Doorstop vs ReqView

Doorstop manages textual requirements alongside source code in version control. It stores requirements and other linkable items as YAML files in directories that form documents, then organizes those documents into a tree and can validate traceability across it. It publishes document hierarchies and trace matrices as plain text, HTML, LaTeX, or Markdown; templates can shape output, and HTML and LaTeX publishing use them. Requirements can be imported or exported as YAML, CSV, TSV, or Excel files. Doorstop requires Python 3.10 or later and Git or another version control system, and it can be added to a Poetry project. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, with API and self-hosted options, including standalone web-server or WSGI deployment. An experimental desktop GUI handles basic editing. The tool is free at free and licensed under LGPLv3. Baseline support and version history are listed, but approval workflows are not.

ReqView is a requirements management tool for hardware, software and systems engineering projects. It supports V-Model development with formal verification, end-to-end traceability and audit trails, and is presented for safety-critical fields including medical devices, aerospace and defense, automotive, railways, robotics and electronics. Users can import Word documents and capture structured requirements with formatted text, tables, images, PDFs and other attachments. Requirements can link to verification and validation items and safety risks, allowing teams to analyze coverage and change impact. Reports export to Word, Excel, PDF or HTML. Teams can collaborate and version projects through Git or Subversion, while project data uses human-readable JSON. Open project data is stored in local application storage; it is not sent to the internet unless users explicitly use Google Drive, cloud-hosted Git or SVN, or Jira Cloud. The FREE plan costs nothing and allows one document, 150 objects per document and one custom attribute. PRO costs €440 a year per user; TEAM costs €600 a year per user and adds dashboards, linked projects, advanced Git version control and integrations. ReqView runs on the web, Windows 11+, supported Linux distributions and macOS 15+ on ARM processors.