Project management applications vary widely in scope. This post focuses on a specific slice — Gantt charts and calendar views: the two components that are hardest to build from scratch and most critical for visualizing project timelines and schedules.
If you're building anything that needs to answer "what's happening when, in what order, and who's responsible for all of this?" — a project planner, resource scheduler, or content calendar — you'll likely need one or both. Here are the most popular options for Vue ecosystem.
Calendars and Gantt Charts
FullCalendar
FullCalendar is one of the most widely used calendar libraries in the JavaScript ecosystem. It has a solid Vue wrapper and supports month, week, day, list, and timeline views out of the box.
It may help you if you’re building event scheduling, booking systems, and appointment UIs. Its timeline view can look like a Gantt, but it doesn't support dependency links or critical path, so it works well for simplified project views.
- Good for: Event scheduling, booking flows, calendar-heavy UIs
- License: MIT (open-source core) + Pro tier for premium views
Install it via npm:
npm install fullcalendar
Schedule-X
Schedule-X is a lightweight alternative to FullCalendar. It's built with modern web standards in mind and ships with a clean default UI — no extra CSS battles required.
It focuses specifically on calendar workflows: creating and moving events, recurring schedules, drag-and-drop.
Install it via npm (calendar, its theme and the Temporal API to handle dates and times):
npm i @schedule-x/calendar @schedule-x/theme-default temporal-polyfill
- Good for: SaaS products that need simple, good-looking event scheduling
- License: MIT (open-source core) + Pro tier
GSTC
GSTC (Gantt Schedule Timeline Calendar) is a framework-agnostic Gantt + timeline library with a Vue integration. It handles complex timelines with rows, items, and time-based layout at a high level of configurability.
With GSTC, you get more control but also more setup work. Good if you need a timeline that doesn't fit a standard mold.
Install it via npm:
npm i gantt-schedule-timeline-calendar
- Good for: Custom timeline interfaces, highly configurable Gantt views
- License: MIT (open-source) + Pro tier
Vue UI Suites with Project Management Features
Sometimes a component library that bundles everything — grid, Gantt, calendar, forms — is more practical than assembling pieces from multiple sources. So if you're building project management apps with Vue, take a look at the component libraries below.
Vuetify
Vuetify is the most widely adopted Material Design component library for Vue. In addition to the list of the most common UI components for layout, forms, and navigation, it includes a calendar component for event scheduling.
If you're already using Vuetify for your app's design system, its calendar can cover basic scheduling use cases.
To get started with Vuetify 4, you can install it via npm:
npm create vuetify@latest
- Good for: Apps already using Vuetify, basic calendar/event display
- License: MIT
SVAR Vue Components
SVAR Vue is an open-source Vue 3 component library built for data-heavy and scheduling-heavy applications. It includes a Gantt chart with dependency support and auto-scheduling, an event calendar with multiple views, a virtualized data grid, a Kanban board (coming soon), and Core components for general app needs (form controls, etc).
The components share a consistent visual language, which helps when combining them in a single app — for example, a Gantt for planning alongside a calendar for scheduling.
Each component should be installed separately:
npm install @svar-ui/vue-gantt
npm install @svar-ui/vue-core
- Good for: Advanced PM tools, enterprise dashboards, apps combining Gantt + calendar + grid, resource planning systems
- License: MIT core + PRO tier (commercial features)
Syncfusion Vue Components
Syncfusion is a comprehensive enterprise UI suite with Vue support. It includes a full-featured Gantt, scheduler, kanban, and data grid.
The components are polished and well-documented. The main trade-off is the commercial license — though there's a free community license available for individuals and small teams.
Each component is installed separately, for example the datagrid:
npm install @syncfusion/ej2-vue-grids --save
- Good for: Enterprise apps, teams needing consistent cross-component UX with vendor support
- License: Commercial (community license available for qualifying teams)
DHTMLX Suite for Vue
DHTMLX Suite for Vue is a UI library built around data-heavy application patterns. It has a long track record in Gantt-based project planning — dependency handling, critical path, resource histograms, and detailed timeline control are all first-class features.
DHTMLX Vue JS Gantt is one of the most feature-rich Gantt libraries available for JavaScript applications, but the full version requires a commercial license.
The trial version of the Gantt chart, for example, can be installed via npm:
npm install @dhtmlx/trial-vue-gantt
Good for: Feature-rich Gantt implementations, internal project management tools
License: Commercial (some OSS components available separately)
Kendo UI for Vue (by Progress)
Kendo UI for Vue provides a structured set of business-focused, native-Vue UI components. The suite includes Gantt chart, scheduling tools, data grid, layout and form components.
This is a suite of modular components. This is how you install these components: The Grid, the DropDownList and the Window:
npm install --save @progress/kendo-vue-grid @progress/kendo-data-query @progress/kendo-vue-inputs @progress/kendo-vue-intl @progress/kendo-vue-dropdowns @progress/kendo-vue-dateinputs @progress/kendo-drawing @progress/kendo-vue-data-tools @progress/kendo-vue-animation @progress/kendo-licensing @progress/kendo-svg-icons @progress/kendo-vue-indicators
- Good for: Enterprise apps, teams already in the Telerik ecosystem
- License: Commercial
DevExtreme Vue (by DevExpress)
DevExtreme Vue is used heavily in enterprise dashboards and internal business systems. It includes scheduling, Gantt, data grid, and chart components, all with a consistent API style.
Like Kendo, it's most practical when used as a full suite rather than cherry-picking individual components.
To use the library, you need to install the devextreme and devextreme-vue npm packages:
npm install devextreme@24.2 devextreme-vue@24.2 --save --save-exact
- Good for: Enterprise dashboards, internal tools, data-heavy admin panels
- License: Commercial
Comparison Table
Below we're comparing the Vue UI suites so you can see what's included in each complete suite and how you can use them together in production applications.
| Library | Gantt | Calendar | Vue-Native | License | Key Features | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVAR Vue | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | MIT + PRO | Custom templates, priority support, TypeScript | Data-heavy apps requiring Gantt, Calendar, and Grid components |
| Vuetify | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | MIT | Massive community, Material Design | Apps already using Vuetify |
| Syncfusion | ✅ | ✅ | Wrapper | Paid (community license) | Vendor support, rich components collection | Enterprise apps, full UI suite |
| DHTMLX | ✅ | ✅ | Wrapper | Paid | Advanced Gantt features, resource histograms | Feature-rich Gantt, construction/engineering |
| Kendo UI | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Paid | Long-term stability, Telerik ecosystem | Enterprise, .NET + JS stacks |
| DevExtreme | ✅ | ✅ | Wrapper | Paid | Enterprise support, consistent API, BI focus | Enterprise dashboards, internal tools |
Conclusion
Building a project management app for production with Vue doesn't mean starting from scratch. Use these libraries to save weeks of development time:
| Use Case | Top Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Gantt + Calendar combo | SVAR Vue (MIT core + advanced features in PRO) |
| Event scheduling only | FullCalendar (industry standard) |
| Enterprise full suite | Syncfusion or Kendo UI (vendor support) |
| Advanced Gantt only | DHTMLX (most feature-complete) |
Honorable Mentions
A few other Vue projects are worth mentioning. Vue Cal is a dedicated Vue calendar component that focuses on event scheduling and drag-and-drop interactions.
PrimeVue and Quasar are popular Vue UI frameworks with rich collections of form controls, data tables, charts, and application layout components. While they don't currently provide full-featured Gantt chart components, they are often used as the foundation for project management applications that integrate specialized scheduling libraries such as FullCalendar or GSTC.
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