Browsers

JIRA's web UI is accessible from most browsers:

• Chrome
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Safari

Integrated Development Environments (IDE)

Manage issues from the following integrated development environments (IDE):

• Eclipse
• IntelliJ
• Visual Studio
• Netbeans
• JDeveloper
• Zend Studio

Mobile Devices

Stay connected even when you are on the move with mobile applications for your Blackberry, iPhone, Android or Windows Mobile device.

Email Notifications

Define personal and project level email notification schemes.

Customizable Email Content

Configure email content and subject lines using a simple templating engine.

Watch Issues

Add yourself or others as a watcher to any issue to receive email updates whenever that issue changes.

Built on OpenSocial

The JIRA Dashboard is an OpenSocial container which means that you can add any gadget built to the OpenSocial specification. This includes all gadgets provided with Atlassian products.

Multiple Dashboards

Create multiple dashboards from scratch or by copying existing dashboards.

JIRA Wallboards

Turn any JIRA Dashboard into an information radiator using the JIRA Wallboards plugin.

Gadget Subscriptions

Quickly add all gadgets from your Confluence, Bamboo, FishEye or Crucible instance - or from another JIRA instance - by subscribing to another application's gadgets.

Favorites

Organize your favorite dashboards in the dropdown menu for quick access.

Share with Others

Share a dashboard with your team by adding permissions for specific users, groups or project roles to access your dashboard. JIRA lets you preview popular dashboards or search for shared dashboards.

Gadget Directory

Add gadgets to your dashboard by browsing or searching the gadget directory.

Charts from Filters

Create a chart gadget from any search result or saved search filter and add it directly to your dashboard.

What is a Gadget?

The information boxes on the JIRA dashboard are called gadgets. JIRA ships with over 20 pre-installed gadgets.

Add OpenSocial Gadgets

You can add OpenSocial gadgets directly to the JIRA gadget directory.

Wallboards Gadgets

Add any "wallboard-enabled" gadgets to your information radiator using the JIRA Wallboards plugin.

Legacy Portlets

Even if you upgraded from an older version of JIRA, your custom portlets still work using the portlet-to-gadget bridge.

GreenHopper Gadget*

GreenHopper provides a set of gadgets for reporting project status, displaying charts, and powering JIRA Wallboards.

Activity Stream Gadget

The Activity Stream gadget displays a summary of your recent activity.

Administration Gadget

The Administration gadget displays quick links to administrative functions.

Assigned To Me Gadget

The Assigned To Me gadget displays all open issues in all projects assigned to the current user viewing the dashboard.

Average Age Gadget

The Average Age gadget displays a bar chart showing the average number of days that issues have been unresolved.

Bamboo Charts Gadget*

Create a chart gadget from any search result or saved search filter and add it directly to your dashboard.

Bamboo Plan Summary Chart Gadget*

The Bamboo Plan Summary gadget displays a graphical summary of a build plan.

JIRA: News Gadget

The JIRA: News gadget displays recent Atlassian news about JIRA.

Issues Statistics Gadget

The Issue Statistics gadget displays the collection of issues returned from a specified filter, broken down by a specified field.

Bamboo Plans Gadget*

The Bamboo Plans gadget displays a list of all plans on a Bamboo server, and each plan's current status.

Bugzilla ID Search Gadget

The Bugzilla ID Search gadget allows the user to search all JIRA issues for references to Bugzilla IDs.

Calendar Gadget**

The Issue Calendar gadget shows issues and versions in a calendar format based on their due date. Calendars can be based on an issue filter or on a project.

Clover Coverage Gadget*

The Clover Coverage gadget displays the Clover coverage of plans from a particular Bamboo server.

Created vs Resolved Gadget

The Created vs Resolved gadget displays a difference chart showing the issues created vs resolved over a given period.

Crucible Charts Gadget*

The Crucible Charts gadget displays various charts showing statistical summaries of code reviews.

Days Remaining Gadget*

Show the number of days remaining in a particular sprint (JIRA version).

Favorite Filters Gadget

The Favorite Filters gadget displays a list of all the issue filters that have currently been added by you as a favorite filter.

Filter Results Gadget

The Filter Results gadget displays the results of a specified issue filter and lets you take action directly from the gadget.

FishEye Charts Gadget*

The FishEye Charts gadget displays two charts showing showing statistics about a given sourcecode repository.

FishEye Recent Changesets Gadget*

The FishEye Recent Changesets gadget displays a number of recent changesets from a FishEye repository.

Heatmap Gadget

Show a tag cloud of statistical values for any filter.

In Progress Gadget

The In Progress gadget displays all issues that are currently in progress and assigned to the current user viewing the dashboard.

Get Started For $10

Small teams get preferential treatment at Atlassian: Get JIRA for 10 users for $10 (including full support).

Free For Open Source

Open Source projects and non-profit organizations can obtain free community licenses.

Unlimited Developer Licenses

Commercial license holders can generate developer licenses for staging, testing, development or QA servers.

Install or Hosted Options

Host your own instance behind the firewall or we can host JIRA for you ... it's up to you.

Connect LDAP & Active Directory

Manage users and groups from any number of directories using the User Directories manager.

Connect to JIRA

Connect multiple Atlassian applications to JIRA for user management and authentication.

Mail Configuration Tool

Use simple interface to set up and test your SMTP mail server connections.

Hosted Development Suite

JIRA is fully integrated into Atlassian's JIRA Studio hosted development suite which includes Subversion hosting, Confluence, FishEye and Crucible.

Run As Standalone Application

No need to sweat the details, install JIRA as a standalone application to take advantage of our pre-packaged database and application server. Requires minimal setup.

Deploy On Your Own

Want complete control over your application server? Deploy the JIRA WAR to Tomcat manually.

Built-in Database

JIRA Standalone ships with HSQLDB pre-packaged for evaluation purposes.

Bundled Database Drivers

JIRA includes database drivers to connect with your preferred database:

• SQL Server
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle
• HSQLDB

Massive Plugin Ecosystem

JIRA has over 100 plugins that enable you to expand JIRA to fit any special scenario.

Link Issues to Source Code*

Integrate source code directly into your issues and projects. JIRA supports CVS, Subversion, Perforce, Git, ClearCase, and many more via either native or plugin integration. Using FishEye? JIRA also ships with the FishEye plugin for enhanced source code integration.

Link Issues to Code Reviews*

Using Crucible for peer code review? Take advantage of the FishEye plugin to view recent code review activity for a project and create reviews directly from issues.

Add Agile Project Management*

Add the GreenHopper plugin for agile project management to view JIRA issues as virtual index cards.

Universal Plugin Manager

Discovering, installing and managing plugins from the Atlassian Plugin Exchange is simple and fast with a powerful plugin manager.

Speaking Your Language

Most user-visible pages in JIRA are internationalized and you can choose from over 14 languages including Chinese, Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norweigian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Japanese, Slovak and Spanish.

User time zones

See times displayed in your own local time zone. Indicators show whether another user is currently in day or night depending on their set zone.

Custom Issue Types

Add and remove fields to define custom issue types to match your development or business processes.

Custom Fields

Choose from over 20 field types to create custom fields for collecting and reporting on the data that matters. Add more field types via plugins.

Issue Level Security

Restrict access to individual issues within a project.

Custom Resolution Types

Define your own resolution field values in addition to the set of default resolutions.

Bulk Issue Modifications

Perform bulk operations from Issue Navigator include moves, field & status changes, assignments and more.

Issue Level Time-Tracking

Specify work estimates for each issue and log work as you go. JIRA rolls up time tracking data across sub-tasks and maintains the time spent and remaining estimate for tracking and reporting.

Rich Text Comments

Comment on issues using wiki markup to display rich text and images.

Secure Comments

Restrict access to individual comments within an issue.

Create Issues and Comments Via Email

JIRA can be configured to create and comment on issues via email. JIRA can map the key fields including summary, description, and reporter from the email. JIRA can even create accounts if one does not exist and assign the issue to the user cc'ed to the email.

Create Issues Remotely

Create issues remotely using a variety of methods including links, email and programmatic end-points.

Attachments

Attach files and screenshots directly to issues. JIRA highlights the most recent version and provides image thumbnails in both the issue and the activity stream.

Bulk File Download

Download all attachments as a zip file.

Image Gallery

Browse through attached image files using the gallery.

Quick Create Buttons

Use the Create Issue button in the top navigation bar to quickly create new issues. The project and issue type fields will default to your active project and most recent issue type. When browsing projects, additional quick create buttons will appear for your two most frequently created issues types.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts provide a quick and easy way of navigating though JIRA without having to take your fingers off the keyboard.

Issue Navigator

The Issue Navigator lets you search for issues using either the simple search form or JQL for advanced searching. Customize the issue navigator to your liking and use it to subscribe, export or perform bulk operations directly from the search results.

Operations Bar

Access all issue actions and workflow transitions in one place at all times using the operations bar.

Recent Issues / Projects

Clicking the menu headings in the top navigation bar will take you straight to your most recent dashboard or project. Click the drop down menus to see a list of the most recent projects and issues.

Favorite Filters

The projects drop down menu in the top navigation lists your favorite saved search filters.

Navigate Via Quick Search

Quickly move around within JIRA using shortcuts in the quick search. For example, enter an issue key to jump straight to that issue.

Summary & Reports

Every project has its own summary page which includes project details, recent activity and shortcuts to reports, filters and creating new issues.

Issues & Filters

View a summary of all issues in a project grouped by Status, as well as reports of all unresolved issues, grouped by Assignee, Priority, Version and Component.

Activity Stream

View project activity in your favourite RSS reader. Comment on issues directly from the project activity stream on the summary page.

Components

Browse a summary for each component , or sub-section, of a project as well as the Issues, Change Log, Road Map and Popular Issues.

Versions

Browse a summary for each version of a project, typically a release or iteration. Also, drill into the Issues, Popular Issues and Builds for any version.

Change Log

The project Change Log shows the resolved issues for the recently released versions of a project.

Import Custom Fields

Import custom fields when importing projects from XML backups.

Release Notes

Generate release notes containing details of all issues fixed in a specific version.

Road Map

The project Road Map shows the issues scheduled for upcoming unreleased versions of a project.

Popular Issues

View the unresolved issues in a project sorted by the number of votes.

Project Avatars

Add an avatar to help identify projects when navigating.

Custom Tabs**

Many JIRA plugins add custom tabs to the project browser, including Burndown charts, Labels and a Calendar.

Agile Tab*

View iteration status and burndown charts in the Agile tab when using the GreenHopper plugin for agile project management.

Personal Roadmap

Quickly view and access all work assigned to you across all projects from your own user profile page.

Workload Pie Chart Report

The Workload Pie Chart Report shows the relative workload for assignees of all issues in a particular project or issue filter.

User Workload Report

The User Workload Report shows how much work a user has been allocated, and how long it should take.

Version Workload Report

The Version Workload Report shows how much outstanding work there is (per user and per issue) before a given version is complete.

Single Level Group By Report

The Single Level Group By Report shows the search results from an issue filter, grouped by a field of your choice.

Created vs Resolved Issues Report

The Created vs Resolved Issues Report shows the number of issues created vs number of issues resolved over a given period of time.

Resolution Time Report

The Resolution Time Report shows the average time taken to resolve issues.

Pie Chart Report

The Pie Chart Report shows the search results from a specified issue filter (or project) in a pie-chart, based on a statistic of your choice.

Average Age Report

The Average Age Report shows the average age (in days) of unresolved issues.

Quick Search

Use the Quick Search in the top navigation bar to quickly find issues and navigate JIRA using smart searches.

Simple Search

Use the Issue Navigator to perform simple searches on common issue attributes. Switch to advanced search to view the underlying JQL for your query.

Configurable Search Results

Configure the Issue Navigator to display the fields of your choice for sorting and reporting.

Bulk Operations

Perform bulk operations - including edits, moves and workflow transitions from any search results set.

Saved Search (Filters)

Save searches as Issue Filters to power email notifications and dashboard gadgets.

Refine Searches

Refine JQL searches using your search history.

Share With Others

Share filters with others by adding permissions for specific users, groups or project roles to access your filter.

Favorite Filters

Search for existing filters and add to your favorites.

Export

Export search results as printable HTML, XML, RSS, Word or Excel documents.

Charts

Generate charts for your dashboard from any search result.

Advanced Search

Use JIRA Query Language (JQL) to create structured queries to search JIRA for issues. A query consists of a field, followed by an operator, followed by a value or function.

Search Status History

Search issue status history using the "WAS" operator for JIRA Query Language.

Anonymous Access

Allow users to create issues anonymously.

Integrate with LDAP

Integrate JIRA with LDAP for authentication and user management.

Manage Users In Crowd

Atlassian's Crowd identity management system can be integrated with JIRA.

Secure Administrator Sessions

Accessing administrative features requires an additional login. After validation, administrators are given a temporary session that expires after 10 minutes of inactivity.

View Current User Sessions

View a list of all the users currently logged into JIRA.

Users And Groups

Create groups to control access and permissions for collections of users.

Project Roles

Project roles are a flexible way to associate users and/or groups with particular projects and delegate administration and permissions across JIRA.

Project Level Security

Control project level security using either group permissions or project roles.

Default Workflow

JIRA provides a default workflow for handling most issue types.

Validators

Check that any user-supplied input is valid before performing a transition.

Visual Workflow Designer

Use the Visual Workflow Designer to view and edit your workflows.

Custom Workflow

Customise workflows by editing an existing workflow or creating one from scratch.

Steps & Transitions

Every workflow is made up of a number of steps connected by transitions.

Conditions

Apply conditions to control who can perform a transition, and under what circumstances.