![]() Buggie, the mascot of Bugzilla | |
Screenshot ![]() Bugzilla in action on bugzilla | |
Original author(s) | Terry Weissman |
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Developer(s) | Mozilla Foundation |
Initial release | August 26, 1998[1] |
Stable release | |
Preview release | 5.1.2 (February 16, 2018[3]) [±] |
Repository | |
Written in | Perl |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Available in | Multiple languages |
Type | Bug tracking system |
License | Mozilla Public License |
Website | www |
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]
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.