20 Underground Free Project Management

Tools

Free Agile Software

Hansoft• Can run different project

management methods depending on the project

Price: Free for up to 9 users, unlimited projects and programs, free QA accounts

Gravity• Provides long-term story views, runs

entirely on Java• Locally-installed, made for Product Owners

Price: Completely free

Taiga• Still in beta• Provides backlogs, Kanban boards, task

management, sprints, and QA

Price: Public projects are completely free, private projects start at $3/mo

YouTrack• Great at reporting• Includes burndown charts, as well as QA,

issue distribution, and timeline reports

Price: Free for ten users and 5GB of storage

Free Gantt Chart Software

Gantter• Great for enterprise-level

teams• Can be hosted with

smartapp.com, Google Drive, Google Apps, or locally

Price: Free unless locally installed for $9.99

Ganttproject• Entirely locally hosted for Windows, OSX,

Linux• Offers Gantt, Resource Load, and PERT

charts• Integrates with Microsoft Project

Price: Totally free

OpenProj• Great

project management software for Mac• Direct alternative to Microsoft Project

Price: Totally free

Projectlibre• Great alternative to Microsoft Project• Won ComputerWorld’s “

Best of Open Source” software award

Price: Totally free

Tom’s Planner• Cloud-based• Easy to use drag-and-drop design

Price: Free for personal use, starts at $9/mo for 20 project schedules

Free Task Management Software

Bambam• Can be used for personal

use or Agile teams• Offers permission settings,

custom workflows• Entirely secure with SSH

and HTTPS encryption

Price: free for up to 10 team members ($70/mo)

MeisterTask• Feature packed & visually pleasing• Offers task relationships, integrations,

instant messaging among team members, free mobile app

Price: Unlimited users and unlimited projects absolutely free!

Producteev• Intuitive, collaborative• Has topped many lists on the

Capterra Project Management Software blog- for good reason!

Price: Completely free

Taskworld• Offers both kanban and task lists• Can be used for personal task

management or to organize your team

Price: Free for up to five users; after that, $11 per user per month per workspace

Free Time Tracking Software

Kimai• Runs even when you close

your browser!• Made for the whole team• According to testimonials,

“super easy to use”

Price: Completely free

MakeSomeTime• Great for freelancers who want to do more

than just track minutes• Offers invoicing, making it easy to

translate time to paycheck

Price: Free for five clients, five projects, and two invoices per month. Paid plans start at $3/mo for unlimited clients and projects

RescueTime• Logs every movement on your computer

and uses that data to ship out weekly reports

Price: Free for basic version- substantially upgraded version with more reports and filters is $9/mo

Slimtimer• Allows you to log and share hours, as well

as break them down by task• Offers reporting features to track the way

your team spends their time

Price: Completely free

Toggl• Not completely “underground” but worth

mentioning• Built for teams

Price: Completely free for the basic version, which should suffice for most

Originally written by Rachel Burger, the full post can be found here