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