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Open-source software development and project management tool

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Phabricator - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

What is Phabricator?

Phabricator is a free to download, open source suite of tools for supporting the software project development lifecycle. Designed to support single users and teams of collaborators, the platform of applications can be locally installed without cost while a cloud hosted supported package including additional support is available for a monthly fee. In summary, Phabricator comprises a browser-based dashboard that offers centralized accessibility to constituent apps for code review, repository hosting, change auditing, issue tracking, task management and more. With each application named individually but tightly integrated, Differential presents side-by-side code reviewing capabilities for monitoring changes, attaching inline anecdotes and comments, highlighting, plus the marking of resolutions as done. This can be combined with Arcanist, Phabricator's command-line tool (CLI) to streamline the pre-commit review workflow while "Herald" supports post-commit automated auditing with personal/global conditional business rules.

Diffusion then allows repositories such as Git, Mercurial and Subversion to be browsed, hosted locally or existing repositories connected from other locations. The Phriction wiki editor supports full Remarkup to compile and track documentation changes that can be rolled back historically. Customizable task management is then promised via Maniphest, enabling feature, issue and bug tracking with tools including custom fields for defining specific project tasks, search filters, plus drag and drop Kanban-style workboards for visualizing milestone progress. Remaining Phabricator applications then add collaborative coworker chat via Conpherence, along with the platform's own HTTP JSON-based Conduit API for interfacing with Phabricator in scripts.

Benefits of using Phabricator

  • Phabricator is an open source software development platform that can be downloaded and installed freely, with a paid cloud hosted package available, giving individuals and user teams a suite of integrated tools supporting coding, project management and more.

  • Differential promises side-by-side code change review with inline commenting and "Done" resolution flagging, with Diffusion enabling the browsing and hosting of Subversion, Git and Mercurial repositories.

  • With the Herald tool, users can write conditional business rules to track activity and trigger automated code audits, while the Phriction wiki editor allows for documentation and Conpherence enables coworkers to chat collaboratively.

  • Maniphest provides customizable task management for tracking project bugs, issues and features throughout the development lifecycle, boasting custom fields plus Kanban-style drag and drop workboards for organizing tasks and tracking key milestones.

  • Arcanist command line tool provides Linux, Mac OS X and Windows CLI access to Phabricator functionalities, while the Conduit API (HTTP JSON) facilitates the writing of custom scripts for interfacing with the platform.
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    20

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    Phabricator's key features

    Most critical features, based on insights from Phabricator users:

    Access Controls/Permissions
    Collaboration Tools
    Prioritization
    Change Management
    Testing/QA Management
    Project Planning

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    API
    Commenting/Notes
    Task Management
    Drag & Drop
    Reporting/Analytics
    Wiki
    Web App Development
    Task Progress Tracking
    Software Development
    Search/Filter
    Rules-Based Workflow
    Requirements Management
    Project Management
    Issue Tracking
    Debugging
    Customizable Fields
    Custom Development
    Content Library
    Bug Tracking
    Application Management
    Activity Dashboard

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    Phabricator pricing

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    20

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    Phabricator integrations (6)

    Phabricator support options

    Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Chat
    Email/Help Desk
    FAQs/Forum

    Phabricator reviews

    Overall rating

    4.1

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    17

    Positive reviews

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    Rating breakdown
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    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend7.75/10
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    Pros
    “The ability to view code side-by-side; intelligent diff calculation; macros make reviewing fun; simple, intuitive and easy to understand state machine for the commit.”
    “Phabricator makes it really easy for you to move from setup to creating tasks and projects. It's secure, open source, multi-functional and honestly just amazing.”
    “Definitely a great experience. I would recommend Phabricator to all my friends who work in different industries.”
    Cons
    “UI is meh, no auto refreshes or auto updates on boards make it frustrating. I have to manually refresh the page in order to see comments on tickets.”
    “Phabricator's interface is incredibly confusing.”
    “I have fundamental problems with the way that Phabricator is designed. First, Phabricator is deployed as a Git repository and extensive amounts of manual setup.”

    Phabricator FAQs

    Q. What type of pricing plans does Phabricator offer?

    Phabricator has the following pricing plans:
    Starting from: $20.00/month
    Pricing model: Free, Subscription, Open Source
    Free Trial: Available

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    Q. Who are the typical users of Phabricator?

    Phabricator has the following typical customers:
    Freelancers, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business


    Q. What languages does Phabricator support?

    Phabricator supports the following languages:
    English


    Q. Does Phabricator offer an API?

    Yes, Phabricator has an API available for use.


    Q. What other apps does Phabricator integrate with?

    Phabricator integrates with the following applications:
    GitHub


    Q. What level of support does Phabricator offer?

    Phabricator offers the following support options:
    Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum

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