git-bug vs MantisBT
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
Not the right match-up?
Compare git-bug with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Memos Mark Text Joplin Plane SiYuan Logseq Outline Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Khoj Chatwoot Wiki.js Huly Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan SimpleX Chat Etherpad OpenProject Habitica Self-Hosted Planka Phabricator Leantime Centrifugo Screego Typebot Kanboard Berty Mumble Kaneo The Lounge Papercups Redmine Taskwarrior Zammad WorkAdventure OpenEMR Maybe Tasks Taskcafe Vikunja Kimai2 Octobox Nullboard Godo Worklenz Donetick Tasks.md Restyaboard Kanban Tegon Taskell FossBilling ZenTao Kanban Lite eLabFTW Tracks Gerrit OrangeHRM GanttProject eigenfocus osem Bugzilla Taiga Firefly III Importer LibreBooking Phorge 4ga Boards Todoman Web Vikunja Frontend Mobile Trac Admidio The Bug Genie Agorakit Facilmap LibrePlan HamsterBase Tasks DumbBudget WorkAdventure Tasks ShipShipShip TaskLite OpenHabitTracker Fab-manager May croodle rgit Traq myTinyTodo Our Shopping List DumbDo DumbKan SCM Manager FlowInquiry Satdress motion.tools (Antragsgrün) Grr Task Keeper Mergeable Bileto Mobilizon Tasks Galette phpCollab minimal-git-server Rukovoditel PyInventory CiviCRM on Drupal Listaway eTraxis 92five Active Collab Bénévalibre BitBucket Server Buddy Enterprise Coin Crucible Cultivons Diacamma Dokos Kanban Tool Kantree Liberaforms Paheko PMB Pollaris ProjeQtOr Smederee Solo Tuleap
Compare MantisBT with
choose an app… Plane Huly UVdesk OpenProject Phabricator GLPI Redmine Erxes Hi.Events osTicket Frappe Helpdesk Peppermint Libredesk Tegon ZenTao Trudesk Handesk Faveo Helpdesk Request Tracker OpenSupports ITFlow Ticketit Bugzilla Taiga Phorge Znuny Trac The Bug Genie OTOBO Tiledesk Traq FlowInquiry Rukovoditel TicketsBot eTraxis Deskpro Full Help JIRA Jitbit Helpdesk Roundup Issue Tracker SupportPal Telebugs
Feature git-bug MantisBT Category Project Management & Tasks Helpdesk & Ticketing License GPL-3.0 GPL-2.0 Language Go PHP Setup difficulty Medium Easy Min. RAM 64 MB 256 MB Deployment bare-metal, binary docker, bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 9,968 ★ 1,794 First released 2018 2000 Replaces Jira, GitHub Issues Jira, Bugzilla
Why pick each one
Choose git-bug if… No separate server needed Issues travel with code git-bug details Choose MantisBT if… 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) MantisBT details
Frequently asked questions Is git-bug or MantisBT better? Neither is universally better. git-bug has the larger community, while MantisBT is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are git-bug and MantisBT free and open-source? Yes. git-bug is licensed under GPL-3.0 and MantisBT under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run git-bug and MantisBT with Docker? git-bug: check the project docs for container support. MantisBT: yes.