Most of this also applies to Redmine, which seems too eager to copy Jira. It seems there's lack of the middle-ground apps, where you start like Basecamp or Tre

Most of this also applies to Redmine, which seems too eager to copy Jira. It seems there's lack of the middle-ground apps, where you start like Basecamp or Trello, but can turn on various controls, categorizations, required fields etc. as needed.