SHSelfHostIndex
MA

MantisBT

Open-source bug tracker for software teams

Helpdesk & Ticketing ★ 1.8k stars Easy setup GPL-2.0

MantisBT is a popular, open-source web-based bug tracking system. It is easy to set up and offers per-project access control, notifications, and issue workflows.

Official siteSource code

Key features

  • Per-project bug tracking
  • Email notifications
  • Custom fields and workflows
  • Plugin system

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.8k GitHub stars)

Is MantisBT secure?

OSV.dev lists 73 published advisories for MantisBT. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-47156, published 2026-09-09 (35 days ago), fixed in 2.28.4

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

MantisBT replaces

Self-hosted Jira alternativesSelf-hosted Bugzilla alternatives

Health badge

Maintain MantisBT? Add its health score to your README. The badge links back to this page.

SelfHostIndex: 82 · excellent

Markdown
[![SelfHostIndex health score for MantisBT](https://selfhostindex.com/badge/mantisbt.svg)](https://selfhostindex.com/app/mantisbt/)
HTML
<a href="https://selfhostindex.com/app/mantisbt/"><img src="https://selfhostindex.com/badge/mantisbt.svg" alt="SelfHostIndex health score for MantisBT"></a>
reStructuredText
.. image:: https://selfhostindex.com/badge/mantisbt.svg
   :alt: SelfHostIndex health score for MantisBT
   :target: https://selfhostindex.com/app/mantisbt/

The score is recomputed on every nightly rebuild from public repository data — see how it is calculated.

Compare MantisBT

4 head-to-head comparisons.

Similar helpdesk & ticketing apps