What are Projectlibre users saying about the software?

A Cost Effective Project Management Tool.

It is an easy to use and cost effective project management tool.

Pros

Projectlibre is tool that is being used across the entire organization. We use it in tracking of projects and allows us to keep organized when having multiple projects. One thing that makes it our preferred option is that it cost effective and also has a user friendly interface.More to that i like it s hierarchical organization of projects.

Cons

Though the interface is use friendly, i think it is little bit old and need some updating. I also wish the editing and graphics features updated.

Projectlibre Review

Pros

If you can throw away everything you know about other spreadsheet services when you use Projectlibre, it will be easy to pick up and understand. You have to remember that while it looks similar to a spreadsheet, it is an entirely different platform with different purpose and functionalities. Once you get into the hang of it, Projectlibre will make managing projects and resources a breeze. Another pro about this software is that there are tons of help videos and articles online if you ever get stuck.

Cons

What we least liked about Projectlibre was the large learning curves for newcomers. It took a little while to get the hang of and understand what some of the prompts mean.

Manage time

I like it, graphically is nice and all the functions and tools give the Gantt chart a very simple look.

Pros

I liked the simplicity of the use, I used this for a class to explain how Gantt charts work and it was really interesting to all students.

Cons

Even when it is a simple tool to manage and administrate task in a timeline it will not work for a company, because it is just the Gantt chart with dependencies, so if you are looking for a complete software it will not be helpful.

Free Project Management Software Gets the Job Done

We use it for simple project management timelines. We don't get too in depth with them and will probably buy software if we become a bigger operation.

Pros

This is a free version of software like microsoft project. It has most the same functionality and use.

Cons

It has some known glitches, but that is to be expected it is free, it also isn't as intuitive as some of the paid alternatives are.

Currently the best software for timeline construction beside MS Projects

Project Libre is the only timeline application we use in our company. It is easily accessible by anyone (being opensource) and the export feature works great too.

Pros

It can basically do everything MS Project can do at the price point of $0.

Cons

The user interface of the software is very dated, it is very clear the software is written for function and not for aesthetics.

Good alternative to Microsoft Project

I was looking for a cheap or free alternative to MS Project to plan and follow my projects.

Pros

ProjectLibre is a real offline project management software with all the featured needed to plan and follow a project. And above all it's absolutly free.

Cons

The interface is not that complete compared to MS Project. Sometime it's a little bit disapointed. For example it's quiet difficult to change the size of the gantt view.

Organise Your Build

Scheduling and keeping track of project is important and ProjectLibre does the job very well and accurately. There are few flaws but scheduling is not always accurate too so it can be negleted.

Pros

The tool lets you schedule your project in interesting way. It has mamy features that are alluring to be chosen by the developer team. Lets you keep track of your work after you schedule task durations. In simple words, keeps you informed that what portion of work you completed vs what should have been completed to deliver product on time. Graphics are certainly attractive. One can shift the whole time line back and forth if the project dealine is extended while still maintaining the order of modules that are to be attended. One of the most useful feature is it automatically creates gantt chart, work flow and other plots from the details you prpvide while scheduling and this saves much of your time,especially for management department.

Cons

Some features are hard to find as not much categoried where it should be, but once you practise you get used to it. For very large project duration, wok flow seems hard to navigate and is confusing for if small modules are majority.

Free alternative software for Linux users

I love how small and compact it is, and with being available on Linux, it's a no-brainer for project managers.

Pros

I love the amount of features packed into Projectlibre. It makes it a great alternative to MS project and is available on linux! It provides everything needed to help plan and organize a project.

Cons

The user interface isn't quite as friendly as MS project, and it can sometimes be hard to find certain features.

Aims to replace Microsoft Project, for free

We don't pay for Microsoft Project so we have been trying this. It does not really replace MS Project I am told by our PMEs. But it still is a powerful too once you have learned where to set up all your settings and get proficient enough to get what you want done but there is a lot to learn. I have moved on to simpler software like the GanttProject but this is still the gold standard for free, open source project software.

Pros

This software is free! Also, it is very stable and has been around enough to have a good help online and it is easy to import and export.

Cons

There is a steep learning curve. So many different ways to make your project plan, and what resources, and charts and how long the work day is or week etc. And it takes a while to find where all these different features/settings are at.

practical for organization of all the work to be done in a project

Planning of all the activities to be carried out in the execution of a project and thus compare how the project is going with respect to the planned time

Pros

helps to organize and plan all the actions that must be fulfilled, easy economic installation Easy visualization of the tools you can export and import can also be exported to pdf, it is compatible with your Microsoft similar one.

Cons

some tools and errors that the system presents some specifically when you request the help in the system eas is the only thing that I would love to improve your other functions are perfect

"ProjectLibre" does have it's short comings but nearly at par with other similar softwares.

As I have been using this almost everyday, the demand for changing schedules dates frequently can be a drag. But this product, ProjectLibre has been a very useful tool in getting things done in the office.

Pros

What's amazing about this product is that it is a multi-platform product. It can be installed on a Windows and Linux computer. Am running ProjectLibre on a Linux computer and it is really the best alternative out there in the market to Microsoft Projects. Also, the printing capabilities, wherein you can adjust the timeline scale and paper size formats. This is the one of the amazing features for an open-source product. Our company is oriented towards open-source softwares and previously we were using TaskJuggler2.3.1 which has also powerful but has it's own learning curve issues.

Cons

So far as I have been constantly using this product for a number of years now. I think a project header title is missing. But, nevertheless what I do I put the project title at the footer line instead. It would be nice if someday they could add more flexibility of changing the colors of the gantt bar.

Programming construction works never been easier

With this software I could present all my projects in the construction industry, such as the construction of the guard house and the garbage room for a building. I could tell my customers how to reach the schedule time of delivery of works, the critical activities during the construction and the relation of advance of construction vs down payments. All the tools allows me to explain clearly and detailed to my customers every cent they invest on the construction work and where is it.

Pros

The easy commands of the software allows me to program construction works, phases, activities and staff associated to each one of them and the Gantt Chart schedule. Also I can calculate, cost and program down payments along with the works advance charts. With the Gantt chart schedule, help me to compare the programed construction works with the real construction execution, allowing me to adjust every day the needs of the work in order to finished the construction work at time or even better, to improve the time for finished the contract.

Cons

I need to implement lot of information about the construction staff hourly cost, I Include others costs like materials, transportation and equipment just to achieve a real value of cost, but I would like if every one of this elements could under the consideration of the developers in order to make a most flexible and adaptable software to construction industry, it will be a big improvement.

Project Libre is extremely useful as a possible software solution alternative to Microsoft Project where unique compatibility is not strictly required.

Download freely and easy to use......if there aren't constraints requiring Microsoft Project implementation......Project Libre will suit quite well to creating new projects across the widest file categories and project types .....at our company we are extremely happy with Project Libre's flexibility and ease of use. It is quite intuitive to operate as well. Project Libre is a welcome software solution as an addition to our operating environment. Project Libre absolutely helped our company organize our file project load, as well as allowing us to use fewer organization software solutions. Keep in mind it is freeware so there is a lack of readily available direct online customer service support however one can access online tutorials quite readily from existing user forums. This user support is most helpful....we would recommend Project Libres use to any company and users interested.

Pros

Extremely easy to use , Project Libre supports a wide variety of tasks including scope, time, and budget needed to create our local projects for company use. The software is supported on all major OS platforms including MAC OS, Linux, and MS Windows.

Cons

Project Libre projects can take some time to load when the project sizes are larger and there is a relative lack of customer support, but we believe that is to be expected when dealing with an open source and freeware software......not much to dislike frankly. Be aware that plenty of curated user community specific online support materials exist and are most helpful.

Excellent alternative to MS Project, more portable and good XML support.

I'm able to do project management tasks, ranging from small quick tasks to extracting the critical path and progress towards milestones of many-thousand line projects, easily and from a variety of computer stations without having an expensive license that is locked to a single machine.

Pros

For anybody learning how to use project management software for school or other uses, starting with ProjectLibre is an excellent choice. The most valuable capability for ProjectLibre is that it performs every task that somebody already familiar with Microsoft Project can, and the more standardized (compared to the varieties and versions of MS Project) interface actually makes it more practically usable. The other major advantage is that all versions of ProjectLibre appropriately handle XML export and import, which cannot be said of many versions of MS Project.

Cons

The only real drawbacks are that it doesn't integrate with many other office utility applications. The real advantage in my daily use of the MS Project offering is that it will interface with MS Project Server, which is only realistically relevant if you're already locked into the MS suite of tools. The UI isn't as polished as high-dollar offerings, and in some cases it requires searching through third-party support documentation to figure out what's actually going on in some situations.

ProjectLibre A Powerful Free Alternative to Microsoft Project

Excellent. If you know MS Project, you can use ProjectLibre immediately and save a lot of money.

Pros

I have been a Microsoft Project User for year, but got tired of the continuous increase in price. We are a Microsoft 365 shop and originally Project was part of the Suite, so we used it. Then it became a separate charge. Not too much, but additional. Then the price continued to go up. So we looked for an alternative and ProjectLibre is a great fit. It is basically free MS Project.

Cons

Some weird behavior when importing MPP files. Most of the time it works fine, but occasionally it screws up the time baseline.

A good alternative for low budget planning projects

1) Visual help for Project scheduling 2) Resource administration easiness 3) Timelines for tasks and complete project

Pros

This software lets you manage projects with a reasonable level of complexity, such as having multiple tasks simultaneously, specific task/job completion dates, predeceasing tasks, and resource managing, by providing you with a good set of reports and data views that may vary from a simple lines and columns table, up to a Gantt chart (a tasks & calendar arrange),and ultimately a critical path diagram.

Cons

When entering records for the tasks of the project, the program has an issue when trying to make a correction in a cell (mainly a text one like the task name/description), if you make a "typo", and you try to delete the letter by using the "Back space" key, it may delete the whole line instead of the typo. This is time consuming since it makes you have to start entering the record all over again.

A good alternative to Microsoft Project for Gantt charts and project management tool

We have been able to share and communicate timelines with the teams and clients. Also, with ProjectLibre we cam estimate critical tasks and dates of the projects.

Pros

Although is an open source free tool, ProjectLibre has many options and is relatively easy to use. I like the ability to change the views from Gantt to WBS or Resource usage. Yo can easily define tasks, predecessors tasks and assign resources. Also, you can configure the calendar and export to PDF making it easy to share with clients.

Cons

Sometimes, when trying to create new tasks, all the diagram mess up and it is almost impossible to relink all the tasks again. Also the interface could improved a lot.

Great alternative for MS Project

Pros

The greatest benefit: it is a free and open source application having similar functions and features as a paid for MS Project software.

Cons

The GUI could be a little more user friendly. The user interface looks a little old and is not as modern as MS Project.

A great option

Pros

The ease of use and that it is a great option to other project management tools in the market.

Cons

The translation of some of the features (I'm a Spanish native speaker) are sometimes kind of "odd".

An affordable yet complete Project Management tool

I did not have the budget to use MS Project but I needed to use a PM softaware, so I did.

Pros

It allows you to create columns for every piece information you need (deviation rates, resources added, etc) and make your calculations with your dates and deadlines. Basically, you can make your entire Gantt with ease, and offer almost the same experience if you were working with MS Project.

Cons

Its UI is not attractive and sometimes it crashes without any reason whatsoever. Also you need to be familiar with PM terms and tactics or you will be lost using this software. Export capabilities are poor and you are left with the responsibility of understanding where is what if you want the software to work for you.

Free Project very useful and friendly to plan.

Pros

What I like the most is the ease of making Work Decomposition Structure Diagrams (WBS) which allows a feasible balance between the different disciplines and locations of the project.

Cons

I don't find anything to the program that I don't like sincerely is a very useful tool for project management which facilitates the planning

proyectlibre is an open source software, that was born as an good alternative to microsoft project.

Pros

its license is completely free, it is also compatible with gnu / linux, Microsoft and macOS being this very favorable for its users, it is also an excellent program to plan, manage, direct and manage a project since the usability and the interface are usually very similar to the Microsoft project

ProjectLibre Review

Overall experience has been satisfying with using ProjectLibre replacing the licensed version of MS Project that costs dollars.

Pros

ProjectLibre is a great tool that replicates all features of MS Project to create project management plans

Cons

There is NOT a single feature that I do not like about ProjectLibre. It has all the features that MS Project has.

Very useful application for project management

I use it for managing construction projects, found the software very useful and made my task very easy to achieve.

Pros

Its very simple and easy to use, more easy than microsoft project, its very intuitive . Has a number of advanced features which are very useful for project management.

Cons

its cloud support and collaboration features need some improvement. the GUI could be done more user friendly which will make it very appealing.

Great free alternative over paid options

Pros

It's easy to use and have a low-step learning curve. You can adapt work by resources, tasks, etc. It also have WBS, network and task usage views for the project. Files

Cons

It works well but the GUI looks like a Win98 program.