ProjectLibre is a

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company with both a free open-source desktop and a Cloud AI version. ProjectLibre Cloud is a team and Artificial Intelligence solution. ProjectLibre desktop is a

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system intended ultimately as a standalone replacement for

Microsoft Project Microsoft Project is a project management software product, developed and sold by Microsoft. It is designed to assist a project manager in developing a schedule, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyz ...

. ProjectLibre has been downloaded 7,600,000 times in 197 countries and translated into 31 languages The latest release of ProjectLibre was released with extensive update for global users. On the 1st day it was downloaded in over 150 countries which is probably the most ever for a project management release. ProjectLibre has been translated into 31 languages and has users on all 7 continents. The 1.9.8 release allows project managers to select the language in a drop down list. In addition to language, the country can be chosen which also sets the project currency and date format. The new release has a 10x performance increase on many functions. ProjectLibre is written in the

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, and will thus theoretically run on any machine for which a fully functioning

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(JVM) exists. Currently, ProjectLibre is certified to run on

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, and

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. It is released under the

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(CPAL) and qualifies as

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according to the

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. ProjectLibre's initial release was in August 2012.

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staff selected ProjectLibre ProjectLibre as the January 2022 "Staff Pick" Project of the Month. ProjectLibre Cloud is a

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application. ProjectLibre Cloud is a multi-user, multi-project version in the browser. It is similar to Google Docs compared to Microsoft Word. The AI allows the creation of projects with a Natural Language Prompt (NLP). The projects are created in any language. It includes project Tasks, Durations, task links and resoure assignments.

History

The initial release of ProjectLibre occurred in August 2012. The team released the Cloud version with users around the world. it is a team solution and now AI. It extends the desktop features with team and enterprise features. It is a SaaS solution on a subscription.

Features

The current version includes: *

2010 compatibility *

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and

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compatibility *Ribbon user interface * Earned value costing *

Gantt chart A Gantt chart is a bar chart that illustrates a schedule (project management), project schedule. It was designed and popularized by Henry Gantt around the years 1910–1915. Modern Gantt charts also show the Dependency (project management), depe ...

* PERT graph only (not PERT technique) *

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(RBS) chart *Task usage reports *

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(WBS) chart

Comparison to Microsoft Project

Compared to Microsoft Project, which it closely emulates, ProjectLibre has a similar user interface (UI) including a ribbon-style menu, and a similar approach to construction of a project plan: create an indented task list or work breakdown structure (WBS), set durations, create links (either by (a) mouse drag, (b) selection and then button-down, or (c) manually type in the "predecessor" column), assign resources. The columns (fields) look the same as for Microsoft Project. Costing features are comparable: labour, hourly rate, material usage, and fixed costs: these are all provided.

ProjectLibre improvements

* Full compatibility with

2010, import/export capability * Printing * PDF exporting (without any restrictions) * Ribbon user interface * Many bug fixes and correction of issues that OpenProj encounters that are mentioned above

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