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GanttProject vs Fibery
A side-by-side editorial comparison of GanttProject and Fibery — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:project-management
GanttProject vs Fibery: at a glance
What is GanttProject?
A desktop Gantt tool on a multi-year cadence, tethering itself to its own cloud
GanttProject is a desktop project scheduling application released every one to three years, with occasional build-only tags in between. The most recent feature update, 3.3, added calculated columns driven by SQL expressions in the task table, project-relative week numbers, and a native Apple Silicon package. The intervening tags are packaging work rather than product: restoring Linux and Windows builds, and producing both Intel and Silicon macOS packages.
What is Fibery?
Fibery's Custom Apps go GA, completing its turn from work tracker to embedded app platform
Fibery spent the past quarter building and shipping Custom Apps — AI-generated mini-apps buildable inside the platform via Claude, ChatGPT, or MCP. Custom Apps launched publicly in mid-August after two months of experimental iteration. In the same period, Fibery added AI-driven automation creation, a usage dashboard tracking AI and integration consumption, and expanded MCP coverage to rich text editing and direct Custom Apps authoring. The platform is shipping weekly with a mix of headliner features and steady bug fixing.
GanttProject vs Fibery: editorial side-by-side
A desktop Gantt tool on a multi-year cadence, tethering itself to its own cloud
◆ Current state
GanttProject is a desktop project scheduling application released every one to three years, with occasional build-only tags in between. The most recent feature update, 3.3, added calculated columns driven by SQL expressions in the task table, project-relative week numbers, and a native Apple Silicon package. The intervening tags are packaging work rather than product: restoring Linux and Windows builds, and producing both Intel and Silicon macOS packages.
◆ Where it's heading
The through-line since 3.0 is a desktop application acquiring a service tail. GanttProject Cloud arrived in 3.0 alongside a bundled Java runtime and an update channel, 3.1 added a connection toggle and pulled a shared human-resource database from the cloud, and 3.2 rewrote the task table with filtering and non-destructive sorting. By 3.3 the table is programmable through SQL expressions. Each release deepens either the cloud tie or the table, which are the two places a desktop planner can still differentiate — but the cadence means any given year may show only a packaging fix.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next feature release to extend calculated columns or the cloud collaboration surface; on this cadence it is unlikely to arrive quickly, and the entries give no indication of timing.
Fibery
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Fibery's Custom Apps go GA, completing its turn from work tracker to embedded app platform
◆ Current state
Fibery spent the past quarter building and shipping Custom Apps — AI-generated mini-apps buildable inside the platform via Claude, ChatGPT, or MCP. Custom Apps launched publicly in mid-August after two months of experimental iteration. In the same period, Fibery added AI-driven automation creation, a usage dashboard tracking AI and integration consumption, and expanded MCP coverage to rich text editing and direct Custom Apps authoring. The platform is shipping weekly with a mix of headliner features and steady bug fixing.
◆ Where it's heading
Fibery is repositioning from a flexible project tracker into a platform where teams build custom tooling on top of their own data, without leaving the workspace. The Custom Apps launch — AI-generated, embeddable in documents, now on a versioned platform — is the clearest statement of that direction. MCP integration at multiple layers (rich text, apps, automations) shows Fibery making itself a first-class target in AI-native workflows rather than bolting on a chat widget.
◆ Prediction
The next likely move is tying Custom Apps directly into Fibery's automation engine — AI-built apps that trigger and respond to automations — which would close the loop between the platform's two main new capability axes. The breaking platform update to Custom Apps in September signals further architectural changes are coming before the feature stabilizes.
Alternatives to GanttProject and Fibery
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either GanttProject or Fibery.
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Recent activity from GanttProject and Fibery
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 6d agoFiberyHierarchical filter improvements and whiteboard color coding
- 13d agoFiberySeptember 3, 2026 / Custom Apps updates, Set a load limit for Lists and Tables on Entity View, Multi-window support in the desktop app
- 20d agoFiberyAugust 27, 2026 / Usage dashboard, manually edit custom apps
- 27d agoFiberyAugust 20, 2026 / Batch undo, create automations with AI, Views history
- 1mo agoFiberyAugust 13, 2026 / Custom Apps, See how each change was made (UI, API, automation, AI) ⚡
- 1mo agoFiberyAugust 6, 2026 / Custom Apps improvements, Convert Select field to Database, Update small part of rich text and add comments via MCP
- 9mo agoGanttProjectGanttProject 3.3
- 1y agoGanttProjectBuild tag restores Linux and Windows packages
- 2y agoGanttProjectBuild tag adds Intel and Apple Silicon macOS packages
- 4y agoGanttProjectGanttProject 3.2
- 5y agoGanttProjectGanttProject 3.1
- 5y agoGanttProjectGanttProject 3.0 ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between GanttProject and Fibery?
Both compete on the same themes — project-management — within PM. Fibery is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is GanttProject better than Fibery?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Fibery is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to GanttProject?
Top GanttProject alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "GanttProject alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ganttproject for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Fibery?
Top Fibery alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Fibery alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/fibery for the full list with editorial commentary on each.