FLOID — Free Product Development Scheduling & Timeline Software
FLOID is a free, browser-based scheduling tool for product development teams — and for
anyone who needs to build a project timeline. Plan new product development schedules,
product launch timelines, and multi-team project plans with drag-and-drop phases, tasks,
and milestones. No account required, no usage limits, and your data stays in your browser.
Features
- Drag-and-drop timeline scheduling with phases, tasks, and milestones
- Multiple parallel schedules per project — one track for each team or workstream
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Pinned schedule — pin one schedule as the reference and its milestone lines extend
through every schedule, keeping key dates visible across the whole project
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Ready-made schedule templates: complete product development, engineering, industrial
design, software, and marketing
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Color-coded schedules, with a multicolor option that gives each phase its own palette
color
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Export as .floid file, full project backup (.floid-project), or timeline image for
presentations
- Import schedules from collaborators
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Build with AI: copy FLOID's instructions into any AI chat, describe the schedule you
want or paste one from Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or Excel, and paste the reply back
- Dark mode support
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Works offline after initial load
Who Is FLOID For?
FLOID is built for anyone planning a product development schedule: product managers,
program managers, engineers, industrial designers, and founders. It is ideal for new
product development (NPD) where parallel workstreams — engineering, design, tooling,
prototyping, testing, marketing, and regulatory — need to stay aligned against shared
milestones. And because it is a general-purpose timeline builder at heart, it works just
as well for software release plans, marketing campaigns, event schedules, research
projects, or any plan that benefits from a visual, multi-track timeline.
Common Use Cases
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Product development timelines from concept through launch, including build stages like
EVT, DVT, and PVT
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Product roadmap and launch timelines shared across engineering, design, and marketing
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Multi-team program schedules where each team keeps its own track but aligns on shared
milestones
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Quick project estimation — sketch a timeline in minutes to scope duration and spot
conflicts
Why FLOID?
Unlike general-purpose project management tools, FLOID focuses on visual timeline
scheduling without the overhead of task assignment, communication, or workflow automation.
It is a simpler, faster alternative to traditional Gantt chart software, where you
organise work by dragging blocks onto each other rather than wiring up task dependencies.
And unlike spreadsheet-based scheduling, FLOID provides a proper drag-and-drop timeline
with automatic date calculation and clean export formats.
Pricing
FLOID is completely free. No account, no sign-up, no limits.
FLOID for Mac
FLOID is also a native Mac app, free on the Mac App Store. It is the same timeline with a
full macOS menu bar, native save and open panels, and Finder support for .floid and
.floid-project files — and it runs entirely offline, making no network requests at all. It
needs macOS 12 Monterey or later and runs natively on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
Download FLOID for Mac on the Mac App Store
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