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{{Infobox software

| name = OpenProj (replaced by ProjectLibre)

| logo =

| screenshot = GanttExample.png

| screenshot size = 250px

| caption = Demonstration of the OpenProj GUI

| developerauthor = Marc O'Brien, Howard Katz, Laurent Chrettieneau

| status developer = ceasedProjity

| released = August 6, 2007

| latest release version = OpenProj 1.4

| latest release date = 2008

| repo = {{URL|https://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/}}

| programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]

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| genre = [[Project management software]]

| license = [[Common Public Attribution License]]

| website = [http://openprojweb.archive.org/openproj web/20081217014714/http://openproj.org]/ (archived 2008)

}}

'''OpenProj''' was an [[Openopen-source software|open-source]] [[project management software]] application. It has not been updated insince 11 years2018 and usersis werenot askedsupported. bySerena theSoftware corporationasked users to use [[ProjectLibre]] instead as it is not supported = [http://www.projectibre.org]

== History and current status ==

OpenProj was developed at Projity by Marc O'Brien, Howard Katz, and Laurent Chretienneau developed OpenProj at Projity in 2007. It moved out of beta with the release of Version 1.0, on January 10, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=775275 |title = OpenProj 1.0 Released |accessdate = 2008-01-17 |date = 2008-01-16 |publisher = [[SourceForge.net]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090115030121/http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=775275 |archivedate archive-date= 2009-01-15 |df = }}</ref>

In late 2008, Projity was acquired by [[Silver Lake Partners]] (the private equity firm) via its subsidiary at that time, [[Serena Software]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.serena.com/company/news/pr/spr_09232008.html |title = Serena Software Acquires Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Project |accessdate = 2009-01-19 |date = 2009-01-19 |publisher = [[Serena Software]] |url-status=unfit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20101218150326/http://www.serena.com/company/news/pr/spr_09232008.html |archive-date=2010-12-18}}</ref>

As of 2008 support for OpenProj and communication about development of OpenProj seem to have been suspended.<ref>http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2609833&forum_id=708855</ref> There were actually regressions with a few commits to the [[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]], There has been no improvement in the past 11 years, and it is no longer compatible with Microsoft Project.

AsIn ofNovember 2008, support for OpenProj and communication about development of OpenProj seem to have beenappeared suspended.<ref>httphttps://sourceforge.net/forump/openproj/discussion/forum.php?thread_id=2609833&forum_id=708855/thread/03c9f822/</ref> There were actually regressions with a few later commits to the [[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]], Therewith hasregressions, beenbut no improvement in the past 11 years, andimprovements. itIt is no longer compatible with Microsoft Project.

In 2012, the founders of OpenProj abandoned the code base of OpenProj and started development of a different implementation. The initial release occurred in August 2012. The name of the new solution is ''[[ProjectLibre]]''

Serena/Projity also developed a Software as a Service (SaaS) project software, Projects On Demand. (Projects On Demand service ended on June 11, 2011.)

In 2012, the founders of OpenProj announced that they had forked the OpenProj codebase and started a different implementation.

Serena announced and posted online to avoid downloading OpenProj and instead download [[ProjectLibre]].

The initial release of ProjectLibre occurred in August 2012. ProjectLibre has been completely rewritten and thus technically ceased to be a fork.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hibbets|first=Jason|title=ProjectLibre edges in on Microsoft Project dominance|url=https://opensource.com/business/13/5/projectlibre-microsoft-project|publisher=[[opensource.com]]|accessdate=4 June 2013}}</ref>

== Features ==

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* [[Resource Breakdown Structure]] (RBS) chart

* Task usage reports

* [[Work Breakdown Structure]] (WBS) chart<ref name=IW200710>{{cite web | last = Heck | first = Mike | title = Preview: OpenProj brings free, robust project management to the desktop | work = [[InfoWorld]] | publisher = [[International Data Group]] | date = 2007-10-09 | url = https://www.infoworld.com/tarticle/business2637828/preview--openproj-brings-free--robust-project-management-to-the-desktop-988.html | accessdate = 2007-11-08 }}</ref>

== Popularity ==

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|date = 2008-01-11

|publisher = [[SourceForge.net]]

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090115082722/http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=773269

|archivedate archive-date= 2009-01-15

|df =

}}</ref>

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== Licensing ==

Some features of OpenProj are limited to users acquiring a purchased license; for those users using OpenProj for free, a slightly limited feature set is provided. For example, OpenProj(v1.4) does not allow the in-house exporting of PDF output, though the usefulness of such a feature is questionable{{Original research inline|date=October 2012}}. It is possible to circumvent the reduced feature set using external software, though as with all paid software, donation or purchase is appreciated by the developers.

=== ProjectLibre ===

The original founders of OpenProj started to develop a complementary server for OpenProj in 2012, comparable to Microsoft Project Server for Microsoft Project. During development they realized, that the fact that OpenProj had not been updated anymore by Serena Software for years would become problematic to their goal, so they needed to first develop a significantly updated version of OpenProj.

==See also==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[ListComparison of project management software]]

* [[Microsoft Project]]

* [[ProjectLibre]]

{{Commons category|OpenProj}}

==References==

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==External links==

{{Commons category inline|OpenProj}}

*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/ OpenProj] on [[Sourceforge]]

*[http://www.projectlibre.org/ ProjectLibre official website]

*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre ProjectLibre on Sourceforge]

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