The free, open-source BrightWork alternative for SharePoint project management
BrightWork 365 is a full SharePoint/Power Platform PPM suite — templates, portfolios, stage gates, resource planning. If you don't need an enterprise PPM rollout and just want a real Gantt chart on a SharePoint page, with Kanban, list view, and PowerPoint export, SharePoint Smart Gantt Chart covers it free, as a single SPFx web part.
Feature comparison
| Feature | SharePoint Smart Gantt Chart | BrightWork 365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free forever (MIT) | Paid — per-user subscription, annual contract |
| Open source | ||
| Runs as an in-tenant SPFx web part | partial — Power Platform / SharePoint solution | |
| Setup time | Minutes — install SPFx web part | Days to weeks — solution rollout, templates, training |
| Interactive Gantt with dependencies and milestones | ||
| Kanban board view of the same data | ||
| Spreadsheet / list view with inline editing | ||
| Project templates and methodologies | partial — duplicate existing projects | extensive template library |
| Portfolio / cross-project roll-ups | ||
| Resource management & capacity planning | ||
| Stage-gate / governance workflows | ||
| Import from Microsoft Planner | partial — manual or via Power Automate | |
| Import from Excel / MS Project / Asana / Monday / Jira | partial — Excel only | |
| One-click PowerPoint executive report export | ||
| Data leaves the customer tenant | ||
| License model | MIT — install and use forever | Per-user / per-month subscription |
Based on publicly available product documentation. Vendor features change frequently — verify before purchasing.
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Why we built this
BrightWork is a PPM platform. It assumes a PMO, a portfolio, governance gates, and a multi-month rollout. That's the right tool when the entire organization runs projects through one system.
Most SharePoint teams aren't there. They have one or two projects, a SharePoint list of tasks, and a steering committee that wants a Gantt chart and a status slide every two weeks. Planner doesn't do dependencies; Project for the Web costs per user; Excel falls apart at three people.
Smart Gantt Chart is a free SPFx web part that manages an interactive Gantt with dependencies and milestones, a Kanban board, and a spreadsheet view in SharePoint lists it creates on your site — and exports a four-slide PowerPoint project report on demand. Drop it on a site, import from Planner or Excel (including an existing task list you've exported), and you're tracking in an afternoon.
Free, open source, and ready to use
No sign-up, no subscription, no vendor lock-in. MIT licensed on GitHub.
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