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The software solution designed to drive software development

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Bugzilla is a web-based defect-tracking system for teams to record and manage bugs, problems, issues, enhancements, and other change requests. It is intended for organizations that need capabilities beyond those built into source code management environments, such as workflow management, bug visibility control, and custom fields. Bugzilla is free as in freedom and free as in price, and must be installed on your own server; it runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Features include Advanced Search with basic and advanced query modes, Products and Components categorization, Milestones for release tracking, Reports and Charts with CSV export, scheduled reports by email, automatic duplicate bug detection, file or modify bugs by email, time tracking, a Request System, private attachments and comments, Patch Viewer, saved and shared searches, and moving bugs between installations. For administrators, it offers custom fields, custom workflow, an extension mechanism with templates, group-based bug visibility control, multiple authentication methods, multiple database engine support, localization, full Unicode support, mod_perl performance support, and webservices via XML-RPC and JSON-RPC.

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