Bugzilla

Bugzilla
Original author(s)Terry Weissman
Developer(s)Mozilla Foundation
Initial releaseAugust 26, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-08-26)[1]
Stable release
5.2 (September 3, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-09-03)[2]) [±]

4.4.14 (September 3, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-09-03)[2]) [±]

Preview release5.9.1 (September 3, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-09-03)[3]) [±]
Repository
Written inPerl
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inMultiple languages
TypeBug tracking system
LicenseMozilla Public License
Websitewww.bugzilla.org

Bugzilla is a web-based general-purpose bug tracking system and testing tool originally developed and used by the Mozilla project, and licensed under the Mozilla Public License.

Released as open-source software by Netscape Communications in 1998, it has been adopted by a variety of organizations for use as a bug tracking system for both free and open-source software and proprietary projects and products. Bugzilla is used, among others, by the Mozilla Foundation, WebKit, Linux kernel, FreeBSD,[4] KDE, Apache, Eclipse and LibreOffice.[5] Red Hat uses it, but is gradually migrating its product to use Jira.[6][7] It is also self-hosting.[8]

  1. ^ "New version of "Bugzilla" (the mozilla.org bugsystem) – with source!". netscape.public.mozilla.announce. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  2. ^ a b "[ 2024 Sep 03 ] Release Information". 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  3. ^ "[ 2024 Sep 3 ] Release of Bugzilla 5.1.2, 5.0.4, and 4.4.13". 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  4. ^ "Announcement of Migration from GNATS to Bugzilla on the FreeBSD mailing list". 3 June 2014. Bugzilla supports finer granularity for categories and keywords and over time we will adopt more of these, making it easier to filter bugs into specific target areas. It is now easy for multiple people to track a single bug, without having to have them assigned to custom mailing lists, add attachments to bugs, and so on. Many features that people expect from a modern bug tracker are simply not present in GNATS.
  5. ^ "Installation List". bugzilla.org.
  6. ^ "[CentOS-devel] RHEL moving to issues.redhat.com only long term". Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  7. ^ "CentOS Community Newsletter, April 2022 – Blog.CentOS.org". Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  8. ^ "Reporting Bugs". Bugzilla. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.