Your timeline, organized.
v1.0.0A free timeline manager for tracking historical events, personal milestones, project phases, and everything in between.
Open TimeForwardCreate events with titles, dates, memos, and tags. Support for year-only dates to precise timestamps.
Group events with tags, link related events together, and set reference points for relative dating.
Search across your timeline with highlighted results. Export to JSON, CSV, or plain text format.
From year-only dates (1789) to exact timestamps with seconds. Perfect for both historical events and modern projects.
Set any event as a reference point and see how long before or after other events occurred. Great for historical context.
Create separate timelines for different purposes—work history, family tree, book timeline, historical research.
Link related events together to show connections and dependencies across your timeline.
Search across event titles, memos, and tags with automatic text highlighting to see exactly what matched.
Export to JSON (full data), CSV (spreadsheet), or plain text. Import from any format to get started quickly.
Optional Google Drive sync to back up your timelines and access them across devices.
Start immediately. No account needed. All data stored locally in your browser. Completely free.
Track events across centuries. Set key moments as reference points to understand temporal relationships.
Document your life story, career milestones, family history, or relationship timeline.
Track project phases, milestones, and deadlines. Link related tasks and see the big picture.
Plan your novel's timeline. Track character ages, plot events, and ensure chronological consistency.
Organize research timelines, thesis milestones, or study historical periods for papers and presentations.
Document company milestones, product launches, key decisions, and growth phases.
Most timeline tools force you into rigid date formats or overwhelming visual interfaces. TimeForward takes a different approach: clean, text-based organization with powerful features that stay out of your way until you need them.
Whether you're tracking events across millennia or planning next quarter's project milestones, TimeForward adapts to your needs. The flexible date precision means you can add "French Revolution (1789)" alongside "Product Launch (2024.03.15 14:30:00)" in the same timeline.
Every timeline is displayed as a clean list of event cards showing the date, title, memo, and tags. Sort by newest or oldest first. Filter by tags to focus on specific categories. Search across everything with automatic highlighting of matching terms.
The relative dating feature lets you set any event as a reference point. Other events then display how long before or after that reference they occurred—perfect for understanding historical context or project dependencies.
TimeForward stores all data locally in your browser. No account required, no server uploads, no data collection. You have complete control over your timeline information.
Export your timeline anytime in three formats: JSON for complete data preservation, CSV for spreadsheet analysis, or plain text for simple readability. Import from any format to migrate data or start with existing information.
Optional Google Drive integration provides cloud backup without requiring you to share data with our servers. Authenticate directly with Google, and your backups sync on your terms.
Create separate projects for different aspects of your life or work. Keep your family history separate from your work projects. Organize a book timeline independently from your personal milestones.
Switch between projects instantly. Each project maintains its own events, reference point, and tag system. Export and import individual projects or all your data at once.
TimeForward includes thoughtful features for actual timeline management: link related events together to show connections, set time-based or date-based sorting, filter by multiple tags, and use the powerful search with highlighted results to find exactly what you need.
The interface stays clean and minimal, but powerful features are available when you need them. Edit events inline, duplicate for similar entries, delete with confirmation, and organize with drag-free simplicity.
TimeForward is completely free with no premium tiers, subscription fees, or feature limitations. We built this tool because we needed it ourselves, and we're sharing it freely with anyone who finds it useful.
No ads, no tracking, no monetization scheme. Just a straightforward timeline manager that works the way it should.