A fast, private desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. Gantt charts, dependencies, earned-value costing — fully offline. Buy once, own it forever.
Everything you'd expect — and then some
From a single task to a portfolio of projects, Mission Planner covers the schedule, the resources, and the money.
A split view with a sortable task grid and a timeline of draggable bars. Drag to move, drag the edges to resize — the schedule updates live.
Day / Week / Month zoom
All four link types — FS, SS, FF, SF — with lead/lag time. Move a predecessor and the whole downstream schedule cascades forward, with cycle protection.
+ SNET / MSO / FNLT constraints
Nest tasks into summary groups that roll up dates, cost, and progress. The critical-path engine highlights the zero-slack chain driving your finish date.
Unlimited undo / redo
Build a resource pool with roles, rates, and departments. Over-allocations are flagged automatically, and one click levels the schedule to resolve them.
Per-resource calendars & holidays
Planned budget vs. actual cost, schedule and cost variance, and full EVM metrics — per task, per resource, per group, and per project. Multi-currency.
Financial reporting built in
Manage many projects in one workspace. A health scorecard gives every project a Red/Amber/Green status; compare any two side by side.
Baselines, drift & S-curve tracking
Open binary .mpp files directly — no Microsoft Project and no Java install required. Import and export MS Project XML too.
.mpp · MSPDI XML · CSV · JSON
Print or export to PDF with fit-to-page and column-picker options. Or export a client-safe copy with every rate and budget stripped out.
Fit-on-one-page rendering
Continuous autosave plus a Ctrl+S save-to-file. The app detects a damaged data store and recovers from a backup instead of overwriting your work.
Corruption-resistant by design
Yours, and only yours
Mission Planner runs entirely on your computer. Your plans, budgets, and client data never touch the internet — there's nothing to breach, nothing to subscribe to, and nothing that stops working when you go offline.
License checks happen locally with a cryptographically signed key, so even activation needs no connection. The only optional network call is a quiet check for a newer version — and it never sends your data anywhere.
How it stacks up
| Mission Planner | Microsoft Project | Cloud PM tools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One-time, perpetual | Subscription / costly | Per-user, monthly |
| Runs fully offline | Yes | Partial | No |
| Your data stays on your PC | Always | Varies | On their servers |
| Opens .mpp files | Yes | Yes | Rarely |
| Gantt · dependencies · CPM | Yes | Yes | Some |
| Earned-value cost tracking | Yes | Yes | Rarely |
| Account required | No | Yes | Yes |
Simple, honest pricing
One license, one payment, yours to keep. Start with a free trial — no card, no commitment.
Not ready? Download the free 14-day trial — projects you make are kept when you buy.
Need more seats? Volume discounts are available — reach out to sales@missioncadre.com.
Download it, click Start free trial, and the full app unlocks instantly — no account, no card, no internet. Own it when you're ready.