Redmine

Hi Craigg,

welcome to the Redmine community. Eric hasn't been active since 2011 but I think I also can tell you something about the project. There are at least three people with commit rights to the SVN repository at the moment. Nowadays most of the commits are made by Go MAEDA and just occasionally by JPL himself. There's a vital community behind Redmine and people are actively contributing to it. Many companies, too. And if Jean-Philippe gets hit by a bus or freaks out (hopefully never), the community is also able to fork Redmine and develop it further at other places of the internet.

If you have any further questions about Redmine, don't hesitate to ask. There are also chatrooms on IRC and Slack to get anwers.

Kind regards,

Bernhard

Hi There,

I'd like to contribute a "HowTo" to the Wiki that I've developed for installing Redmine 4.2.1 on CentOS 7 with SELinux, Apache 2.4, Passenger, however not using the Passenger GEM, using the Passenger packages so that we get SELinux polices that work out of the box.

How wold I go about doing this?

Thanks!

How to contribute?

Look here: Contribute

You can also help to improve the Redmine Guide, e.g. translate the guide into your favorite language: Guide

Thank you !

Hey there!

Eric Davis wrote:

I've just started a page on some of the ways to contribute back to Redmine. I'll be improving it over time but I wanted to get a list of some common tasks that I can direct people to. If you're interested in contributing but need help finding something specific to do, post a comment in this thread with the following and I'll try to point you in a general direction.

• what interests you (e.g. plugin development, documentation)
• your experience with Redmine, Ruby on Rails, and anything else (e.g. several years experience, new to it but wanting to learn)

Eric

Hey there!
I'm a professional web designer, content writer and blogger with a strong passion for finding anything related to business development. I am working in Data Recovery Software, a well-known service provider in the field of software development.

Hi, this is a great initiative—having a clear starting point really helps people who want to contribute but don’t know where to begin.

Here’s a bit about me:

Interests: I’m mainly interested in documentation and beginner-friendly improvements (like UI tweaks or small usability fixes). I also wouldn’t mind exploring plugin development over time.
Experience: I’m relatively new to Redmine. I have a basic understanding of Ruby on Rails and have worked on small projects, but I’m still in the learning phase. I’m comfortable with general web development (HTML, CSS, a bit of JS), and I’m looking to gradually get deeper into the backend side.

If possible, I’d love to start with something simple—maybe improving docs, fixing minor issues, or working on small bugs to understand the workflow better.

Also, I’ve noticed that learning new systems sometimes feels like solving a puzzle—figuring out how different parts connect and what the most efficient approach is. So I’m definitely interested in tasks that help build that kind of structured thinking as well.

Looking forward to your suggestions, and thanks again for putting this together!