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web2project
Developer(s)Pedro Azevedo, Bruce Bodger, D. Keith Casey, Jr., Trevor Morse
Stable release
3.0 / September 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09)
Operating systemAny
PlatformPHP
TypeProject management
LicensePre-3.0 GPL v2
3.0 and later BSD style[1]
Websitehttp://web2project.net/

web2project is a web-based, multi-user, multi-language Project Management application. It is an open-source software and free for any uses and is maintained by an open community of volunteer programmers. web2project, as collaborative software, allows for real-time interaction between task assignees and updates for stakeholders.[2]

Structures and Features

Basic data elements and management functions include:

  • Projects and Tasks
  • Contact Manager with vCard support
  • Resource / Asset Manager
  • Gantt charts, Export via PDF or simple JPEG images
  • Calendar with User-based Timezones, Syndication via iCalendar (supports Outlook, Thunderbird, Google Calendar, etc.)
  • Reporting
  • Project file manager
  • Related Weblinks Manager
  • Forums
  • Nearly 500 Unit Tests confirming functionality within the core system
  • Access control via ACL including respect for private events, tasks, and contacts
  • Audit Log of all activities by all users
  • Translation System supporting Czech, German, English, Spanish, Farsi, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian

AddOn-based features:

History

web2project started as a fork of dotProject in late 2007.[3] Initially the project got off to a slow start and didn't make a formal release for over 18 months. Since the initial v1.0 release in June 2009, the project has continued an aggressive release schedule including one major release each June with minor releases each quarter. Since inception, the team has grown from three to five people with three being active regular contributors.

Since the entire original team member was former dotProject contributors, the design and development decisions were quite similar to dotProject itself. As time went on, the systems diverged though web2project has maintained a "converter" which allows dotProject users to perform a one-way conversion to web2project. At present, the web2project community suffers from fewer add on modules and a smaller community in general.

As of July 2010, web2project is available via RPM install for Mandriva Linux.[4]

Release History

Support and Community

The primary means of day to day support is provided free by volunteers in both the forums and via online documentation.

As of August 2012, there were over 2600 registered users in the web2project forums and an average of 400 downloads each week Sourceforge Stats.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://web2project.net/2011/01/web2project-license-change/
  2. ^ "Best Collaborative Project Management Tool – Web2Project". SHELDMANDU.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Open Source Project Management with web2Project". WebWorkerDaily. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. ^ Mandriva Linux RPM package
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