Timeline maker

Add your milestones with a date (a year, a month or a day, even before the common era) or simply in order. Give each one a title, a note, a source and a picture if you like. The timeline sorts itself, keeps milestones on the same day in the order you typed, and prints on A4 or Letter or saves as PNG and SVG.

  • Free
  • No sign-up
  • Runs in your browser

Milestones by

Dates: 2026, 2026-03 or 2026-03-15 (year first, so day and month never get mixed up), 500 BC or -500 for years before the common era. In "Sequence" mode this field is an optional label such as "Phase 1".

Everything stays on this device, pictures included. Nothing is uploaded or stored.

Your timeline

Drag to move, Ctrl + wheel or pinch to zoom.

Paper
A small line at the foot of the image and the printout. Untick to remove it: free, no account.

PDF: choose "Save as PDF" in the print window. Files and print always include every branch, also the collapsed ones.

Show where the project is going, not only where it has been

Publish the milestones and the next steps on one VISU Link page at visu.to/yourname, next to your links and updates, and change it whenever a new milestone arrives.

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Show where the project is going, not only where it has been

Publish the milestones and the next steps on one VISU Link page at visu.to/yourname, next to your links and updates, and change it whenever a new milestone arrives.

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How to use it

  1. Choose "Date" to place milestones by their dates, or "Sequence" to keep them in the order you type.
  2. Add a row per milestone: the date (2026, 2026-03 or 2026-03-15), a title, a short note, the source and a picture if you have one.
  3. Pick a horizontal or vertical timeline, even spacing or spacing by the time between dates, and a colour. Zoom and drag the preview to check every card.
  4. Print on A4 or Letter over 1, 2 or 4 sheets, save a PDF from the print window, download a PNG or SVG, or copy the timeline as text.

Examples

  • School project

    A history timeline with years before the common era (500 BC), a picture per milestone and the source under each card, printed on two sheets for the poster.

  • Company story

    The founding year, the first customer and the big launches, spaced by time so the quiet years show, for the "About us" page or an investor deck.

  • Project roadmap

    Sequence mode with "Phase 1", "Phase 2" and the next steps, to show a team or a client where the work is going.

Questions

Is it free and private?

Yes. The timeline is drawn in your browser and the pictures are read on your device. Nothing is uploaded or saved, and there is no account.

Which date formats work?

Year first: 2026, 2026-03 or 2026-03-15. Writing the year first means 03/04 can never be read as the wrong day or month. Years before the common era: 500 BC, 500 a.C. or -500. On the cards the dates are written the way your browser writes dates.

What if two milestones have the same date?

They stay in the order you typed them, side by side on the line, and the page tells you how many share a date.

What does "By time between dates" do?

It places milestones at distances that follow the real time between them, so a long gap looks long. Where two cards would cover each other they are moved apart just enough, and the page says how many moved.

Can I make a timeline without dates?

Yes. Choose "Sequence" and the milestones keep the order you type, with an optional label such as "Phase 1" or "Day 2".

How many milestones fit?

Up to 60. Long timelines print best on 2 or 4 sheets taped together; the page shows the size of the smallest text on paper before you print.

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