Added a post about 10 years of OFT and our Mastodon account.

Author: redcatbear

config.yml

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ params:
     socialicons:
       - id: 'github'
         url: 'https://github.com/itsallcode'
-      - id: youtube
+      - id: 'youtube'
         url: 'https://www.youtube.com/@itsallcode-org'
+      - id: 'mastodon'
+        url: 'https://mastodon.social/@OpenFastTrace'
   paginationsinglepost: true
 
 menu:

content/posts/2026/05/30/10_years_of_openfasttrace.md

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+---
+title: "10 Years of OpenFastTrace"
+date: "2026-05-30"
+draft: false
+author: sebastian
+---
+
+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.
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+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.
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+As we celebrate a decade of open-source development, we are also expanding our social presence. You can now follow us on Mastodon:
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+[OpenFastTrace@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@OpenFastTrace)
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+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!