Storyline CMS turns research, primary sources, and historical events into a living interactive timeline — one your students, readers, or collaborators can explore at their own pace, on any device.
No credit card required · Free during beta · Your data is yours
Not a slideshow. Not a spreadsheet. A living timeline that organises, connects, and presents your research in a way people actually want to explore.
Navigate decades or drill into individual months. Era bands shift as you scroll, giving each period its own visual identity and historical context.
Attach photographs, documents, PDFs, audio recordings, and video to any event. Your sources live where they belong — right beside the moment they illuminate.
Plot individuals across the timeline and watch their lives intersect. Ideal for biographical research, genealogy, or tracking figures across a historical period.
One link — no login required to view. Deep links let you point collaborators or students directly to a specific event or source document.
Search across every title, description, date, location, and source note. Find connections across your research that a spreadsheet would never surface.
Download a fully self-contained archive of your timeline at any time — works offline, forever, with no account needed to open it.
No technical experience needed. If you can fill out a form, you can build a timeline worth sharing.
Add events, upload primary sources, and write your analysis. A guided tutorial walks you through every feature from day one.
Define eras, track key figures across time, and mark turning points. The visual structure does half the explanatory work for you.
One link reaches anyone — students, readers, colleagues. They explore at their own pace on any device, no account needed.
Build interactive timelines for history, biography, or literature units. Students navigate primary sources themselves instead of reading a summary — and the understanding sticks.
Stop burying your findings in appendices. A Storyline timeline makes complex chronologies immediately navigable — for peer review, public outreach, or grant presentations.
Connect documents, photographs, and oral histories to the exact moments they belong to. Make an archive that people actually want to spend time in.
Join the private beta and start building interactive timelines today. Free for all beta users.