dotProject
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| Original author(s) | William Ezell |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | dotProject development team |
| Initial release | September 1, 2003 (1.0)[1] |
| Stable release |
2.2.0 (March 12, 2020) [±] |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multi-lingual |
| Type | Project management software |
| License(s) | GNU General Public License v2.0 |
| Website | dotProject.net |
dotProject is free web-based open-source project management software.
Product history
dotProject has its origins as a project started by and maintained by the entity dotMarketing.org in 2000.[2][3] An open-source SourceForge project was started for the software on February 28, 2001.[4] Initial development was a bit slow, potentially hindered by dotCMS, a web-based content management system being developed at around the same time. A stable version 1.0 release finally arrived on September 1, 2003.[1]
On January 12, 2004, project lead Adam Donnison announced long-time contributor Andrew Eddie would be moving off the project to pursue an opportunity developing the open-source Mambo content management system.[5] Despite the loss, work continued on the project, and version 2.0 of dotProject was released on March 31, 2005.[6]
In December 2007, a change to the Zend Framework was announced for a future version 3.0, though no timeframe was put on getting to 3.0.[7] The project was again promoted anew in an attempt to get closer to version 3.0. Those efforts in part were responsible for the flurry of activity that brought a Project of the Month award to dotProject in April 2009.[8] The next month, a clarification was made about the status of the move to version 3.0, with recognition of the slow timeline and the intent of potentially working more features into version 2.x first.[9] Since then several 2.x releases have occurred, but it remains unclear if a revised Zend-based version 3.0 will arrive.
Features
The features of dotProject include[2]:
- user management
- trouble ticket system
- client management
- project listings
- hierarchical task list
- file repository
- contact list
- calendar
- forum support
- resource-based permissions
Hardware/software requirements
Installation prerequisites can be found here, though they haven't been updated since 2010.
Videos, screenshots, and other media
- A few screenshots of dotProject can be found on TMDHosting.
- Information about a dotProject demo can be found on the site.
Entities using dotProject
Further reading
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Version 1.0 Released". dotProject.net. 1 September 2003. http://www.dotproject.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Team: dotProject". dotProject.net. 12 March 2003. http://www.dotproject.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "dotMarketing's 'dotproject' Project Management Software Authentication Error Lets Remote Users Login as Administrators". SecurityGlobal.net LLC. 30 July 2002. http://securitytracker.com/id/1004876. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "dotProject". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/dotproject/. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ Donnison, Adam J. (12 January 2004). "Long Term Contributor Takes a Break". dotProject.net. http://www.dotproject.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ Chisholm, Karen (31 March 2005). "dotProject 2.0 Released". dotProject.net. http://www.dotproject.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=102. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ Donnison, Adam J. (14 December 2007). "dotProject Version 3". sakienvirotech.com. http://blogs.sakienvirotech.com/index.php/dotProject/2007/12/14/dotproject_version_3. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Project of the Month, April 2009". SourceForge. April 2009. http://sourceforge.net/blog/potm-200904/. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "dotProject 2.x and it's Future". sakienvirotech.com. 3 June 2009. http://blogs.sakienvirotech.com/index.php/dotProject/2009/06/03/dotproject-2-x-and-it-s-future. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
