ProjectPier

infobox software
name = ProjectPier

developer = ProjectPier.org team
latest_release_version = 0.8.0.3
latest_release_date = release date|2008|07|16
operating_system = Cross-platform,Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
language = Multilingual (24)
genre = Project Management
license = Honest Public License
website = http://www.projectpier.org/

ProjectPier is a free software (open-source), web-based collaboration and project management tool. It is based on a fork of the activeCollab project after it decided to become a commercial project. It is written in PHP and uses the MySQL database. This project was created because the activeCollab project was initially started as an open-source project and has since closed its source. This application focuses on the key to effective Project Management being communication not the traditional model of which focuses on Gantt charts and time estimates.

History

ProjectPier was launched through the collaboration of Jon DeGenova, Roland Woldt, and Ryan Cross in early 2007. Several other developers and contributors have been involved since then. The project was initiated after the activeCollab project announced that it would be moving to a commercial model, after which many users expressed their disapproval. To support these users and to provide a continuation of an open source project management software, ProjectPier was started.

Features

The primary features of ProjectPier include:
* To-do lists
* Milestone management
* Messaging system
* Email notifications
* File sharing
* Project Oriented Access Control Management

Characteristics

* ProjectPier is under heavy development. The first release (0.8) was released on Sep. 24, 2007.

* ProjectPier is distributed in accordance with the Honest Public License [ [http://www.funambol.com/blog/capo/2006/08/honest-public-license.html Mobile Open Source :: Fabrizio Capobianco ] ] and can be used completely free of charge. [ [http://www.projectpier.org/about/honest-public-license-hpl Honest Public License (HPL) | ProjectPier.org ] ]

* ProjectPier uses PHP and MySQL.

* It has been translated to the following languages:

Argentinian Spanish

Brazilian Portuguese

Bulgarian

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Italian

Japanese

Lithuanian

Mexican Spanish

Norwegian Bokmål

Persian

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Slovenian

Swedish

Turkish

* It has provided several themes for download

[http://www.projectpier.org/project/acClassic acClassic]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/acSimple acSimple]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/Azul Azul]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/Basic-Aqua Basic Aqua]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/Basic-Orange Basic Orange]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/ebrentnelson ebrentnelson] A Dark Theme
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/GoCollab GoCollab]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/Marine Marine]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/theme-projectpier-default ProjectPier Default]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/zura-blue-steel Zura Blue Steel]
[http://www.projectpier.org/project/zura1 Zura1]

Minimum requirements

* Apache HTTP Server 2.0
* PHP 5.1 (required extensions: MySQL, GD, SimpleXML)
* MySQL 4.1 (with InnoDB support)

On the client side, the user is only required to use a modern Web browser.

See also

* Project management
* Project management software
* List of project management software
* Collaborative software
* BaseCamp

External links

* [http://www.projectpier.org Project Pier Official site]
* [http://www.projectpier.org/project Downloadable Themes]

References