Our verdict
Redmine and MantisBT are both issue-tracker tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, Redmine scores 4.1/5 versus 3.9/5 for MantisBT. Choose Redmine if you're Technical teams wanting a proven, lightweight self-hosted issue tracker or Organizations that need deep customization via plugins; choose MantisBT if you're Teams wanting a proven, lightweight self-hosted bug tracker at zero cost or Organizations running classic PHP/LAMP infrastructure.
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | Redmine | MantisBT |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.1/5 | 3.9/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted, open source) | Free (self-hosted, GPL-2.0) |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 8 · Git, Subversion, Mercurial… | 6 · Git, Subversion, Mercurial… |
| Best for | Technical teams wanting a proven, lightweight self-hosted issue tracker, Organizations that need deep customization via plugins, Teams managing many projects with custom workflows and roles | Teams wanting a proven, lightweight self-hosted bug tracker at zero cost, Organizations running classic PHP/LAMP infrastructure, Projects needing fine-grained workflow and access control per project |
| Category | issue-tracker | issue-tracker |
| Founded | 2006 | 2000 |
| HQ | — | — |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
Redmine
- Mature, stable, and proven over two decades
- Major 7.0 release (June 2026) added webhooks, Rails 8, and a UI redesign
- Highly extensible via a large plugin ecosystem
- Completely free to self-host under GPL-2.0
- Interface still trails modern tools despite the 7.0 refresh
- Agile boards and many features require third-party plugins
- No official vendor support on the core open-source edition
MantisBT
- Extremely mature and battle-tested (in development since 2000)
- Active security maintenance (2.28.4 released 1 July 2026)
- Deep per-project workflow and access-control customization
- Completely free under GPL-2.0 on a simple PHP/MySQL stack
- Dated user interface compared with modern trackers
- No native agile boards, sprints, or Gantt planning
- Issue tracking only — no docs, wiki, or suite features in core
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