How do you bug track on personal projects?

5 points·michael_fine··6 comments

I'm working on a couple personal projects now, and I find that I'll forget bugs/ features I want to work on if I don't record them somewhere. I've tried using a few bug tracking systems, but a lot of them had too many features designed for teams for my needs. What application, or recording system do you use to keep track of bugs/features in personal projects?

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I use FogBugz for a few personal projects. They have a free version for up to two users, and it includes bugs tracking and git/hg repository. http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/StudentAndStartup.html

I just ignore the features for more users, most of the time it's easy. (Sometime it's a little funny, for example, the messages: "Bug#83: oppened by <gus> and assigned to <gus> by <gus>")

For personal projects,I just use the "Issues" feature of Github/Bitbucket. Any feature/bug etc. goes on my issue list. This way, i can quickly take a look.

Seconded. Github issues is the perfect balance of simplicity / power for a single-person team.

I just make an Asana checklist for each project I'm working on - it's a great way to track bugs, add lists of features, see how you're doing, etc. It's also easy to add collaborators if you add a partner to the project and want to manage features in one place.

Honestly, for personal projects, I just use the Apple Reminders app. It syncs across devices and is easy to get to/add to. For anything that is read by people other than myself though, I use Github issues or Youtrack.

I use a command line program bugzyrb for personal projects. https://github.com/rkumar/bugzyrb

You could also try taskwarrior.

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