Gantt Chart Generator

New in v2.0, the tool now generates SVG files.

This is a tool to generate simple Gantt charts. Here's some sample output:

The focus of the tool is the generation of the chart from existing data and not the calculation of project dependencies.

Install with cargo install gantt_chart. Run with gantt-chart. If you have resvg installed, you can generate a PNG bitmap with:

sh resvg example/project.svg example/project.png --background '#ffffff'`

It has the following features:

• Takes input date in a simple JSON5 format
• Groups tasks by resource
• Schedules a tasks for each resource as soon as the previous one is complete
• Allows the creation of zero length project milestones
• Automatically generates resources colors using a Golden Ratio algorithm
• Customizable column widths
• SVG allows easy scaled conversion to other formats
• Tasks can be shown as done or not-done
• You can add a dotted line to mark the current or other date
• Can generate a table of resources
• Takes into account weekends and extends task durations as needed so the start & end to falls on a weekday

You can use the tool to quickly generate high level project timelines. For full blown Gantt functionality, I recommend a tool like OmniPlan.