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Open source alternatives to Microsoft Project?

Doctor DooM · 2007-12-29 20:53:15

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone here would have any knowledge about an open alternative to Microsoft project? I need the same basic functionality but its kind of important that it can open the same file types as project. I'm having a little trouble finding one that confirms it can do this. Any help would be…

29-12-2007 9:53pm

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Doctor DooM

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Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone here would have any knowledge about an open alternative to Microsoft project? I need the same basic functionality but its kind of important that it can open the same file types as project.

I'm having a little trouble finding one that confirms it can do this.

Any help would be appreciated!

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#2 30-12-2007 9:33pm

cros13

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Hi SDoom,

I use OpenProj as it is fully compatible with MS Project 2003 files:
http://openproj.org/openproj

Another alternative is OpenWorkbench:
http://www.openworkbench.org

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#3 30-12-2007 9:35pm

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Sorry SDoom, Forgot one.

Yet another alternative is GanttProject:
http://www.ganttproject.biz/

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#4 31-12-2007 9:31pm

AndrewMc

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Another one (if you're using Unix) is Planner (used to be called Mr. Project), although I don't know if it can read/write MS files.

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