Free Gantt Chart Templates
How to Use the Gantt Chart Templates in Creately
- Choose a template that suits your needs
Choose a Gantt chart template by project length and detail. Click “Edit This Template” to open it and list your tasks.
- Sign in or create a free Creately account
Log in to Creately, or sign up free. Saving and sharing your gantt chart needs an account, which you can create in seconds.
- Open the template and customize it
List tasks down the left, set start and end dates as bars along the timeline, and link dependencies and milestones.
- Add tasks and set their start/end dates as bars
- Link dependent tasks so timing cascades
- Mark milestones as diamonds on the timeline
- Group tasks into phases or workstreams
- Shade progress or highlight the critical items
- Timeline that stays aligned
Adjust a task bar and dependent bars shift with it, so replanning a schedule doesn’t mean redrawing the whole chart.
- Collaborate with your team
Work on it together. Bring in teammates or stakeholders to edit the gantt chart at the same time, discuss details with in-app comments, and @mention people for input.
- Save, export, or present
Export or present when ready. Download your gantt chart as PNG, JPEG, SVG or PDF for reports and slides, share a view-only link, or present it directly from Creately.
FAQs about Gantt Chart Templates
Yes. Most gantt chart templates are free to open and edit with a basic Creately account — browse the collection, pick one, and start customizing right away. A few advanced templates or features sit on paid plans, but the free tier is plenty to get started.
Yes. Export your gantt chart from Creately as PNG, JPEG, PDF or SVG and drop it into Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Slides, Confluence or any tool that accepts images — handy for reports, decks and handouts.
Gantt charts suit time-based planning:
- Project schedules - tasks mapped to a calendar
- Phase timelines - stages and their overlaps
- Team roadmaps - workstreams over weeks or months
- Event planning - countdown of dated activities
- Milestone tracking - key dates and deliverables
Yes. Link tasks so a successor starts after its predecessor, and the templates keep the bars and dependency lines connected—making it clear how a slip in one task affects the rest.