Zoho Projects vs Ganttproject
Choose GanttProject when the priority is a GPL-licensed desktop application for Gantt scheduling, dependencies, resources, costs, and file-based exports. Choose Zoho Projects when the team needs a cloud-centered system with documented time tracking, workflow automation, extensive project customization, integrations, and mobile access. The main tradeoff is GanttProject’s narrower, locally installed planning focus and2
Decision guide
The practical reasons to choose either option, based on documented capabilities.
Choose Ganttproject if
- Project managers who primarily build Gantt schedules with task hierarchies, dependencies, milestones, and baselines
- Teams requiring local desktop software on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- Organizations needing resource-load charts, task-cost calculations, or PDF, HTML, and PNG exports
Stay with Zoho Projects if
- Billable or non-billable time tracking and timesheets are required; equivalent coverage is not documented for GanttProject
- Drag-and-drop workflow automation or customized fields, layouts, statuses, and workflows are required; these are not documented in the supplied GanttProject sources
- Mobile applications or broad Zoho and third-party integrations are operational requirements; comparable coverage is not documented for GanttProject
Deployment and operations
GanttProject is a GPLv3 desktop application available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Source builds require cloning the repository and submodules; Gradle can run either the core build without import/export features or the complete application. Collaboration is available through WebDAV or the separate commercial GanttProject Cloud service. The project states that it has published maintenance and major updates since 2003. No Docker or Kubernetes deployment is documented in the supplied material.
Migration considerations
No direct Zoho Projects importer or migration path is documented. GanttProject can import and export Microsoft Project documents and export project data to CSV or Excel, which may provide intermediary formats, but the supplied sources do not establish field-level compatibility with Zoho Projects.
Feature fit
What Ganttproject covers
- Gantt-based project scheduling
- Task dependencies and hierarchy
- Milestones and progress baselines
- Resource assignment and planning
- Project data export
What’s different or missing
- No documented time tracking or timesheets
- No documented workflow automation
- No documented custom fields, layouts, or statuses
- No documented mobile applications
- No documented Zoho integration ecosystem
Project snapshot
- GitHub stars
- 1,088
- Contributors
- 56
- Language
- Java
- Last commit
- Aug 16, 2026
- Latest release
- Jan 22, 2024
Categories: Workflow Automation, Project Management
Sources and editorial review15 linked sources
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Official GanttProject repository.
repository description · github.comGanttProject is a free project management app for desktops.
readme · github.comTask hierarchy and dependencies, milestones, baselines.
readme · github.comGantt chart with an option to generate PERT chart.
readme · github.comResource load chart.
readme · github.comExport to PDF, HTML, PNG.
readme · github.comProject collaboration using WebDAV and a commercial collaboration service GanttProject Cloud.
readme · github.comGanttProject is free and open-source software, distributed under GNU General Public License v3.
readme · github.comYou can build and run the core part of GanttProject... using gradle run.
readme · github.comIf you want to build the complete app, use gradle runapp or gradle distbin...
readme · github.comGanttProject is a free project management app for desktops. It comes with: * Task hierarchy and dependencies, milestones, baselines. * Gantt chart with an option to generate PERT chart. * Resource load chart. * Task cost calculation.
verdict · github.comGanttProject is free and open-source software, distributed under GNU General Public License v3.
deployment · github.comYou can build and run the core part of GanttProject, with no export/import features, using `gradle run`. If you want to build the complete app, use `gradle runapp` or `gradle distbin && cd ganttproject-builder/dist-bin && ./ganttproject` (on Linux and macOS)
deployment · github.comGanttProject can export documents to Microsoft Project format and import existing documents. If you need custom processing of the project data, export to CSV or Excel is available.
migration · ganttproject.biz* Project collaboration using WebDAV and a commercial collaboration service [GanttProject Cloud](https://ganttproject.cloud).
shared feature · github.com
