Chronos - Task & Gantt Chart for Obsidian

A powerful task management plugin for Obsidian with interactive Gantt charts and day/week schedule views. Manage your projects like Jira — right inside your vault.

Features

• Hierarchical Task Management — Organize tasks in Epic > Story > Task structure
• Interactive Gantt Chart — Visualize timelines, drag to adjust dates, resize durations
• Day & Week Schedule — Google Calendar-like daily/weekly view with time blocks
• Drag & Drop Everywhere — Move tasks between views seamlessly
• Status Filtering — Filter by To Do, In Progress, and Done across all views
• Progress Tracking — Automatic progress calculation from child tasks

Views

Task List

Create and manage tasks with a hierarchical tree structure. Supports Epic, Story, and Task types with status tracking and progress bars.

Key actions:

• Click "+ New Task" to create a task
• Click "+" on an Epic/Story to add a child task
• Click "✎" or right-click to edit/delete
• Drag any task row to reorder, or drop it onto the Schedule view

Gantt Chart

Visualize your project timeline with an interactive Gantt chart. Task names are fixed on the left while the timeline scrolls horizontally.

Key actions:

• Drag a bar to move a task's date range
• Drag the edges of a bar to resize the duration
• Click a bar or task name to open the edit modal
• Drag a task name to the Schedule view to create a time block
• Use Zoom +/− to adjust the time scale
• Use Today button to jump to the current date
• Filter by status (To Do / In Progress / Done)
• Resize the label column by dragging the border

Day & Week Schedule

Plan your day with a time-based schedule view, similar to Google Calendar. Switch between Day and Week views with the slide toggle.

Key actions:

• Click an empty time slot to add a task from a quick-select list
• Drag a task from the Task List or Gantt Chart and drop it on a time slot
• Drag a block to move it to a different time or day
• Drag the bottom edge of a block to resize its duration
• Click a block to edit its details (change task, date, or time)
• Drag a block outside the schedule area to remove it
• Right-click a block for more options
• Use ‹ › to navigate between days/weeks

Getting Started

1. Open the views

Use the icons in the left ribbon or open the Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl + P) and search for:

• Chronos: Open Task List
• Chronos: Open Gantt Chart
• Chronos: Open Day Schedule

2. Create your first task

1. Open the Task List view
2. Click "+ New Task"
3. Set a title, type (Epic/Story/Task), dates, and status
4. Click Create

3. View in Gantt Chart

Open the Gantt Chart to see your tasks on a timeline. Drag bars to adjust dates.

4. Schedule your day

Open the Day Schedule and drag tasks from the Task List or Gantt Chart onto time slots to plan your day.

Task Hierarchy

Type	Purpose	Can contain
Epic	Large feature or initiative	Stories, Tasks
Story	A group of related tasks	Tasks
Task	A concrete work item	—

Child task progress automatically rolls up to parent tasks.

Data Storage

All task data is stored in the plugin's data.json file within your vault's .obsidian/plugins/obsidian-chronos/ directory. No external services are used — your data stays in your vault.

Installation

From Community Plugins (Recommended)

1. Open Obsidian Settings > Community Plugins
2. Click Browse and search for "Chronos"
3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual Installation

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Create a folder obsidian-chronos in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory
3. Place the downloaded files into the folder
4. Restart Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings > Community Plugins

Support

If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

MIT