Preface

This book describes the functionality and capabilities of Redmine, reveals its secrets, and gives tips on how to use it effectively. Here, you will find all the information needed to install, configure, use, and master this application. As the book is intended to be a practical guide, it also pays special attention to practical examples of using Redmine.

Additionally, you will find mentions of some third-party plugins in chapters and sections where they are pertinent. We will also review five of them in Chapter 10, Plugins and Themes.

Redmine is a very powerful and an extremely flexible project management tool and issue tracker. As it comes with many great features for working with projects, it is also often used as an application for project hosting. It's free, open source, built on the popular Ruby on Rails framework, and has a strong community.