![]() ![]() After months of releasing the first version of OpenProj in 2008, Projity was acquired by another software company. ProjectLibre is developed by Marc O’Brien and Laurent Chretienneau, who were also the creators of another open source PM software called OpenProj in 2007 under the company Projity. A 5-part tutorial is also available here. Requests to be included in the beta of the cloud version can now be sent. An affordable cloud version that handles multi-project for multi-users will be available soon. Users who are looking for a free open source alternative to MS Project but do not want a to learn how to use a new application can check ProjectLibre. She hopes the zoom in ‚Äì zoom out with a mouse drag feature will be included, as well as adding comment, and alert or task reminder links to a mobile app. User g2crowd described it as easy to use, with a friendly interface. He stated, though, that he is finding it difficult to use with a team that does not work regular hour shifts. Contacting the developers and sending feedback is easy, with a quick turnaroud, which is typical in an open source community. stated that he likes the layout of ProjectLibre, because it is intuitive and getting better all the time. Some of their ClientsĬlients include The Clinton Foundation, Giorgio Armani, McKesson, Abbot, IBM, Turner, ST Microelectronics, Flextronics, Kiewit, Accenture, EADS, Cisco, AMD, Caterpillar, Medtronic, Boeing, and Husqvarna. Supported LanguageĪside from English, ProjectLibre has been translated to Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, French, Finnish, Galician, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, and Ukranian. ProjectLibre is for small to mid-sized businesses that have single project requirements. The developers accept donations for development efforts. ProjectLibre is released under the Common Public Attribution License and qualifies as free software. Pricing will be offered on a simple monthly subscription. A team dashboard will allow project collaboration from members in different locations. Thus, simple project portfolio management features will also be available. Unlike the single-user desktop version, the cloud version will be capable of handling multiple projects by multiple users. It will extend the open source desktop software to a cloud version that can be accessed anytime and anywhere. Enterprise Cloud ‚Äì ProjectLibre is busy finalizing a cloud version.It also has reporting functionality, such as for displaying project details, resource information, task information, and others. Users can set dependencies, create a project baseline, and use multiple calendar to define working and non-working days for different resources. ![]() These are also comparable to features in Microsoft Project.
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