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+====== Mantis Feature List ======
+Mantis is an issue tracker that is implemented in PHP.  The main features include:
+  * Free (GPL License)
+  * Easy to Install (both internally and in hosted environments).
+  * Easy to evaluate
+    * [[http://demo.mantisbt.org|Demo]]
+    * [[mantisbt:instantmantis|InstantMantis]] - Be up and running in 2 minutes (not recommended for production use)
+    * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mantis2go|Mantis2Go]] - Try MantisBT on Windows (not for production use)
+  * Simple User Experience
+  * Web Based
+  * Supports any platform that runs PHP (Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, AS400/i5, etc)
+  * Available in 68 localizations.
+  * Customizable Issue Pages
+  * Multiple Projects per instance
+  * Support for [[mantisbt::projects|Projects, Sub-Projects, and Categories]].
+  * Users can have a different access level per project
+  * Changelog Support
+  * [[mantisbt:features:roadmap|Roadmap]]
+  * My View Page
+  * Search and Filter
+    * Full Text Search
+    * Simple/Advanced Filters
+    * Shared Filters (across users / projects)
+  * Built-in Reporting (reports / graphs)
+  * Custom Fields
+  * Email notifications
+  * Users can monitor specific issues
+  * Attachments (can be saved on webserver or in database - can also backup to an FTP account)
+  * Issue Change History
+  * RSS Feeds (news, issues matching saved filters, issues matching a specific project)
+  * Customizable issue workflow
+  * Sponsorships Support - users are able to place bounties or sponsorships for specific issues, also developers can track such sponsorships / payments.
+  * Anonymous Access
+  * Signup with Captcha and Email Confirmation.
+  * Self-Service Reset Password Support
+  * Export to csv, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word
+  * Ability to extended functionality through hook (custom) functions.
+  * Ability to extended functionality through plugins.
+  * Reporting issues via Email (available as a patch for 1.1.x and [[mantisbt:emailreporting]] for 1.2.x]])
+  * Reporting Issues via a custom form on your website ([[http://www.bleepsoft.com/anonymantis/|Anonymantis]]).
+  * Source Control Integration (GIT, SVN and CVS).
+  * No limit on the number of users, issues, or projects.
+  * Wiki Integration (optional)
+  * Time Tracking
+  * Ability to send messages to messages to other users in regards to a specific issue.
+  * Public / Private Projects - Public project accessible to all users, private are only accessible to those explicitly added.
+  * Public / Private Notes - Private notes are accessible to users with a specific access level to the relevant project.
+  * Public / Private Issues - Private issues are accessible to users with a specific access level to the relevant project.
+  * Issue Relationships
+  * Issue Relationship Graphs (uses "dot" library).
+  * Attachment Auto-Preview
+  * Public / Private News (news can be associated with a specific project, or with all projects).
+  * Sticky Issues (always appear on the top of the issues list).
+  * Group Actions: actions can be applied on multiple issues.
+  * Easy hyperlinks to issues and issue notes (e.g. #123 hyper links to issue number 123).
+  * Ability to view recently visited issues (the last 5 visited issues are visible by default at the top right corner).
+  * Authentication
+    * Default Mantis Authentication (recommended)
+    * LDAP Integration
+    * HTTP Basic Authentication Support
+    * Active Directory Integration (patches available)
+  * Chat Integration (optional)
+  * Multi-DBMS Support - Mantis uses ADODB as an abstraction library to support multiple DBMSes.
+    * MySQL
+    * MS SQL
+    * PostgreSQL
+    * Oracle (experimental)
+    * DB2 (in progress)
+  * Webservice (SOAP) interface ([[http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect|MantisConnect]])
+    * A SOAP web service that is implemented in PHP and can be consumed from any language that supports SOAP web services.
+    * .NET Client Library
+    * Java Client Library
+    * Cocoa Client Library
+    * [[http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect/screenshots.php|Eclipse Plugin]]
+    * [[http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect/screenshots.php|NAnt Task]]
+    * [[http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect/screenshots.php|Mantis Notifier]]
+  * Support for mobile devices ([[http://www.futureware.biz/mantiswap|MantisWAP]]).
+  * There are community projects that integrate it with content management and project management too
+  * {{http://assets3.twitter.com/images/twitter.png}} Twitter Integration allowing users to monitor updates (Added in release 1.1.0a4)