YouTrack 5.0: Your Language. Your Agile. Your rules

Where should you start the story about YouTrack 5.0?

YouTrack 5.0 , codenamed 'Gentle', was created to satisfy all your needs. Now YouTrack is also available in Russian!

Salut! Hallo! Hello! Hola!

Let's start with the most expected YouTrack feature: now our bug tracker speaks German, French, Russian and Spanish, and in future releases in many other languages.
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To change the language in YouTrack , you need to go to the settings: Administration> Settings (for this you must have administrator rights) and select one of the four available languages ​​(in addition to English, of course):


And what's more, if your language is not in the list of available ones, then you can translate YouTrack yourself or even create your own YouTrack using slang. All detailed in the manual how to translate YouTrack UI .

Updated UI: New from the outside and familiar from the inside.

When creating a new version of the bug tracker, we tried to maintain a balance between form and content. Now work on the tasks has become faster, understandable and simple. We tried to rework the screens of working with the task , creating the task and editing the task , spice it up with a new look-and-feel, in order to manage the tasks could be faster and more interesting.

The most important improvements and new features of the fifth YouTrack:

• Unified design and field layout for all main screens: full screen task , creating and editing task
• Now field names are always visible.
• Attaching files has become faster and more fun: you can simply drag and drop files onto the task creation or editing screen
• Create a URL link to the task template and send it to your customers or colleagues. Or use a template for yourself when creating future tasks.
• Clear and concise new kind of comments
• Updated menu icon design
• New design buttons "Edit" and "Delete"

Unlimited Agile Features

Now you can enjoy the significant improvements we made to the Agile board. We’ll be happy if you can now get the most out of Agile.

Key improvements:

• Agile board covering several projects
• Completely new backlog management
• Formation of the board on the search query
• Whiteboard Visibility Settings
• Several separate boards at the same time
• Attribute-based Slams
• Ability to hide the board columns
• New board card design

Darcula TV look and feel

A number of JetBrains products have already stepped on the dark side, and finally, it has come to YouTrack .

If you follow the Agile methodology in your work, then you should know that the most difficult thing is to continue to remain Agile. To cope with this, your Agile board should be located in the most prominent place or even constantly broadcast on the screens of your office TVs.

That's why we made a new look for Agile boards in the style of Darcula. It (the board) is clearly visible from a distance and it is convenient to look at it even on the monitor of your computer:


Explore the dark side of Agile!

Twin tasks

Say no to duplicates, thanks to the new tab “Related Tasks”. Now, while editing in the full screen of the task, you can see a list of tasks similar to your current one:

Updated tool for screenshots

Meet the updated screenshot tool:

• Absolutely new look-and-feel
• Add comments directly on the screenshot
• New selection tool
• Easy draw straight lines while holding CTRL

Wiki Markup

Among other improvements, we updated wiki markup for better perception and comments.

• Use HTML tags
• Select users with @ before the name
• Easily use long paragraphs with new list formatting.

Clone task

From the very beginning, YouTrack was a unique tool due to its fully functional keyboard operation. This time, we want to bring to your attention a new command “Clone Task”. With this command you can clone one or several tasks. To do this, just start writing clone or open a command dialog to apply a new command to the task!

Extended notification system

We have added more features to customize YouTrack for administrators. Now you can show the system-wide message to all your users to warn them about server work, updates, recent events, and generally everything you want.

Database Performance

Of course, the changes could not touch the insides of YouTrack: we also improved the performance of our database, designed specifically for YouTrack. Now it is faster, smarter and safer.

What else is new in YouTrack 5.0? And where to see the full details of the release ?

New YouTrack can be put and learn now. And if you use YouTrack in the cloud, then your bug tracker should be updated automatically according to our schedule .

Keep calm and work with pleasure!
JetBrains team