Office Timeline – free timeline maker
Office Timeline – free timeline maker
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Create and share Gantt charts for free—right from your browser

Easily create, collaborate, and update Gantt charts online. Keep your project visuals clear and current with the web’s most intuitive Gantt chart maker.

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What customers tell us

Quick. Simple. Visual.

  • Office Timeline Online has simplified our project management immensely. I manage a team of service designers who are not usually experts in project management, but the highly visual interface and ease of use has made managing our projects a breeze. We cannot imagine using any other project Timeline tool that is as easy and beautiful.
    Yvonne Tran
    Yvonne TranSenior Design Strategist, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Office Timeline Online provides me with a really quick way to create and maintain PowerPoint timelines from the web. I use it to make executive timelines for presentations to our VPs. The bright colors and distinctive shapes make it easy for them to quickly understand what’s at stake, and my slides always stand out.
    Éric Hervé, PMP
    Éric Hervé, PMPProject Manager, Major Canadian Media Company
Easy-to-use online timeline creator
Make engaging Gantt charts online

Easy online Gantt chart generator for your project visuals.

Engage your stakeholders with clear, simple Gantt charts and timelines. Office Timeline Online is a free, accessible Gantt chart and timeline maker that helps you communicate visually.

Build online Gantt charts and roadmaps that are easy to understand for everyone – clients, teams, and managers.

Collaborative project management software
Collaborative Gantt chart maker

Share and collaborate on the web effortlessly.

Our online Gantt chart maker makes teamwork simple and secure. Share a view-only link or invite others to edit in real time — keeping everyone aligned and eliminating the need for back-and-forth updates.

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Assign tasks

Keep your team aligned and coordinate your work more efficiently.

Assign individual tasks and milestones on your Gantt chart to help team members understand what they should be working on. Get better visibility into your team’s assignments and optimize performance.

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Online timeline maker with PowerPoint integration
Work smarter

Create timelines online with the #1 Gantt chart maker.

Use the web app to build and update clear, professional Gantt charts—right in your browser. Create Gantt charts online from anywhere to keep your team aligned and your plans on track.

Create integrated project workflows with Office Timeline Online.
Integrated project workflow

Effortless project management integrations

Import project data from Microsoft Project®, Excel®, Jira, and Smartsheet to keep your Gantt charts accurate and up to date. Export native PowerPoint slides or insert Gantt chart images into Google Slides to share the latest project visuals with your team. Save time and improve project tracking with always-current, shareable visuals—all from your browser.

Online timeline and Gantt chart templates
Gantt and swimlane templates

Kickstart your project planning with ready-made templates within your web Gantt chart creator.

Choose from a variety of ready-made templates for any project type - from swimlanes and roadmaps to IT and pharmaceutical timelines. Each template helps you create professional visuals in just minutes.

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Compare Office Timeline Online plans

FreePremium
Formatting
Create Swimlanes
Add milestones inside Swimlanes
Show multiple timescales
Editing
Drag & drop tasks and milestones
Add notes
Branding
Access to templates
Upload logo
Add slide title and footnote
Watermark-free timelines-
Collaboration
Unlimited collaboration-
Assign tasks to team members
Save timelines in the cloud
Create folders
Export options
Download timelines as PowerPoint slides-
Download as image (PNG)-
Download as Excel file-
Integrations
Import & refresh Jira data
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Import & refresh Excel data
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Import & refresh Project data
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Import Smartsheet data
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Insert & refresh timelines in Google Slides
Support & updates
Unlimited free updates
Technical support-
Price (1-year subscription, billed annually)FreeLoading...
(*) Free timelines show a watermark after 10 items.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Gantt charts

Gantt charts are a category of visual representations that displays a project’s tasks and crucial events (milestones) on a timeband, originally made by hand and named after American engineer Henry Gantt. Check out our visual Project Management guide to learn more about common charts and visualization tools.

Using the Gantt chart framework, it becomes considerably easier to achieve these objectives:

  • Understand complex data by viewing it as a linear time progression;
  • Schedule the concurrent workload of multiple teams across the project lifecycle;
  • Untangle intricate timelines and arrange events in chronological order;
  • Bridge the knowledge gap between technical teams and execs.

You can try different online tools, such as the free online Gantt chart maker from Office Timeline. To create your first Gantt chart, just access the app, import or type in your data and pick a template. The software will then generate a Gantt chart as a PowerPoint slide that you can share with - and collaborate on - with your team.

Project management professionals can make Gantt charts in Excel, PowerPoint and other generic software. However, the process is time-consuming and often with disappointing results. We recommend dedicated solutions like the free versions of Office Timeline that can help you generate awesome-looking graphics in minutes based on professionally-designed Gantt chart templates.

Download the Office Timeline app from Google Workspace Marketplace and log into your account. Then, easily insert and refresh your Gantt chart directly in Google Slides to keep it up to date.

Jira doesn’t have a “Gantt chart” feature out of the box. However, you can use the Timeline and Advanced Roadmaps functionalities to automatically display project data on Gantt-style visuals. If you need a simple-to-understand chart for audiences who might not have access to Jira, try Office Timeline Online, a free Gantt chart maker that integrates with Jira and instantly generates a high-level visual out of your projects’ data.

Microsoft Project has the Gantt Chart view that automatically displays your tasks on a visual graphic. However, the resulting chart can become complicated and difficult to follow in the case of large projects. Read our guide on how to create a Gantt chart in Project to see how to make your visual more straightforward.

The premium version of Office Timeline Online allows users to import and refresh Excel data, ensuring Gantt charts stay accurate and up to date. Follow our step-by-step tutorial on how to make a Gantt chart with Excel data.

Yes. Smartsheet has the Gantt View that automatically displays your tasks as bars on a timeline, as long as they have their start and finish dates filled out. If you need to show your project data to audiences that don’t use Smartsheet, we recommend Office Timeline Online, an intuitive browser-based tool that imports your tasks and turns them into a beautiful Gantt chart which you can safely share with anyone.

As a minimum, the best software should include these features:

  • Access to multiple templates;
  • Import from external data sources;
  • An intuitive interface and simple controls.

To help you make an informed decision, check out a comprehensive list of the 10 most popular Gantt chart makers.