December 14, 2006 - A New Tool in My Tester's Tool Box - Bugzilla

Ok, so it's not new.  But, it's new to me.  It's Bugzilla, the venerable bug tracking system.

I've gotten my first chance to really use it.  In general, I think Bugzilla is pretty good.  The UI isn't as user-friendly as some of the commercial systems, and it's nowhere near as easy to customize as many other systems, but it works, it's got a huge user community, and it's free.

From the website:

Bugzilla is a "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System". Defect Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors charge enormous licensing fees. Despite being "free", Bugzilla has many features its expensive counterparts lack. Consequently, Bugzilla has quickly become a favorite of hundreds of organizations across the globe.

 

You can download Bugzilla from http://www.bugzilla.org/download/

See all the tools in my tool box at

http://www.sqablogs.com/jstrazzere/55/Tester%26%2339%3Bs+Tool+Box.html