Gantt Excel - Free Gantt Chart Excel Template

Create Professional-looking Gantt Charts in Excel

Gantt Excel is fully automated and is super easy to use.
If you use Microsoft Excel, you can create a Gantt Chart with almost no learning curve.
Microsoft Excel is instantly familiar, so everyone on your team “gets it” and hits the ground running.

Gantt Chart Excel

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.

4.9 out of 5 rating for Gantt Excel based on Real User Reviews

Create Gantt Charts in Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 & 2024 on Windows and Excel 2016, 2019, 2021 & 2024 on macOS.
Also works on all versions supported by Office365/ Microsoft 365.

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FEATURES

Gantt Excel Ribbon

Gantt Excel features a customized Excel Ribbon menu for adding charts, tasks, and milestones.

Gantt Excel Ribbon Menu

Daily & Hourly Planner

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Gantt Excel offers two versions, Daily and Hourly, for scheduling tasks by day or hour.

Create cascading task dependencies to show how time changes impact the process and final deliverable.

Task Dependencies

The ability to set task dependencies is Gantt Excel’s most powerful feature. Its built-in auto-scheduling seamlessly updates dates based on changes to dependent tasks.

Project Dashboard - Free Add-on

Yes, you heard that right! The Project Dashboard is a free add-on in our Gantt Excel Template. It provides a clear and efficient way to communicate key project details. With just one click, powerful calculations analyze your project plan and instantly generate a dashboard based on the project timeline.

Gantt Chart Project Dashboard

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.

Project Budget Costs

Set a baseline and estimated project budget, and easily track the baseline cost, estimated cost, and actual cost for each task.

Milestones

Ability to add Milestones in the Gantt Chart

Gantt Milestones

Milestones keep your team on track and help accurately assess whether your project is on schedule.
You can also create milestone charts for key presentations and updates to senior management and clients.

Task Progress Indicators

Show Task Progress for each task in the Gantt Chart Timeline

Task Percent Complete

Instantly switch between Gantt Views

Gantt Excel offers six calendar views: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half-Yearly, and Yearly, giving you flexible options to view your project timeline.

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Daily

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Weekly

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Monthly

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Quarterly

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Half-Yearly

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Yearly

There is no other gantt chart template or online tool that features this many calendar views.
Our Hourly Planner also includes a Hourly View.

Hourly View

Ability to Set Parent & Child Tasks in your Project.

Parent Child Tasks

If a task is large and involves multiple users with different skills, you can break it down into subtasks and establish parent-child relationships for better management.

Resource Module

Ability to Assign Resources to tasks and track Resource Cost.
Set up Holidays and Non-Working Days per Resource.

Gantt Resource Management

Display custom text within the Gantt bars to provide the right level of detail, allowing for an instant understanding of the project plan.

Show Text in Gantt Bars

Intuitive Forms to Add Tasks & Milestones in the Gantt Chart

The task form offers a comprehensive overview of task details, including assigned resources and dependent tasks.

Gantt Chart Excel Task Form

Show Baseline, Estimated and Actual Timeline Bars

Track Baseline, Estimated and Actual Dates in your Project Timeline

Gantt Baseline Actual Bars

Highlight Overdue Tasks

Quickly identify any overdue tasks in your project schedule to ensure they don’t fall through the cracks.
Overdue tasks show in red color or any color of your choosing.

Gantt Overdue Tasks

Customize the Gantt Timeline Bars

Colors play a crucial role in Gantt charts as visual cues. You can fully customize the project timeline colors, allowing you to create a timeline that stands out and impresses!

Gantt Timeline Colors

Export & Share

Export your Gantt Chart to PDF or to XLSX to share with your colleagues and clients.

Gantt Excel PDF

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

Our Gantt Сhart Template Turbocharges Project Management

Gantt Chart Excel – Complete Feature List

  • Ability to create as many Gantt Charts in Excel as you want
  • Add as many tasks and milestones to a gantt chart
  • Add or edit tasks using intuitive forms
  • Duplicate tasks easily
  • Set parent and child task relationships
  • Create task and milestone dependencies
  • Fine-tune dependent task dates using lag
  • Select dates using a date picker
  • Track estimated, baseline and actual dates
  • Auto-calculate duration based on start and finish dates
  • Auto-calculate end date based on start date and duration
  • Account for holidays & weekends
  • Set up workweek calendar days
  • Parent tasks auto-calculate dates, percent complete and costs
  • Set project estimated and baseline budget
  • Generate a project dashboard with the click of a button
  • Track estimated, baseline and actual costs
  • Set Currency per project
  • Track task percent complete
  • Highlight overdue tasks in the timeline
  • Auto-calculate percent complete or enter it manually
  • Set simple or weighted percentage for parent tasks
  • Add resources to tasks
  • Set resource per day cost
  • Add task notes
  • Insert up to 20 custom columns
  • Show or hide system and custom columns
  • Gantt chart timeline automatically updates based on any change
  • Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly views
  • Show estimated, baseline and actual timeline bars
  • Task percentage complete bar overlays the estimated bar
  • Scroll timeline to start, current or end of the project
  • Customize timeline gantt bars and milestone colors
  • Show or hide dependency connectors
  • Today indicator available in the Gantt chart
  • Show text on Gantt Bars
  • Drag Gantt bars to adjust dates

Gantt Charts Made Super Easy

Manage your Project Timeline, Tasks and Workload like a Pro.

“This is the best alternative to Microsoft Project. This is an Excel Template on Steroids, very Powerful yet very Simple to use.
Best Project Management tool ever, Period.” – Tony Smith (Project Manager)” 

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“This is a fantastic tool giving you an alternative to using MS project to create project Gantt charts. A++”

Marty E
CA, United States

“Very well designed project planning tool, used it many times and will keep using it. Support and delivery is fast and professional. @GanttExcel: keep up the good work!”

Camiel
Limburg

“This Gantt chart is the best thing that has happened to me. With ever-changing timelines, having the ability to just update one date and have everything flow is incredible and saves me a lot of time. Further, their team is very responsive, so its really great working with them and their product. I highly recommend.”

Mariana
DC, United States

“Gantt Excel saved the day – And blew me away!
I needed a simple and intuitive Excel Gantt chart to quickly relay project status to business stakeholders comfortable with Excel. After trying a couple, I found GanttExcel and it exceeded expectations! I’ve been in systems for 20 years and I’m amazed at the design and features of the product – all built in Excel! And the price? Unbelievable! Many thanks – you’ve made another fan!”

Chuck S
CT, United States

“Great product, fantastic customer service. Highly recommend this tool for all types of project managers!”

Matt
CA, United States

“The chart is amazing and easy to use. This will be a resource I use for years to come! Excellent customer service. Had questions about how to use and they provided solutions almost immediately.”

Jay
ON, United States

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