OpenProj

"OpenProj is a free, open source project management solution."
OpenProj is a replacement of Microsoft Project and other commercial project solutions. The OpenProj solution has been download more than 1,250,000 times in the few months since launch and is being used in over 142 countries. A free download of OpenProj is available. and is distributed under the CPAL license. OpenProj is ideal for desktop project management and is available on Linux, Unix, Mac or Windows. It even opens existing Microsoft or Primavera files. OpenProj shares the industry's most advanced scheduling engine with Project-ON-Demand and provides Gantt Charts, Network Diagrams (PERT Charts), WBS and RBS charts, Earned Value costing and more. There is literally no time or effort involved in switching to OpenProj, and your teams can manage projects on any platform for free. Projity worked closely with leaders in the commercial and open source industries in preparation for the release of OpenProj. It is a welcome addition, not only for project management users, but also for users in all software segments. Microsoft Project retails for $999.99, is installed on 7% of all Office desktops and drives over $1 billion in revenue for Microsoft. OpenProj fills an important gap in the desktop market, as a key component in the Office family of products now has a replacement available on Linux, Unix, Mac or Windows. OpenProj was also selected for inclusion with Star Office suite boxes in Europe. The OpenProj solution has been translated into French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Galician, Persian, Russian, Korean and Chinese. We are looking for further documentation and translation assistance.

OpenProj is unique

The OpenProj solution is the most advanced project solution ever provided to the open source community. Projity has open sourced the entire OpenProj solution including the most advanced scheduling, resource and cost algorithms in the industry. Projity provides the source code and OpenProj solution free of charge. OpenProj runs on Linux, Unix, Mac or Windows desktops. Here is what the industry is saying about OpenProj:

"Projity's release of OpenProj is an important addition to the open source marketplace. The project management area now has a full equivalent to the commercial software market. OpenProj is a terrific addition for users of OpenOffice and other open source solutions" - Larry Augustin, Sourceforge founder

"OpenProj is an exciting addition to the range of professional desktop applications that are available on free software desktop today. It's increasingly possible to run your business entirely on an open Linux platform, with full compatibility across free software applications and your legacy documents. Congratulations to the Projity team for this milestone release! - Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu CEO

"We are very excited by the OpenProj software: it clearly fills a gap and we are glad there is now a robust and complete solution for project management from the open source community, we look forward to incorporate OpenProj in our distro and make it available to our users" - Francois Bancilhon, Mandriva CEO

"OpenProj is a "killer application" that businesses all around the world will want. Freedom to share, freedom to deploy, freedom to use. That is what the market wants, we will be including OpenProj for our users. Every day a new brick towards the Open Source platform completeness is laid, this is a big one!!!" - Fabio Erculiani, CEO Sabayon Linux

"Novell supports all community efforts to bring more applications to the Linux desktop. OpenProj addresses an important customer need-- the availability of an open source application for project management. As more users migrate to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and OpenOffice.org, these users will be seeking tools like OpenProj to help them complete their daily business tasks" - Justin Steinmen, Novell, Director of marketing for Linux and Open Platform Solutions

"Project managers now have a high quality, cross-platform project management solution available with an open source business model. Projity's OpenProj is not only compatible with the format used by the most widely used project management tool, but also offers an easy migration path for those who want to explore its features with their existing data" - Tony Wasserman, Director, Software Management Program, Carnegie Mellon West

"OpenProj looks very promising. I have no doubt it will soon seduce people and we'll see individuals and companies switch to OpenProj the same way they previously switched to projects like Firefox or OpenOffice." - Clement Lefebvre, Linuxmint.com

OpenProj and Project-ON-Demand Product Differences:

OpenProj and Project-ON-Demand share the same scheduling engine and many core project management features. The primary differences between Project-ON-Demand and OpenProj are the delivery model and several additional server-side features in Project-ON-Demand. Project-ON-Demand is a hosted SaaS solution delivered on a monthly subscription. You do not install anything and simply manage projects in your browser. Project-ON-Demand also has Partner/Customer roles and 'server side' functionality with enterprise features not found in OpenProj, including multiprojecting, security, reporting, timesheets, notifications, and more. It is best to think of OpenProj as a replacement of the desktop version of Microsoft Project. Project-ON-Demand has enterprise and multi-project features that cannot be implemented on a desktop. You can choose which is best for your projects.