Below are 6 free project management templates — activity schedule, kanban board, weekly planner, OKRs, product launch, and marketing campaign — each with its structure ready to customize. And if none of them fits, describe your project to Doku out loud and the AI builds the structure for you.
The problem isn't your project — it's the blank page
Open an empty tool and you face twenty decisions before writing your first task: phases or weeks? Which statuses? How do I flag what's urgent? That friction is why so many projects end up living in a group chat or a spreadsheet nobody updates. A template makes those decisions for you: you inherit a structure that has already worked for hundreds of projects like yours, then just swap in your names, dates, and owners. You're up and running in minutes, not afternoons.
How to pick your template in 30 seconds
- If your project has hard dates and dependencies (an event, a client deliverable): use the activity schedule template.
- If your work is a continuous flow of incoming tasks (support, design, content): use the kanban board.
- If you just want to bring order to your week — or your team's: use the weekly planner.
- If you need to align quarterly goals and measure progress: use the OKR template.
- If you're shipping something to the world (a product, a campaign): use product launch or marketing campaign — both come with the critical path already marked.
6 free project templates, ready to use
Every template is free, opens on Doku's free plan with no credit card, and works in list, kanban, or Gantt view — whichever you prefer. Pick yours:
Activity schedule
For anyone coordinating a project with firm dates: events, client deliverables, construction jobs. Includes planning, execution, and wrap-up phases, activities with start and end dates, one owner per activity, and mapped dependencies. Use it when order matters — if one task can't start until another finishes, this is your template.
Use template for freeKanban board
For teams with a continuous flow of work: support, design, content, operations. Includes to-do, in-progress, in-review, and done columns, with priority labels and an owner on every card. Use it when work arrives daily and what matters most is seeing at a glance what's stuck and who has too much on their plate.
Use template for freeWeekly planner
For you — or a small team — that wants to close the week without ghost to-dos. Includes a Monday-to-Friday view, priority blocks, an "if time allows" lane, and a Friday wrap-up review. Use it when your problem isn't one big project but the weekly avalanche of loose tasks.
Use template for freeQuarterly OKRs
For team leads who want quarterly goals to survive past the kickoff deck. Includes objectives with 3-4 measurable key results, initiatives tied to each result, and a biweekly review rhythm. Use it at the start of the quarter, while you can still choose your focus instead of reacting to everything.
Use template for freeProduct launch
For anyone taking a product or feature from idea to market. Includes definition, development, testing, marketing, and post-launch phases, with approval milestones on the critical path and cross-team coordination tasks. Use it when people from different teams all have to land on the same date together.
Use template for freeMarketing campaign
For marketing teams and agencies shipping campaigns every month. Includes 4 weeks from brief to report: strategy, design and copy in parallel, production, client approval, and media buy — with approval flagged as the bottleneck it always is. Use it when the launch date won't move and everything else has to bend around it.
Use template for freeNone of them fit? Describe it and Doku builds it
Templates cover the common cases, but your project might be different: an office move, a medical conference, opening a new location. That's where the third path comes in: tell Doku what you're doing, who's on your team, and when it's due — typed or out loud — and the AI generates the full project: tasks, dates, owners, and reminders. It's like getting a template custom-made for your exact case, in under 2 minutes. And the AI doesn't walk away afterward: it follows up, nudges on overdue items, and sends you a daily progress summary.
How to use a template in Doku
- Create your free account (no credit card) and pick the template closest to your project.
- Customize it: rename tasks, adjust dates, and assign one owner per activity — a person, not "the team".
- Invite your team and let reminders and the daily email summary do the follow-up for you.
Describe it out loud — Doku builds it
Rather skip the template altogether? Tell Doku what project you're working on and the AI creates the tasks, dates, and owners for you. Free, no credit card, in under 2 minutes.
Create my project for freeFrequently asked questions
Are these project management templates really free?
Yes. Every template in this gallery works on Doku's free plan, which includes unlimited tasks, one workspace, and list, kanban, and Gantt views. No credit card is required to start.
Can I customize a template after I use it?
Completely. The template is just the starting point: you can rename tasks, add or remove phases, change dates, and reassign owners. The initial structure kills the blank page — the project is still yours.
Which template should I pick if I've never used a project management tool?
Start with the weekly planner or the kanban board — they're the simplest and pay off on day one. Once you have a project with dates and dependencies, move up to the activity schedule template.
What's the difference between using a template and creating the project with AI?
A template gives you a proven generic structure that you adapt by hand. With Doku's AI you describe your specific case — typed or by voice — and get a project already tailored to it: concrete tasks, dates, and owners. For unusual projects, the AI is usually faster.
Do these templates work for non-technical teams?
Yes — they're designed exactly for that: marketing, operations, events, or admin teams that don't want to learn a complex tool. Doku requires no technical setup to get started, and it's fully available in English and Spanish.