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| Developer | Atlassian[1] |
| Initial release | 2002; 24 years ago (2002)[2] |
| Stable release | 10.1.1[3]  / 2024-10-09; 2025-05-30 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Bug tracking system,project management software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
Jira (/ˈdʒiːrə/JEE-rə)[4] is a software product developed byAtlassian that allowsbug tracking,issue tracking andagileproject management. Jira is used by a large number of clients and users globally for project, time, requirements, task, bug, change, code, test, release,sprint management.
The product name comes from the second and thirdmorae of the Japanese word pronounced asGojira, which is Japanese forGodzilla.[5] The name originated from a nickname Atlassian developers used to refer toBugzilla, which was previously used internally for bug-tracking.[5]
According to Atlassian, Jira is used for issue tracking and project management.[6] Some of the organizations that have used Jira at some point in time for bug-tracking and project management includeFedora Commons,[7]Hibernate,[8] and theApache Software Foundation, which uses both Jira and Bugzilla.[9] Jira includes tools allowing migration from competitor Bugzilla.[10]
Jira is offered in three packages:[11]
Jira is written inJava and uses the Picoinversion of control container,Apache OFBiz entity engine, and WebWork 1 technology stack. Forremote procedure calls (RPCs), Jira hasREST,SOAP, andXML-RPC interfaces.[12] Jira integrates withsource control programs such asClearcase,Concurrent Versions System (CVS),Git,Mercurial,Perforce,[13]Subversion,[14] andTeam Foundation Server. It ships with various translations including English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.[15]
Jira implements theNetworked Help Desk API for sharing customer support tickets with other issue tracking systems.[16]
Jira is acommercial software product that can belicensed for running on-premises or available as a hosted application.[17] Jira was an open source tool available for anyone to download. Subsequently, the product was made closed-source and Atlassian created a business around this product.[citation needed]
Atlassian provides Jira for free toopen source projects meeting certain criteria, and to organizations that are non-academic, non-commercial, non-governmental, non-political, non-profit, and secular. The full source code is available for its users to modify under a developer source license.[17]
In April 2010, across-site scripting vulnerability in Jira led to the compromise of twoApache Software Foundation servers. The Jira password database was also compromised. The database containedunsalted password hashes, which are vulnerable torainbow attacks, dictionary lookups and cracking tools. Apache advised users to change their passwords.[18] Atlassian themselves were also targeted as part of the same attack and admitted that a legacy database with passwords stored in plain text had been compromised.[19]
When launched in 2002, Jira was purely issue tracking software, targeted at software developers. The app was later adopted by non-IT organizations as aproject management tool. The process accelerated after the launch of Atlassian Marketplace in 2012, which allowed third-party developers to offer project management plugins for Jira.[20]BigPicture, Scriptrunner, Advanced Roadmaps (formerly Portfolio), Structure, Tempo Planner, and ActivityTimeline[21][22] are major project management plugins for Jira.[23]
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