Free Gantt Chart Software
Which Gantt chart tools a startup can plan project timelines and dependencies with for free today, how many projects, users and tasks the free plan allows, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, read from each provider's own page.
Free allowances read on each provider's own pages, all checked on or after . Gantt chart tools change their free plans from time to time: confirm the terms on the provider's page before you rely on it.
Gantt chart tools a startup can use for free today include TeamGantt (Personal plan free forever), OpenProject (Free open-source Community edition), Tom's Planner (Free Personal account, 1 chart), ProjectLibre (Free desktop app (download)), and GanttPRO (14-day free trial to premium features). Each of the 9 free plans below links to the provider's page that states it, with its main limit, its project and user caps, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs.
A launch, a fundraise or a client project has dates that depend on each other, and a Gantt chart shows the whole timeline at once. A few Gantt chart apps have a free plan for one project, and open-source planning software is free on your own computer or server.
The headline rarely tells you how far it goes. Free plans usually cap you at one project or one user, limit tasks, and keep exports or sharing for paid plans. Each tool below shows what is free, its main limit, its project and user caps, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, quoted from the provider's own page with the date we read it.
Which tools we picked and the order they appear in are our editorial choices; the terms are the providers'. Some of these providers pay us a referral commission when someone signs up through our link: those links are labeled, and they play no part in which tools are listed or where.
Gantt chart apps with a free plan or trial
Plan timelines with dependencies in a hosted app, free to start.
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TeamGantt
Solo planners who need one small Gantt chart
TeamGantt's Personal plan is free forever for 1 user and 1 project of 40 tasks. Its Base plan starts at $59 a month.
- Projects and users
- 1 project, 1 user (source: teamgantt.com)
- First paid plan
- Base: from $59 a month (source: teamgantt.com)
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Tom's Planner
One free Gantt chart for personal planning
Tom's Planner's free Personal account lets you create and edit one Gantt chart. Sharing and exporting need a paid account, and Professional is $9.95 a month.
- Projects and users
- 1 chart on the Personal account (source: tomsplanner.com)
- First paid plan
- Professional: $9.95 a month (source: tomsplanner.com)
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GanttPRO
Teams that want every feature for 14 days first
GanttPRO's free trial runs 14 days with the full feature set and no card required, and every plan has unlimited projects. The Core plan is $7 per user a month billed annually after the trial.
- Projects and users
- Unlimited projects on every plan (source: ganttpro.com)
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: ganttpro.com)
Start free at GanttPROTerms read on ganttpro.com on GanttPRO: the free allowance and how to start GanttPRO Startup Program: what startups get - 4
Instagantt
Asana teams that want Gantt charts on 3 projects
Instagantt's free version connects up to 3 Asana projects with Gantt charts, and it works only with Asana. The first paid plan, Individual, is $10 a month.
- Projects and users
- Up to 3 projects (Asana version) (source: instagantt.com)
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Agantty
One project, solo, with the full feature set
Agantty's free version covers one project without a team. Its limits are one project, no teams and no support.
- Projects and users
- Max 1 project (source: agantty.com)
Open-source project planning software
Plan projects with Gantt charts in free, open-source software.
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OpenProject
Teams that will self-host open-source software
OpenProject's Community edition is free and open source. Its support is best effort, through community tickets.
Start free at OpenProjectTerms read on openproject.org on OpenProject: the free allowance and how to start - 2
ProjectLibre
Moving off Microsoft Project files for free
ProjectLibre's desktop app is the leading free desktop replacement for Microsoft Project. Its cloud plan is $9.99 per user a month billed annually.
- First paid plan
- Cloud Core: $9.99 a user a month (source: projectlibre.com)
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GanttProject
Offline Gantt charts on your own computer
GanttProject is free to use. Team sharing needs GanttProject Cloud, which adds team collaboration at low-cost pay-as-you-go pricing.
- First paid plan
- Cloud: low-cost pay-as-you-go (source: ganttproject.biz)
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Leantime
Self-hosted teams that want free, open-source PM
Leantime's open-source version can be downloaded and self-hosted for free. It has no free SaaS tier, and the cloud Pro plan is $10 a user a month.
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How this comparison is built
The list covers Gantt chart software a founder can use for free today without applying to a program. The order and the "best for" notes are our editorial reading of each tool's terms. Every term comes from the tool's own pricing or help page on the date shown, never from a third-party list; follow each link for the full conditions. A cap on projects, users or tasks, dependencies or exports kept for paid plans, a short trial instead of a free plan can matter more than the headline, so the comparison quotes them wherever the provider states them. Some of these tools pay StartupPerks a referral commission, and their links are labeled as referral links; that decides neither whether nor where a tool appears, and no tool pays for a placement on this page.
Read the full methodologyCommon questions
What is the best free Gantt chart software?
By the terms each provider states, TeamGantt's Personal plan is free forever for 1 project and 1 user, Tom's Planner's free Personal account covers 1 chart, and OpenProject, ProjectLibre and GanttProject are free.
Is TeamGantt free?
TeamGantt's Personal plan is free forever for 1 project and 1 user, capped at 40 tasks with basic features. Base starts from $59 a month.
Is there a free open-source Gantt chart tool?
Yes. OpenProject has a free open-source Community edition, ProjectLibre is a free desktop app, GanttProject is free and runs offline, and Leantime is free to self-host.
Does GanttPRO have a free trial?
Yes. GanttPRO has a 14-day free trial of its premium features with no credit card required. Core is $7 a user a month billed yearly.
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