Lucen

Timeline & Gantt Freemium

Lucen Timeline, formerly Office Timeline, is a PowerPoint-native add-in designed to turn project data into clear, presentation-ready timelines and Gantt charts. It connects with sources such as Excel, Jira, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Project, making it easy to transform project schedules into visuals that are ready to share with stakeholders.

Behind the product is Lucen, a company with a deliberately focused mission: to build exceptional tools for visualizing project timelines and schedules. Rather than expanding into task management, chat, or all-purpose project management, Lucen has concentrated on one thing — helping teams communicate time, progress, and plans visually.

That focus is reflected in the experience: importing a schedule, shaping it into a polished timeline, and bringing it directly into PowerPoint with minimal friction. For teams that rely on Microsoft 365 and need their project plans to communicate as clearly as the work itself, Lucen Timeline offers a focused and refined approach to project visualization.

At a glance

Who's it for?

It's built for project managers and PMOs who report status to stakeholders in PowerPoint and need polished visuals without rebuilding slides by hand.

Strength

Its ability to import directly from Jira, Excel, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Project makes it attractive for anyone who already tracks work elsewhere but presents it in slides.

Trade-off

It's not a project management suite on its own, and the desktop add-in is Windows-focused.

When to choose it

A strong option for teams that need great-looking status timelines fast, on top of a PM tool they already use.