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Turn your Excel data into an interactive Gantt chart in one click

Pick your table. The chart is drawn right next to it.

  • Hover a bar for dates, owner and progress
  • Fold phases open or closed
  • Export to PowerPoint, PDF or HTML
Add to Excel, free See pricing

Every feature free for 14 days. No account, no card. Excel on Windows, Mac and the web.

Reviewed by Microsoft Listed on Microsoft Marketplace
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An Excel table with ten tasks, start and end dates, progress and predecessors becomes a Gantt chart on the sheet: the phases Plan and Build, progress bars, dependency arrows, the milestones Sign-off on October 23 and Launch on December 11, and a today line on November 17. One click puts the chart on a PowerPoint slide.

See it in under two minutes

Change a date. The chart follows.

A real plan in Excel with its SimpleGantt chart. One end date moves out a week, and the bar grows with it.

A Website relaunch plan in Excel next to its SimpleGantt chart. The End date of Build and configure in cell D12, marked 1, changes from 10/22/2026 to 10/29/2026, and its bar in the chart, on the row marked 2, grows by a week. Marked 3: the Today line across the chart.
  1. You edit the tableTasks, dates and progress stay in your own Excel table.
  2. The bar followsBuild and configure now ends Oct 29. Nothing to refresh.
  3. Today at a glanceA today line, phases that fold and milestones with their dates.

How to use it

From your task list to a slide in three steps.

Pick your plan

Click any cell in your task table, then Use selection. SimpleGantt finds the tasks and dates. No table yet? Start with a sample.

The SimpleGantt chart frame before a plan is linked: Use selected data with the Use selection button, ringed, Blank plan, and six sample plans such as Project plan, Construction schedule and Software release.

Choose the look

Open Format on the chart. Color the bars by phase, owner or status, pick the labels and the row height.

A product launch chart with the Format panel open. Color bars by is set to Phase, ringed, so Strategy, Readiness, Launch and Post-launch each have their own color.

Take it to the meeting

Open the Export menu and choose Download PowerPoint. Long plans are split across slides, the header on each one.

The chart's Export menu with Copy image, Download PNG, Download PowerPoint (ringed), Download PDF, Print, Download HTML, Copy snapshot link and Place picture in sheet, next to the PowerPoint slide it makes: Software release 4.2 with phases, dependency arrows and the today line.

Everything a project plan needs

Drawn from the columns you already have.

A release plan with dependency arrows, the critical path in red, gray baseline bars under each task and +3d next to the tasks that slipped

Critical path and slip

Arrows from your Predecessors column. The critical path in red, and the days each task slipped since the baseline.

The Issues panel next to a chart: an end date before its start, a task with no start date and a predecessor that was not found

An Issues list

A missing date or an unknown predecessor? Click the issue and Excel selects the cell.

The interactive HTML file in a browser, with zoom, fit and collapse buttons and a tooltip showing a task's dates, progress, owner and predecessors

Interactive HTML file

One file that opens in any browser. Readers zoom, fold phases and point at a bar for details.

A PDF page of the release plan with the title, the task grid, the bars and a page number

PDF and print

Sharp pages in A4, A3, Letter or Tabloid, with the header on every page.

  • SimpleGantt
    Phases that foldGroup by WBS number, outline level or a Phase column.
  • SimpleGantt
    Milestones and progressDiamonds with their date, progress inside each bar.
  • SimpleGantt
    Working days and holidaysWeekends skipped, holidays from your own Holidays table.
  • SimpleGantt
    Hours to yearsAn event day by the hour or a build over three years.
  • SimpleGantt
    Your colors and logoOn every chart and every slide you export.
  • SimpleGantt
    Follows your filtersFilter the table and the chart shows the same rows.

Installed in about a minute

Straight from Microsoft's add-in store, inside Excel. No installer file, no macros, and every feature free for 14 days.

  1. 1In Excel, go to Home → Add-ins → More Add-ins.
  2. 2On the Store tab, search for SimpleGantt by Bosau Digital.
  3. 3Click Add. A chart frame appears on the sheet: click Use selection or pick a sample.
Add to Excel, free No account, no card.
Reviewed by Microsoft SimpleGantt passed Microsoft's review before it went on Microsoft Marketplace: Microsoft's own validation team tested it in Excel on Windows, Mac and the web.

Depending on your Excel version, look under Insert → Get Add-ins instead.

  • Windows, Mac and the web
  • No macros
  • Colleagues need no license
  • Your plan stays in Excel

Pay once. No subscription.

Every feature is free for 14 days, with no account and no card. Then keep the free version, or buy a license once.

Free
$0
inside the add-in, no account
  • Every feature for the first 14 days
  • Then up to 10 tasks, 1 chart per workbook
  • PNG export with a "Made with SimpleGantt" badge
Add to Excel, free
Lifetime license
Single user
$79
one-time payment
  • 1 user on up to 3 devices
  • Unlimited tasks and charts
  • Dependencies, critical path, baselines and holidays
  • PowerPoint, PDF, HTML and snapshot links
  • Your colors and logo, no badge
  • Free updates
Get the single user license
Lifetime license
Team
$249
one-time payment
  • Your team on up to 15 devices
  • Unlimited tasks and charts
  • Dependencies, critical path, baselines and holidays
  • PowerPoint, PDF, HTML and snapshot links
  • Your colors and logo, no badge
  • Free updates
Get the team license
Full refund within 14 days.Not happy with SimpleGantt? Email me within 14 days of your purchase and you get your money back.
Sven, SimpleGantt developer
  • Excel on Windows
  • Excel on Mac
  • Excel on the web
  • Microsoft 365 or Excel 2021 and later

Frequently asked questions

From Microsoft Marketplace: click Add to Excel on this page, or search for SimpleGantt under the Add-ins button on the Home tab in Excel. Every feature is free for 14 days. In a company, your Microsoft 365 admin can also deploy it for you. The documentation shows every step, from the first chart to deployment in Microsoft 365.
Excel on Windows or Mac with Microsoft 365, or Excel 2021 and later, plus Excel on the web. SimpleGantt installs from Microsoft Marketplace or through your admin; there is no separate installer to download.
A header row, a task name and dates: a start plus either an end date or a duration. Everything else is optional: progress, predecessors, an ID or WBS number, phase, owner, status, milestone, notes and baseline dates. SimpleGantt recognizes the usual headers in seven languages, and when it is not sure, it asks you to confirm the columns once.
Yes. The chart is linked to its table and redraws a moment after a cell changes, including new rows at the end of an Excel table. It stays in the workbook when you save, close and reopen it.
No, on purpose. The table is the one place where the plan is edited, so the chart and the data can never disagree. Click a bar and SimpleGantt selects that task's row in the sheet; double-click and it selects the start date.
No. Colleagues can open the workbook, view the chart and edit the table without a license, and the chart updates for them too. They need the SimpleGantt add-in in their Excel, which is free from Microsoft Marketplace or deployed by their admin. Only the person who creates charts or changes how they look needs a license.
After the 14-day trial, the free version keeps a live chart with up to 10 tasks and one chart per workbook: bars, milestones, progress, phases, the today line and weekend shading. Images export as PNG with a small "Made with SimpleGantt" badge. Dependency arrows, the critical path, baselines, holidays, your own colors and branding, and the PowerPoint, PDF, HTML and link exports need a license.
Nothing breaks and nothing is deleted. Your table stays as it is, and charts you made during the trial keep their full look, with a small trial badge. New charts follow the free version, up to 10 tasks with a note saying how many more there are. A license key brings every feature back at once.
No. Charts and exports are drawn inside Excel on your device, and nothing sends your plan anywhere. The only network call is the license check, which sends the license key, a random install ID, the app version and a short platform name such as "Excel for Windows". The details are in the privacy policy and on the security page.
Open the Export menu on the chart and choose Download PowerPoint. SimpleGantt creates a 16:9 deck with the chart on it and splits long plans across slides with the header repeated. You can also copy the chart as an image and paste it onto any slide.
Yes. Your SimpleGantt license key unlocks the add-in, at no extra cost. The add-in is a new product, so it does not open charts made with the VBA tool; point it at your task table and the chart is drawn again in seconds.
Yes. Microsoft 365 admins deploy SimpleGantt to the whole organization, to groups or to single users from Integrated apps in the Microsoft 365 admin center. It runs without macros, and the security page explains what runs where.
It is a one-time license with no subscription. Single user covers one person on up to 3 devices, and Team covers up to 15 devices. Both unlock every feature and include future updates. You paste the key from your purchase email under More options, License on the chart, and you manage your devices in your account.
Yes, 14 days, no questions asked. Email me at sven@pythonandvba.com. The full policy is at pythonandvba.com/refund-policy.
Start with the documentation, or use the form right below. Mention which Excel you are on (Windows, Mac or the web) and what your table looks like; that answers most questions before they are asked. I reply myself, usually within a day.
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