GETTING STARTED WITH REDMINE
Most project-management apps are online and cloud-based. In other words,
you go to a website and create an account, then you invite your teammates to
join you via a special URL. It’s the same as using any other web-based account.
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simple as downloading an app from an app store or website and double-
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To understand the instructions, you need to have some familiarity with Debian,
MySQL, Apache, and Linux. If you’re feeling queasy because of those last few
words, Redmine is not for you.
Redmine is written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It’s a web-based, cross-
platform, and cross-database application. As of this writing, you can set it up in
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Though Redmine is a web-based app, how you choose to make it accessible to
your team is up to you. You can install it on an intranet, for example, making it
available only to people who are on the same network. Or you can set it up to
make it accessible from any web browser.
If the team that will be using Redmine consists entirely of programmers, they’ll
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supported, Redmine’s instructions have some gaps. For example, as of this
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