, depending on your server)
- Easy to install
- Easy to use
- Easy to navigate
- … see reasons on the official site
Features & Requirements: http://www.projectpier.org/manual/tour/features
Screenshots: http://www.projectpier.org/manual/tour/screenshots/ (Default theme)
Download: http://www.projectpier.org/project/projectpier
What project/team management software do you use and/or recommend?
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Tags: FOSS, free software, open source, Productivity, project management, project pier, projectpier, whiteboard
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:24 pm
It seems to be more like a interface change from active collab…and been quite a while since new features were added to it. Would be nice to have a open source solution that can actually compete
February 4th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
the single most useful feature of basecamp (for me) is that when you reply to a basecamp-generated e-mail, it posts to the thread instead of to the user who sent the message. ProjectPier doesn’t do this, and is therefore now taken back off my server after an hour of hope.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I didn’t like this one at all.
To me the best project management app ever ever (basecamp is not even near) is called ClockingIT. Free and Open Source.
Look for it and thank me later :)
April 11th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
These days I’m using activeCollab. I like it, but it’s not free. It also lacks svn/git support.. major bummer. We now have to use it along with Warehouse (its now FOSS) instead of Trac.
ClockingIT looks great. I’ll give it a try.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:35 am
M4rc0 – thanks for ClockingIT! Exactly what I’ve been looking for.