A Gantt chart that knows what depends on what
Most Gantt charts are bar charts with dates on them. The bars sit next to each other without knowing they are connected, so moving one tells you nothing about the rest. Depentra draws the same timeline on top of a real dependency graph.
Dependencies that behave like dependencies
Tasks link Finish-to-Start with optional lead and lag time, and the timeline reflects what those links mean. Move a predecessor and the tasks waiting on it move too, by the right number of days, all the way down the chain.
Circular chains are rejected when you create them. If one arrives anyway through an import or a direct write, the chart still renders every task rather than silently dropping the tasks caught in the loop.
Actual against planned, on the chart
Once the Actual timeline property is on the project, a thin line under each bar shows when work really started and finished, dashed while it is still running, so the gap between the plan and reality is visible without opening a task. Total float is available per task in the table, which turns "is this urgent" into a number rather than an opinion.
Milestones render as diamonds and a today line runs down the chart, so the distance between where a bar ends and where today sits is legible at a glance.
Delays you can see
When a task carries a delay, the chart shows the propagated shift rather than quietly redrawing the bar in its new position. The planned dates stay computed alongside the revised ones, so the gap between the plan and the current position is the thing you are looking at.
Parent tasks stretch to cover their subtasks automatically: a parent never shows an end date earlier than the latest thing inside it, including when a delay is only simulated.
Gantt chart
A Gantt chart with real dependency links, propagated delay bars, actual against planned, milestones, and a live today line.
Related capabilities
Total Float and Slip
Total float for every task, recalculated whenever a date, duration, dependency, or delay changes, as a property you can add, filter and sort like any other.
Delay Simulator
Model a hypothetical delay across your whole roadmap without touching the live plan. See the cascade, the moved milestones, and the new end date before you commit.
See it on your own roadmap
Start from a template or import what you have, link the dependencies, and the analysis runs itself.