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OpenProject recognized as top product in 2023 by Gartner Digital Markets
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OpenProject recognized as top product in 2023 by Gartner Digital Markets

We are proud to share the wonderful recognition OpenProject has received this year already. Hard work and dedication made us stand out from the crowd and helped us achieve an impressive overall score of…
How to create the best dashboard for your project
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How to create the best dashboard for your project

Project management is all about getting organized. What tasks are due this week? Where is my help needed? To best answer these kinds of questions, you need one overview page to display everything important…
Passion project: A time tracking button to simplify recording of working time
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Passion project: A time tracking button to simplify recording of working time

If you need to track your working time for various reasons, e.g. if you want to track your total working time, if you want to track the time spent on different tasks, or if you are paid per hour - you…
Passion projects: 6 small improvements with big benefit
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Passion projects: 6 small improvements with big benefit

During our passion time in Switzerland this June, we accomplished to create and develop a bunch of great features for OpenProject. In the last weeks, we already presented some of the projects we are passionate…
Passion project: A Glossary for understanding important terms
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Passion project: A Glossary for understanding important terms

OpenProject is an open source software – with many features, modules and possibilities for users to successfully collaborate and manage projects. With a wide variety of features comes a great deal of complexity…
OpenProject 13.0: Great features will come this summer
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OpenProject 13.0: Great features will come this summer

Here comes a big preview on OpenProject 13.0: Stay informed and plan ahead! Some great features will be released with 13.0 this summer and enhance your daily work with OpenProject even more. With OpenProject…
Spanish OpenProject website and user guides now available
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Spanish OpenProject website and user guides now available

We are continuously working to improve OpenProject to make it as much accessible as possible for all our users. This includes having the content available in different languages. We are very pleased to…
Passion project: Introduce OpenProject Command Line Interface (CLI)
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Passion project: Introduce OpenProject Command Line Interface (CLI)

A command line interface (CLI) is a text-based user interface (UI) that allows users to run programs, manage computer files, and interact with the computer. CLIs accept only keyboard input as commands…
News from the Product Desk: PDF export of work plans
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News from the Product Desk: PDF export of work plans

TLDR: Project teams currently end up spending a lot of time creating work plans manually in word processors. Smart teams should focus on content rather than on text formatting. They should use their brain…
OpenProject and Greenstand: utilizing open source software to battle climate change
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OpenProject and Greenstand: utilizing open source software to battle climate change

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, and addressing it requires collective action from individuals, organizations, and governments worldwide. Working as a community has always…
Passion project: Preview and restore backups via the OpenProject web interface
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Passion project: Preview and restore backups via the OpenProject web interface

Backing-up your data is vital to your business. In order to guarantee that data will not get lost, continuous backups in separate locations should be essential. In the event of an accident, data can then…
Passion project: Fair language for OpenProject
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Passion project: Fair language for OpenProject

Language is a powerful tool that influences our thoughts, beliefs and actions. Our words have the ability to change how we perceive the world around us. However, not all language is equal or fair. Fair…
Passion Time at OpenProject: Turning passion into benefit
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Passion Time at OpenProject: Turning passion into benefit

It’s time for Passion Time: It’s that time of the year when we spend two weeks on topics that are close to our hearts. We call them passion projects. Passion is actually one of our company core values…
Record working time and manage projects – in one system
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Record working time and manage projects – in one system

Do you need to record the working hours of your employees or track your own working time? There are many working time tracking tools on the market. Why don’t you keep it simple and manage all in one system…
OpenProject and Nextcloud: a strong combination for project management at universities
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OpenProject and Nextcloud: a strong combination for project management at universities

The FutureWaterCampus is being built at the University of Duisburg-Essen, bringing together scientists and experts from different fields. To make the teams’ work more efficient and secure, a working group…
Deadline management made easy: Use customized date alerts!
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Deadline management made easy: Use customized date alerts!

Do you know the nagging feeling of missing an important deadline? With automized deadline management, you can say goodbye to this feeling and enjoy a more relaxed work environment. OpenProject offers you…
5 agile boards to boost efficiency in multi-team projects
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5 agile boards to boost efficiency in multi-team projects

Working with distributed teams on one or even more projects together can be quite challenging. You need to stay flexible, keep everybody informed, and quickly adapt to any kind of changes – and keep an…
How to integrate OpenProject and GitHub
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How to integrate OpenProject and GitHub

OpenProject makes it possible to integrate GitHub, so the planning and specifications of a development project are better integrated with the development side of things. With this integration, you can…
OpenProject vs Trello
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OpenProject vs Trello

Trello is a very popular and intuitive project management and issue tracking software tool. It is especially suitable for Kanban project management methodology. In 2017 it was acquired by Atlassian and…
OpenProject integration app for Nextcloud released in version 2.3.6
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OpenProject integration app for Nextcloud released in version 2.3.6

We are continuously working on our OpenProject integration app for Nextcloud and just released version 2.3.6.…
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