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Ask HN: HN alternatives to basecamp?

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I have a need to manage some projects (open tasks) with other developers (for mobile apps). I was just going to use basecamp, but I'd prefer to use an HN startup if there is one out there.

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It's not an HN startup, but I've been building http://speckleapp.com/ for a while :)

Edit: It is an HN startup! I need more sleep!

If you're building it, doesn't that make it an HN startup :) ?

Bah! I guess I was thinking a YC startup.

We use voo2do for our small web firm.

http://voo2do.com/

It's nothing like Basecamp but fits our model well.

Cool! Voo2do probably qualifies as a HN startup, although I started it (as a hobby project) in 2005 before HN existed. :)

I'm not sure about Basecamp Alternatives created by HN / YC members but I've used ActiveCollab, which is self-hosted and very nice. Zoho has a great offering, too.

Here's a fairly comprehensive list, but I'm not sure how old it is. http://pm-sherpa.com/features/basecamp-alternatives/

Yeah, I searched the web and searchyc, but was wondering if there were any HN alternatives, i.e. the owner is on here.

Thanks for supporting the HN community. We should have a directory of all the companies here. It will make us more competitive as a group.

What qualifies as being on here? Jason Fried of Basecamp has been on here for almost two years. Granted, most of his comments are on articles releated to 37signals.

http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jasonfried

You could use Trailer Park;-)

http://73primenumbers.com/trailerpark.html

Joking aside, depending on what you're doing, you could probably get by with something as simple as a Google spreadsheet.

I want built in notifications, comments and task completion. I could get this via Google docs, but it isn't seamless.

you can setup a http://redmine.org instance . I've done it recently for my company and it hasn't broke yet :) if you n€€d help let me know :)

It's not a HN company...but what about http://unfuddle.com?

For whatever it's worth, I use unfuddle for some projects and I like it pretty well. Occasionally their web interface is painfully slow though.

i've been using the free account for a couple of years and have upgraded to a paid account sometime ago and it works very well

Have you looked at http://pivotaltracker.com ? It's what Google engineers use to manage projects. And it's free for unlimited projects. It's tailored to agile software development.

Is there something with functionality similar to basecamp that allows you to use your own domain, not a sub-domain, and to theme the interface in a custom way to completely match your company's colors and branding ?

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