New in this release · Critical path · Schedule to the minute
The Gantt chart that lives inside Excel.
A free Gantt chart Excel template that actually schedules. Add tasks, link them, and the plan maintains itself — dates move when something slips, the critical path recalculates, and progress rolls up on its own. No subscription, no new tool to learn: it all happens inside the Excel you already have.
- 4.9/5 · 144 reviews
- 8,960,000+ downloads
- Windows & Mac
- 11 languages
What you get
A real project planner, in a file you already know how to open
It stays on your computer. Anyone you send it to can open it. Nothing to log into.
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Dependencies that actually schedule
Link tasks once. Move one date and everything downstream moves with it — no dragging bars, no re-typing.
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Critical path & float
See the chain that decides your finish date, and exactly how much room every other task has.
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Hours to years
Seven views, one click apart — and hourly charts that schedule to the nearest whole minute.
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Baselines & actuals
Compare the original plan, today's estimate and what really happened, side by side.
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Resources & costs
Assign people, set each one's working calendar, and track budget in the same sheet.
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Dashboard & export
One click to a dashboard, a web report, or a PDF for people who don't live in Excel.
The ribbon
Everything lives in one Excel tab
Gantt Excel adds a single Gantt Excel tab to the ribbon you already use. Build the chart, add tasks and milestones, switch views, assign resources and export — without ever leaving the spreadsheet.
Try it yourself
Interactive demo — take the guided tour below
Explore a real project below. Hover any task, milestone or numbered marker to see what Gantt Excel does — dependencies, the critical path, budgets, resources and live dates, all built right into your spreadsheet.
Gantt Excel allows you to visualize and track every step of your project, from start to finish.
You can create tasks, link them using dependencies, and then track their progress against deadlines and milestones.
Auto-scheduling
Change one date. The rest follows.
This is the difference between a Gantt chart and a picture of one.
- Finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish and start-to-finish links
- Lag and lead time on any link
- Summary tasks roll up their children automatically
- Working calendars respected per resource, so weekends and holidays don't lie to you
Critical path
Know which tasks you can’t afford to slip
Switch on Show Critical Path and every task with no room left gets a red outline. Everything else gets a number telling you exactly how much room it has — so you know where to push, and where you can afford to wait.
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Five columns, not a colour
Turning it on adds five read-only columns: Late Start, Late Finish, Total Float, Free Slack and Critical. The two above are the ones you’ll read most — how much room a task has, and whether it has any at all.
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One rule, no mystery
A task is critical when its Total Float is zero. That’s the whole rule — nothing is hidden in a black box you have to take on trust.
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Arrows that mean something
Dependency arrows turn red only when both linked tasks are critical. An arrow running into a task that still has float keeps its normal colour.
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Float you can believe
Float is measured against each resource’s own working calendar. A gap that looks like breathing room counts for nothing if those aren’t working days.
Languages
Gantt Excel speaks eleven languages
Change it in Settings and the whole interface follows — ribbon, tooltips, dialogs, column headers, dropdowns. Your project stays as you wrote it: task names, notes and resource names are never translated.
- English
- Español (España)
- Español (Latinoamérica)
- Français
- Português (Portugal)
- Português (Brasil)
- Deutsch
- Nederlands
- Italiano
- 日本語
- 简体中文
FEATURES
Daily & Hourly Planner
Gantt Excel: Daily and Hourly versions for granular task scheduling.
Project Dashboard - Free Add-on
You heard right! The Project Dashboard is a free add-on to our Gantt Excel Template. With a single click, it instantly analyzes your project plan, generating a powerful dashboard to communicate key details based on your project timeline.
Costs Module – Account for Project Costs
Gantt Excel also serves as a budget and expenses tracker, allowing you to monitor project costs within your Gantt chart.
Milestones
Add Milestones to your Gantt Chart: Keep your team on track and assess project progress with ease. Plus, create dedicated milestone charts for key presentations and client updates.
Break down large tasks into manageable subtasks by setting parent-child relationships. This helps you effectively manage complex projects involving multiple users and diverse skill sets.
Resource Module
Assign resources to tasks and track their costs directly in Gantt Excel. Easily configure holidays and non-working days for each resource, ensuring accurate scheduling and cost projections.
Intuitive Forms to Add Tasks & Milestones in the Gantt Chart
Our task form gives you a complete overview, instantly showing assigned resources and dependent tasks.
Track Baseline, Estimated and Actual Dates
Monitor your project’s progress against original plans, current estimates, and real-world results.
Export & Share
Export your Gantt Chart to PDF or to XLSX to share with your colleagues and clients.
Click below to see a Gantt Chart created in Gantt Excel and exported to PDF.
Gantt Chart in PDF
Click below to see a Gantt Chart created in Gantt Excel and exported to XLSX.
Gantt Chart in XLSX
Everything you wanted to know about Gantt Charts…
How to Create a Gantt Chart in Excel?
Step-by-Step Tutorial for Creating a Gantt Chart in Excel
Here is our Gantt Chart Tutorial for you to get started. Just click on the link below to view step by step instructions to create a project timeline in a few minutes