Timeline Creator
Keep your story chronology airtight
A free online timeline tool for fiction writers, worldbuilders, and historians. Arrange events across eras, catch continuity conflicts, and even use your world's own calendar.
Free · No signup required
What You Can Do with Timeline Creator
- Five Views — Switch between Gantt, Chronicle, Outline, Maps, and Calendar displays to see your story history from every angle.
- Tag & Filter Events — Label events by character, faction, location, or plotline, then filter to follow any single thread.
- Continuity Checking — Built-in checks flag chronological conflicts before they become plot holes in your manuscript.
- Fictional Calendars — Use real Gregorian dates or invent an entirely fictional calendar system for your world.
- Flexible Exports — Export timelines as JSON, Markdown, PNG, or JPG for story bibles, wikis, and shared notes.
- AI-Ready Output — Copy any timeline as Markdown and paste it into an AI assistant to brainstorm what happens next.
How It Works
- Lay down your events — Add key moments in your story or world history — battles, births, betrayals, anything.
- Tag and organize — Assign characters, factions, locations, and plotlines so every thread is easy to follow.
- Check and export — Let continuity checks catch conflicts, then export your timeline wherever you need it.
Free to Use, Right Now
- Every view and feature included — Gantt, Chronicle, Outline, Maps, and Calendar views
- Automatic browser saving with workspace backup
- Export as JSON, Markdown, PNG, or JPG anytime
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