When planning your next business, you’ll probable have a project chart to follow, with the entire tasks in detail. You’ll also know that MS Project is a very good tool to manage the project and follow its performance. I use this terrific tool for many years while working as a consultant, and while there weren’t any other than can replace it with better functionalities.

Now, I recently tested Open Proj, a free, open source project management solution. OpenProj is a complete replacement of Microsoft Project and other commercial project solutions. 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 has 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.

As far as I saw, OpenProj has all the most important features that Microsoft Project has and for free!. If your business is a low budget one, consider using this fantastic tool!.