10 Years of OpenFastTrace
2026 marks a special milestone for OpenFastTrace: it has been a bit more than 10 years since the first commit was pushed to GitHub!
While OFT as we know it today started in 2016, its roots go back much further. The journey began in 2003 with a tool called ‘ReqMgr’ at 3SOfT GmbH. Over the years, it evolved through various iterations—ReqMgrNG, ReqM2, and Allosaurus—driven by the needs of the automotive industry for reliable requirement tracing.
In 2016, Christoph Pirkl and Sebastian Bär decided to create a fresh, open-source start. They wanted to build a tool that was fast, easy to use, and integrated well with modern development workflows. Since then, OFT has grown into a robust suite used by engineers to manage requirements just like code.
As we celebrate a decade of open-source development, we are also expanding our social presence. You can now follow us on Mastodon:
Thank you to everyone who has contributed, reported bugs, or shared their experiences with OFT over the last ten years. Here is to many more!