Editing Cacti (software) (section)

==History==
The Cacti project was first started by Ian Berry on September 2, 2001.<ref name="CactiInt">{{cite web |url=http://isp-ceo.net/equipment/2007/cacti.html |title=The network graphing solution Cacti was designed to provide more ease of use than RRDtool and more flexibility than MRTG |author=Goldman, George |publisher=ISP-Planet |date=17 January 2007 |accessdate=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/cacti/ |title=Cacti |publisher=SourceForge.net |accessdate=16 March 2012}}</ref> Berry was inspired to start the project while working for a small [[Internet service provider|ISP]] while also still in high school, learning PHP and [[MySQL]]. His central aim in creating Cacti "was to offer more ease of use than RRDtool and more flexibility than [[MRTG]]".<ref name="CactiInt" />

On September 13, 2004, version 0.8.6 was released,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/cacti/files/cacti/cacti-0.8.6/ |title=Cacti - Browse / cacti / cacti-0.8.6 |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=13 September 2004 |accessdate=16 March 2012}}</ref> and with it came more developers and, later on, greater program speed and [[scalability]].<ref name="CactiInt" />

Version 0.8.7 was released for use in October 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/cacti/files/cacti/cacti-0.8.7/ |title=Cacti - Browse / cacti / cacti-0.8.7 |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=23 October 2007 |accessdate=16 March 2012}}</ref> In June 2012, a [[Technology roadmap|roadmap]] on the website indicated that version 1.0.0 was scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2013, but due to team member availability and changing roles in their careers, Cacti development took a hiatus with only minor security and bug fixes until the release of Cacti 1.0 in January of 2017.

Between the years of 2012 and 2017, The Cacti released 6 point releases of the Cacti 0.8.8 series software, again addressing minor bug fixes and security issues.

The Cacti Group reorganized in early 2015 to restart work on the Cacti 1.0 product.  During this development, The Cacti Group stepped up to deliver on much of the promised capabilities on their roadmap including; Multiple Data Collectors; Improved Graph, Device, Template and Tree Security including User Group level permissions; Multiple Data Collection intervals; Site support; and Improved Tree Management and Performant capabilities.

Version 1.0.0 was released in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_1_0_0.php/ |title=Cacti - Browse / cacti / cacti-1.0.0 |publisher=Cacti.net |date=29 January 2017 |accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref>

Version 1.2.0 was released in January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_1_2_0.php/ |title=Cacti - Browse / cacti / cacti-1.2.0 |publisher=Cacti.net |date=2 January 2019 |accessdate=3 January 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

2017 was an active year for The Cacti Group. They have released over 30 versions of Cacti since the initial 1.0.0 release in January 2017. The GitHub community additionally grew and there are now several dozen developers working on perfecting the 1.x release for use in homes, small companies and enterprises throughout the globe.