====== Mantis Feature List ======

Mantis is an issue tracker that is implemented in PHP.  The main features include:

  * Free (GPL License)
  * Easy to Install (both internally and in hosted environments).
  * Easy to evaluate
    * [[http://demo.mantisbt.org|Demo]] 
    * [[mantisbt:instantmantis|InstantMantis]] - Be up and running in 2 minutes (not recommended for production use)
    * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mantis2go|Mantis2Go]] - Try MantisBT on Windows (not for production use)
  * Simple User Experience
  * Web Based
  * Supports any platform that runs PHP (Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, AS400/i5, etc)
  * Available in 68 localizations.
  * Customizable Issue Pages
  * Multiple Projects per instance
  * Support for [[mantisbt::projects|Projects, Sub-Projects, and Categories]].
  * Users can have a different access level per project
  * Changelog Support
  * [[mantisbt:features:roadmap|Roadmap]]
  * My View Page
  * Search and Filter
    * Full Text Search
    * Simple/Advanced Filters
    * Shared Filters (across users / projects)
  * Built-in Reporting (reports / graphs)
  * Custom Fields
  * Email notifications
  * Users can monitor specific issues
  * Attachments (can be saved on webserver or in database - can also backup to an FTP account)
  * Issue Change History
  * RSS Feeds (news, issues matching saved filters, issues matching a specific project)
  * Customizable issue workflow
  * Sponsorships Support - users are able to place bounties or sponsorships for specific issues, also developers can track such sponsorships / payments.
  * Anonymous Access
  * Signup with Captcha and Email Confirmation.
  * Self-Service Reset Password Support
  * Export to csv, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word
  * Ability to extended functionality through hook (custom) functions.
  * Ability to extended functionality through plugins.
  * Reporting issues via Email (available as a patch for 1.1.x and [[mantisbt:plugins:emailreporting]] for 1.2.x]])
  * Reporting Issues via a custom form on your website ([[http://www.bleepsoft.com/anonymantis/|Anonymantis]]).
  * Source Control Integration (GIT, SVN and HG).
  * No limit on the number of users, issues, or projects.
  * Wiki Integration (optional)
  * Time Tracking
  * Ability to send messages to messages to other users in regards to a specific issue.
  * Public / Private Projects - Public project accessible to all users, private are only accessible to those explicitly added.
  * Public / Private Notes - Private notes are accessible to users with a specific access level to the relevant project.
  * Public / Private Issues - Private issues are accessible to users with a specific access level to the relevant project.
  * Issue Relationships
  * Issue Relationship Graphs (uses "dot" library).
  * Attachment Auto-Preview
  * Public / Private News (news can be associated with a specific project, or with all projects).
  * Sticky Issues (always appear on the top of the issues list).
  * Group Actions: actions can be applied on multiple issues.
  * Easy hyperlinks to issues and issue notes (e.g. #123 hyper links to issue number 123).
  * Ability to view recently visited issues (the last 5 visited issues are visible by default at the top right corner).
  * Authentication
    * Default Mantis Authentication (recommended)
    * LDAP Integration
    * HTTP Basic Authentication Support
    * Active Directory Integration (patches available)
  * Chat Integration (optional)
  * Multi-DBMS Support - Mantis uses ADODB as an abstraction library to support multiple DBMSes.
    * MySQL
    * MS SQL
    * PostgreSQL 
    * Oracle (experimental)
    * DB2 (in progress)
  * Webservice (SOAP) interface ([[http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect|MantisConnect]])
    * A SOAP web service that is implemented in PHP and can be consumed from any language that supports SOAP web services.
    * .NET Client Library
    * Java Client Library
    * Cocoa Client Library
    * [[http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect/screenshots.php|Eclipse Plugin]]
    * [[http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect/screenshots.php|NAnt Task]]
    * [[http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect/screenshots.php|Mantis Notifier]]
  * Support for mobile devices ([[http://www.futureware.biz/mantiswap|MantisWAP]]).
  * There are community projects that integrate it with content management and project management too
  * {{http://assets3.twitter.com/images/twitter.png}} Twitter Integration allowing users to monitor updates (Added in release 1.1.0a4)