Free online Gantt chart maker

Make a Gantt chart in four steps

1. Open the scheduler and pick New project, or keep the sample project to see how it works.
2. Add tasks. Type names and durations, or paste rows straight from a spreadsheet. Use indent and outdent to group tasks under summary rows.
3. Link tasks. Type predecessors like 3, 5SS+2d or 7FF. Dates move automatically and the critical path turns red.
4. Export. Download an Excel workbook with a cell-based Gantt chart, or a PNG of any dashboard chart, or an MS Project XML file.

What the Gantt chart shows

• Task, summary and milestone bars with dependency arrows
• Critical path highlighted, with total float for every task
• Percent-complete fill and actual dates once work starts
• Baseline bars underneath, so slippage is visible at a glance
• Status date line and non-working days
• Day, week and month zoom

Why not just draw it in Excel?

A hand-drawn Excel Gantt chart has no logic: when one task slips, you recolour every cell after it. In Planline the bars are driven by links and durations, so a change ripples through the whole schedule instantly, and you can still export the result to Excel for people who live in spreadsheets.

Bring in an existing plan

Already have a task list? Import it from Excel or CSV in almost any layout. Planline matches the columns by name and works out the hierarchy from WBS codes, outline numbers, indentation or heading rows. MS Project XML and Primavera P6 .xer files work too.

Frequently asked questions