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Can you suggest a bug tracking tool for a single person team?

I need something that is open source (or very cheap) that I can use at home. I am doing side work and cannot afford something like ClearQuest.

I would really like to run this tool from my dev machine without using a server.

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I like Redmine . It has several features that Trac does not have, especially for subprojects. Wiki is sucking, but it can be replaced. It works on Ruby on Rails. Bitnami has pre-built installation packages, also for Windows as an installer or even as a lightweight Linux-based virtual machine.

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For a single person team, I use a word processor or spreadsheet. But then I would use a word processor or spreadsheet for a team of 5 people if they are all in the same room or not too far from each other. Whaddya wants to do, spend time installing and feeding Bugzilla (or one of the other thin systems offered) or developing and writing a few notes on errors now and after?

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Here are three:

EDIT: When you say that you do not need a server, do you mean that you do not need a remote server, or do you want you to not configure the web server on your local machine?

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Why don't you use just a simple excelsheet? especially if you are just one person and, as I read from your post, no one else needs some access to it.

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I would recommend FogBugz because it is a good commercial tool that is free for startups , that is, up to 2 people. Plus it succeeded, so nothing was set up.

I have been using it for 3 years and have no complaints.

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I use BugTracker.NET , very simple and convenient, but this is ASP.NET, if you do not want to install it on the server, you can install it on your local host.

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If your working OS Windows, Gemini can work for you (3 users of the free, full version).

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You can try Roundup , "an easy-to-use and -install error tracking system with command line, network and email interfaces" (screenshot here )

It has no dependencies out of the box, and if you later decide that you want to use a real database for storage, you can leave it.

If this is true for a single-person team, and absolutely no one needs access to the error list, the spreadsheet is not so bad for a solution.

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