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Roundup
What it is
Roundup is a customizable issue-tracking system for managing bugs, TODOs, customer help requests, IETF issues, sales leads, and conference paper submissions. It offers web, email, command-line, REST, and XML-RPC interfaces, and includes five templates that users can adapt. Teams can use saved or shared searches, full-text message search, detailed change histories, and email-based interaction to manage issues. Roundup can be extended through changes to its database schema and web interface, as well as business rules created with auditors and reactors. It supports embedded SQLite and dbm databases, with upgrade paths to MySQL or PostgreSQL. Deployment options include Docker, Kubernetes, a standalone network web server, and WSGI, FastCGI, or CGI. The project says data stays on the user's servers and describes HTTPS and fine-grained authorization options. Roundup is free, open-source software; its core is MIT licensed, with separate licenses for some bundled components. It requires Python 3.10 or later and offers moderated mailing lists and an IRC channel for support and developer contact.
For and against
For
- Five customizable tracker templates
- Web, email, command-line, REST, and XML-RPC interfaces
- Supports SQLite and dbm, with MySQL or PostgreSQL upgrade paths
- Can run in Docker or Kubernetes
- Free Software with no listed price
Against
- Requires Python 3.10 or later
- Python 2 support ended with release 2.4.0
- Bundled components have separate license terms
The verdict
Roundup combines customizable issue workflows with several ways to interact with and deploy the system. Its Python requirement and separate licenses for some bundled components are worth reviewing before adoption.
Who it suits
Roundup suits teams that need adaptable issue tracking for software work, customer support, or other listed workflows. It may also fit organizations that want to run the system on their own servers.
Plans and prices
Roundup
Free Software; MIT licensed except noted bundled components
Read 8 Oct 2026 · roundup-tracker.org
On the record
- Authentication
- The REST API supports basic HTTP authentication or optional JWT, while XML-RPC supports basic HTTP authentication.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can extend the database schema and web interface and add business rules using auditors and reactors.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Databases
- Roundup supports embedded SQLite and dbm databases, with upgrade paths to MySQL or PostgreSQL.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Roundup can run in Docker or Kubernetes and be deployed on a network as a standalone web server or through WSGI, FastCGI, or CGI.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Issue management
- Issues can have saved or shared searches, full-text message search, detailed change history, and email-based interaction.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Issue tracking
- Roundup is a customizable issue-tracking system with web, email, command-line, REST, and XML-RPC interfaces.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- License
- Roundup is Free Software; the core is MIT licensed, with separate licenses noted for bundled Zope-derived templates and vendored cgi.py.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Project history
- The site says Roundup was first released as version 0.1.1 in late August 2001.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- Roundup requires Python 3.10 or later; Python 2 support ended with release 2.4.0 in July 2024.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security and data
- The features page says data remains on the user's servers and describes HTTPS and fine-grained authorization options.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security releases
- The security page lists two issues fixed in version 2.6.0, including a PATCH method CSRF bypass and a history permission check issue.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project provides moderated mailing lists for user help, development, and check-in messages, plus an IRC channel for direct contact with developers.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Templates
- Roundup includes five tracker templates that users can customize.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The site lists bug and TODO tracking, customer help desk support, IETF issue management, sales lead tracking, and conference paper submission among its use cases.roundup-tracker.org · read 8 Oct 2026
