MantisBT
Bug tracker, fits best for software development.
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Still maintained? Yes: 245 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in Ticketing: Zendesk alternatives, Intercom alternatives, Sentry alternatives.
At a glance
MantisBT quick facts
- Health score
- 58/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,810
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "For complete documentation, please read the administration guide included with this release in the doc/ directory. The guide is available in text, PDF, and HTML formats."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
MantisBT scores 58/100, #12 of 22 in Ticketing: 245 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 1,810 stars add 13.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
245 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 13.0 / 20
1.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 245
- Last 90 days
- 669
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 22 tools in Ticketing by health , between Zammad (#11) and GlitchTip (#13) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 1,810 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | mantisbt/mantisbt ↗ |
MantisBT vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with MantisBT (Ticketing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgejo | 95 | 5.7k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| FreeScout | 95 | 4.6k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Erxes | 94 | 4.1k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Frappe Helpdesk | 94 | 3.5k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Libredesk | 94 | 3.1k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| MantisBT (this tool) | 58 | 1.8k | GPL-2.0 | today |
MantisBT: common questions
Is MantisBT still maintained?
MantisBT had 245 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.