# ProjectLibre

> ProjectLibre is open-source project management software: ProjectLibre Desktop, free and compatible with Microsoft Project, and ProjectLibre Cloud, the team edition in the browser.

The ProjectLibre Academy documents ProjectLibre Cloud (version 2.0); the Desktop manual documents ProjectLibre Desktop (version 1.9.8). They are different products: do not apply one's instructions to the other.

Every passage of both, with its address, product and version, one file per language: https://projectlibre.com/documentation/en.json (English), all languages listed in https://projectlibre.com/documentation.json

## ProjectLibre Academy (Cloud)

- [QuickStart Guide](https://projectlibre.com/academy/quickstart-guide/): Start here: what the ProjectLibre Cloud QuickStart Guide covers, from creating and managing projects to generating plans with AI.
- [QuickStart Videos](https://projectlibre.com/academy/quickstart-videos/): The ProjectLibre Cloud QuickStart video, in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian.
- [Welcome to ProjectLibre Cloud](https://projectlibre.com/academy/welcome-to-projectlibre-cloud/): An introduction to ProjectLibre Cloud 2.0: what's new, the Portfolio command center, and how to log in.
- [Creating a New Project](https://projectlibre.com/academy/creating-a-new-project/): How every new project starts in ProjectLibre Cloud: build one blank, generate one with AI, or import a desktop file.
- [Creating and Editing Tasks](https://projectlibre.com/academy/creating-and-editing-tasks/): Now that your project is open, it’s time to build your plan. Start by entering your tasks and their estimated durations directly into the spreadsheet.
- [Linking Tasks and Dependencies](https://projectlibre.com/academy/linking-tasks-and-dependencies/): How to link tasks in ProjectLibre using the Critical Path Method, the four dependency types, and lag and lead.
- [Assigning Resources to Tasks](https://projectlibre.com/academy/assigning-resources-to-tasks/): How to assign and unassign resources on a task, and how assignment units drive duration, work, and cost.
- [Resources](https://projectlibre.com/academy/resources/): How to read the Resources workspace: the enterprise pool, Gantt capacity colors, Teams, Calendars, and the Peak Units graph.
- [Scheduling](https://projectlibre.com/academy/scheduling/): How ProjectLibre Cloud schedules real work: rollups, critical path, baselines, calendars, constraints, task types, recurring/split tasks, and actuals.
- [Resource Leveling](https://projectlibre.com/academy/resource-leveling/): How ProjectLibre Cloud resolves overallocated resources across projects, previewing schedule delays before you commit to them.
- [Organization & Structures (WBS, RBS, OBS)](https://projectlibre.com/academy/organization-structures-wbs-rbs-obs/): How WBS, RBS and OBS give ProjectLibre's work, resource pool and organization each a clear, connected hierarchy.
- [My Work & My Team](https://projectlibre.com/academy/my-work-my-team/): Project timecards and approvals: how task assignments flow into weekly time entry, remaining work, approval and the live plan.
- [Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)](https://projectlibre.com/academy/role-based-access-control-rbac/): The five standard roles in ProjectLibre Cloud's Role-Based Access Control system, and how project-level access adds to them.
- [Copilot](https://projectlibre.com/academy/copilot/): How Copilot turns natural-language requests into real tasks, durations, dependencies and progress in a ProjectLibre Cloud schedule.
- [ProjectLibre Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://projectlibre.com/academy/projectlibre-artificial-intelligence-ai/): Generate a structured project plan from a description with ProjectLibre AI, then refine it: tasks, durations, dependencies and more.
- [Project Audit (DCMA Schedule Quality Audit)](https://projectlibre.com/academy/project-audit-dcma-schedule-quality-audit/): How ProjectLibre's DCMA-style schedule quality audit checks a CPM schedule, flags issues, and lets you drill in, fix, and re-run.
- [Risk Analysis (Qualitative Register & Monte Carlo)](https://projectlibre.com/academy/risk-analysis-qualitative-register-monte-carlo/): Build a qualitative risk register, map risks to tasks, then run Monte Carlo simulation to read schedule confidence, criticality and drivers.
- [Performance Management (Earned Value)](https://projectlibre.com/academy/performance-management-earned-value/): Learn Earned Value Management in ProjectLibre Cloud: PV, EV, AC, SPI, CPI and forecasting EAC, BAC and VAC from a saved baseline and status date.
- [Navigation & Main Views](https://projectlibre.com/academy/navigation-main-views/): A map of the left navigation in ProjectLibre Cloud and what each top-level item opens.
- [Dashboard](https://projectlibre.com/academy/dashboard/): The Dashboard, ProjectLibre's portfolio KPI hub: compare projects in a grid of charts and tune each widget's metrics.
- [Portfolio](https://projectlibre.com/academy/portfolio/): How the Portfolio view lists and schedules every project you can see, and how to add, import and open one.
- [Importing Desktop Projects](https://projectlibre.com/academy/importing-desktop-projects/): How to import a Microsoft Project, Primavera, or ProjectLibre Desktop schedule into ProjectLibre Cloud, including resource matching.
- [Project View](https://projectlibre.com/academy/project-view/): How the Project view's submenus, task editing, resources, baselines, calendars and the Usage view all work on one connected schedule.
- [Gantt Chart](https://projectlibre.com/academy/gantt-chart/): Build a schedule on the Gantt: enter tasks, link dependencies, save a baseline, assign resources, split work, zoom, and configure fields.
- [Network Diagram](https://projectlibre.com/academy/network-diagram/): How the Network Diagram maps task dependencies and critical path, and how to edit, zoom and filter links there.
- [Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)](https://projectlibre.com/academy/work-breakdown-structure-wbs/): How indenting tasks on the Gantt builds the Work Breakdown Structure, and how to read the same hierarchy on the WBS chart.
- [Resource Views](https://projectlibre.com/academy/resource-views/): How to navigate Resource views — Gantt, Spreadsheet, Distribution, RBS — plus capacity colors, material resources, and the User vs Resource difference.
- [Administration & General Configuration](https://projectlibre.com/academy/administration-general-configuration/): The Administration panel: users, roles, licenses, billing, company standards, and the timesheet and approval settings.
- [Administration & Security](https://projectlibre.com/academy/administration-security/): How the Administration modal governs users, teams, roles and project access, with a role-gated control plane and setup checklist.
- [Personal Settings & Avatar](https://projectlibre.com/academy/personal-settings-avatar/): Your personal Options panel: your avatar, Core or Pro experience, language and region formats, and new-task defaults — separate from Administration.
- [User Management](https://projectlibre.com/academy/user-management/): Add users and control access in two layers: organization roles for what people can do, and project access for which projects they open.
- [Field Configuration](https://projectlibre.com/academy/field-configuration/): Show, hide, and reorder fields across views, then export, filter, and sort your project and portfolio data.
- [ProjectLibre Video Library](https://projectlibre.com/academy/projectlibre-video-library/): Where every ProjectLibre Cloud training video lives, plus how admins create users, roles and teams and manage licenses and subscriptions.

## ProjectLibre Desktop documentation

- [Overview of ProjectLibre](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/overview/): What ProjectLibre Desktop is, how to install and run it with Java, and how to start, open and save projects.
- [Navigation with the Primary Controls](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/navigation/): The main menu and ribbon of ProjectLibre Desktop: the File, Task, Resource and View commands, and the keyboard shortcuts.
- [Create an Example Project](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/create-an-example-project/): Build a real project plan step by step: the project shell, resources, tasks, dependencies, assignments, then evaluate the plan.
- [Tasks](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/tasks/): Working with tasks: the Gantt, Network, WBS and Task Usage views, linking, calendars, baselines, finding and updating tasks.
- [Resources](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/resources/): Working with resources: the Resources, RBS and Resource Usage views, and inserting, editing and organising resources.
- [Views](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/views/): Every view in ProjectLibre Desktop — task, resource, project and report views — and the sub-views: histogram, charts and usage.
- [Filter, Sort and Group](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/filter-sort-and-group/): Show only what you need: filter, sort and group tasks and resources, in the views and in printed reports.
- [Project Management Terminology](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/project-management-terminology/): A glossary of the project management terms ProjectLibre uses, from Account to Work, and how tasks, resources and costs relate.
- [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://projectlibre.com/projectlibre-documentation/keyboard-shortcuts/): The keyboard shortcuts of ProjectLibre Desktop on one chart, and where to find more resources.

## Blog (news and announcements; for how-to, prefer the manuals above)

- [ProjectLibre Cloud Is Now Available in 54 Languages](https://projectlibre.com/2026/09/27/projectlibre-cloud-54-languages/): ProjectLibre Cloud is now in 54 languages, bringing professional scheduling, resource management, risk analysis and project controls to global teams.
- [Microsoft Project Online is End of Life: Migrate to ProjectLibre](https://projectlibre.com/2026/09/24/microsoft-project-online-end-of-life-migrate-to-projectlibre/): Microsoft Project Online retires on September 30, 2026. Open your Microsoft Project schedules in ProjectLibre Cloud and keep managing them in the browser.
- [ProjectLibre adds Enterprise Resource Leveling](https://projectlibre.com/2026/09/22/projectlibre-adds-enterprise-resource-leveling/): Resource Leveling is now in ProjectLibre Cloud: find overallocated resources, preview which tasks move, then level by project and task priority.
- [Microsoft Project Online Replacement: ProjectLibre Cloud AI 2.0](https://projectlibre.com/2026/09/10/microsoft-project-online-replacement-projectlibre-cloud/): ProjectLibre Cloud AI 2.0 is the largest ProjectLibre Cloud release yet: AI, enterprise resources, Monte Carlo risk, DCMA audits and Earned Value.
- [ProjectLibre Cloud: Upgrade for Teams and Companies](https://projectlibre.com/2026/07/13/projectlibre-cloud-upgrade-for-teams-and-companies/): What ProjectLibre Cloud adds to ProjectLibre Desktop: portfolio management, an enterprise resource pool, AI and role-based security for teams.
- [ProjectLibre Cloud AI 2.0 — The Enterprise Replacement For Microsoft Project Online](https://projectlibre.com/2026/05/18/projectlibre-cloud-ai-2-0-the-enterprise-replacement-for-microsoft-project-online/): ProjectLibre Cloud AI 2.0 replaces Microsoft Project Online: real-time collaboration, drag-and-drop planning and AI. A free upgrade for subscribers.
- [ProjectLibre in 2025: Powering the World’s Projects — And Accelerating Into 2026](https://projectlibre.com/2026/01/15/projectlibre-in-2025-powering-the-worlds-projects-and-accelerating-into-2026/): ProjectLibre in 2025: four Cloud releases with multi-project resource management and the Resource Gantt Chart, and ProjectLibre Desktop 1.9.8.
- [💥 ProjectLibre Cloud Replaces Both Microsoft Project Desktop and Project Online](https://projectlibre.com/2025/11/07/projectlibre-cloud-replaces-microsoft-project-desktop-and-online/): ProjectLibre Cloud AI replaces both Microsoft Project Desktop and Project Online: CPM scheduling, real-time collaboration and AI project creation.
- [ProjectLibre Cloud Replaces Discontinued Microsoft Project Online](https://projectlibre.com/2025/09/29/projectlibre-cloud-replaces-discontinued-microsoft-project-online/): Microsoft Project Online is discontinued. ProjectLibre Cloud opens your Microsoft Project files, with portfolios, role-based access and AI.
- [ProjectLibre Cloud AI: Defining the Future of Project Management](https://projectlibre.com/2025/08/19/projectlibre-cloud-ai-defining-the-future-of-project-management/): ProjectLibre Cloud AI replaces Microsoft Project Desktop: file import, CPM scheduling, cloud collaboration and AI, for NGOs, governments and enterprises.
- [🚀 ProjectLibre Cloud AI: Delivering The Power Of Microsoft Project In The Cloud — With AI Superpowers](https://projectlibre.com/2025/06/29/projectlibre-cloud-ai-the-power-of-microsoft-project-in-the-cloud/): New in ProjectLibre Cloud AI: Project Notes, Task Notes, and custom fields that can be text, numeric or calculated.
- [Revolutionizing Project Management: How ProjectLibre AI Transforms Planning and Scheduling](https://projectlibre.com/2025/06/12/revolutionizing-project-management-how-projectlibre-ai-transforms-planning-and-scheduling/): How ProjectLibre AI turns a description in any language into a project plan, and where ProjectLibre stands in the project management software market.
- [Stop Dreaming, Start Doing: Unleash Your Projects with ProjectLibre Cloud AI!](https://projectlibre.com/2025/05/15/stop-dreaming-start-doing-unleash-your-projects-with-projectlibre-cloud-ai/): Describe your project in any language and ProjectLibre Cloud AI builds the plan. Import Microsoft Project files, and try it free for up to 15 users.
- [🎉 ProjectLibre 1.9.8: The Biggest Desktop Release in YEARS is HERE! 🚀](https://projectlibre.com/2025/04/28/projectlibre-1-9-8-the-biggest-desktop-release-in-years/): ProjectLibre Desktop 1.9.8: a 10x performance increase in many key functions, and more stability on Linux, macOS and Windows.
- [ProjectLibre Unveils Revolutionary University Access Program: Empowering The Next Generation Of Project Managers](https://projectlibre.com/2025/04/08/projectlibre-university-access-program/): ProjectLibre Cloud for universities: free for professors, and all features, AI included, for students at $19.99 per semester.
- [ProjectLibre’s 2024: A Year of Global Growth and Cloud Innovation!](https://projectlibre.com/2025/02/24/projectlibre-ai-cloud-announcing-the-revolutionary-release/): ProjectLibre’s 2024: ProjectLibre Cloud launched, with users on five continents, and ProjectLibre Desktop had over 700,000 downloads that year.
- [ProjectLibre Cloud AI: Revolutionizing Project Management with AI-Powered PM](https://projectlibre.com/2025/02/24/projectlibre-cloud-ai-revolutionizing-project-management/): Describe a project in plain words, in any language, and ProjectLibre Cloud AI turns it into a plan with tasks, durations, dependencies and resources.
- [ProjectLibre AI Cloud: Announcing The Revolutionary Release Of Artificial Intelligence For Project Management](https://projectlibre.com/2025/02/24/projectlibres-2024-a-year-of-global-growth-and-cloud-innovation/): Announcing ProjectLibre AI Cloud: describe your project in any language, and AI creates the Gantt chart, tasks, durations and dependencies.