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Arctic Issue Tracker

Published on the 10th of March 2006

By Ethan Poole

Good bug tracking software is hard to come by these days. Most systems cost too much or they are too bloated. Yesterday, Olate (external link) released a new bug tracking utility, Arctic (external link). Arctic is an effective tool to monitor bugs, feature request, to-do items, and more.

Unlike other bug systems, such as Mantis (external link), Arctic does not bother with unnecessary features. You get the bare-bone basics in an extremely easy to use environment. However, with the custom field feature you have the ability to expand need be.

Excited, I gave Arctic a trial run. I downloaded the software and took a few minutes to install it, which was rather simple. I toyed around with the software and then decided to really put it to use. I inputted the few remaining to-do items for Ottoman v2. Overall, the process was extremely easy and intuitive. From my experience, this is the easiest and most effective bug tracker I have ever used.

Arctic is proprietary and comes in two licenses. The free license limits the application to only one project; however, you can download as many free licenses as you desire. The paid license costs $89.99 USD and allows for unlimited projects, with the addition of technical support.

If you simply want to give the system a try then just download the free version. If you decide that you want to continue using Arctic, you can easily upgrade to the paid version without changing but a few files.

It is a bit awkward, but Arctic sort of makes issue tracking fun. Weird, but cool.

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