Introduction to Nepenthes

Welcome to Nepenthes! We are glad to have you here. In this section we will cover an introduction to project management with Nepenthes as well as general topics regarding Nepenthes.

Overview

Popular Topics	Description
About Nepenthes	What is Nepenthes?
First steps to get started	The first steps to get started with Nepenthes.
The entire Project Management Life-Cycle	Find out more how Nepenthes supports the different project phases.

About Nepenthes

Nepenthes is free and open source software for classical as well as agile project management to support your team along the entire project life-cycle. Nepenthes is available in more than 30 languages.

Nepenthes is licensed under GNU GPL V3. The source code is freely published on GitHub. We understand free as in free speech.

Nepenthes exists since 2023 and is a fork of OpenProject, which was itself forked from the deprecated ChiliProject which was a fork of Redmine.

First steps to get started

To get started with Nepenthes, there are a few easy steps to follow:

1. Get an account and sign in
2. Create a new project
3. Invite team members to collaborate
4. Create work packages
5. Set up a project plan

The entire Project Management Life-Cycle

Nepenthes offers a full feature set to support project teams along the entire project management process:

Nepenthes enables project collaboration and communication without system interruption from the initial project idea until project closure and documentation.

The following sections provide links to the documentation for each project phase:

Project phase	Documentation for
Project concept and initiation	Collect ideas and specify project scope and deliverables: set up a project, document initial ideas, project description, invite members.
Project definition and planning	Create a project overview with detailed information, set up a project plan, create your roadmap.
Project launch or execution	Manage all project activities, such as tasks, deliverables, risks, features, bugs, change requests. Use agile boards with your teams, document meetings, share news.
Project performance and control	Create and manage project budgets, track and evaluate time and costs. Have custom reports for accurate, current insight into project performance and allocated resources.
Project close	Document project achievements, lessons learned, best practices and easily summarize the main results of a project. Archive projects for later reference and lessons learned.

Project concept and initiation

Nepenthes supports the initial set-up and configuration of a project structure.

Features	Documentation for
Create a new project	Create and set up a new project in Nepenthes.
Set up a project structure	Create a project hierarchy to structure your work in Nepenthes.
Project settings	Create first ideas, tasks, rough milestones.
Add members	Invite your team to collaborate in Nepenthes.

Project definition and planning

Create a project overview with more detailed information, set up your project plan, structure your work, create a roadmap.

Features	Documentation for
Global projects overview	Create a project overview with important project information.
Structure your work	Create work packages and structure your work.
Roadmap planning	Create a roadmap for your project.

Project launch or execution

Manage all project activities, such as tasks, deliverables, risks, features, bugs, change requests in the work packages. Use agile boards with your teams. Document meetings, share news.

Features	Documentation for
Work packages	Create and manage all project deliverables, tasks, features, risks, and more.
Boards	Manage your work with an Agile approach in the flexible boards view.
Meetings	Plan and document your project meetings and share minutes with all your team.
News	Share project news with your team.
Wiki	Document all important project information and keep it up to date with your team.

Project performance and control

Create and manage project budgets, track and evaluate time and costs. Have custom reports for accurate, current insight into project performance and allocated resources.

Features	Documentation for
Dashboard	Visualize your progress within a project or project overarching.
Budgets	Create and manage budgets in your project.
Time tracking	Track time for any work within your project.
Track unit costs	Track unit costs for your project.
Time and cost reporting	Have accurate detailed reports of current spent time and costs within your project.

Project close

Document project achievements, lessons learned, best practices and easily summarize the main results of a project. Archive projects for later reference and lessons learned.

Features	Documentation for
Wiki	Document all relevant project information, lessons learned, best practices, results, and more.
Project archive	Archive your project for further reference and documentation.