Trac

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Not to be confused with Track+.

Trac

Developed by	Edgewall Software
Initial release	October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)
Stable release	0.10.4 (April 20, 2007 (2007-04-20); 419 days ago) _[+/−]
Preview release	0.11rc1 (April 30, 2008 (2008-04-30); 43 days ago) _[+/−]
Written in	Python
OS	Cross-platform
Genre	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.

1 Features
2 Adoption
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
6 see also

[edit] 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, and Bazaar. In the current version, the web front end presentation of Trac is handled by the ClearSilver template system. Newer versions, starting with 0.11, will use an in-house template system called Genshi, although compatibility with plugins using ClearSilver will remain for several versions.^[3]

[edit] Adoption

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. WebKit, the open source browser rendering engine that powers Apple's Safari browser (as well as Adobe's AIR, and other implementations), is managed through Trac.