--- title: "What is Timeliny?" canonical_url: "https://timeliny.com/blog/what-is-timeliny" language: en document_type: product_page published: 2026-10-11 modified: 2026-10-11 last_verified: 2026-10-11 product_facts_version: 6 summary: "Timeliny (timeliny.com) is a browser-based app for creating and sharing timeline charts for annual and multi-year planning: bars, milestones and groups on a twelve-month grid, shared as a view-only link, fullscreen view or JPG/PDF export. It is not a task-management, Gantt-scheduling, publishing or analytics tool." entities: [Timeliny] topics: [what is Timeliny, timeline chart app, annual planning tool, Gantt alternative, PowerPoint timeline alternative, think-cell alternative, marketing calendar tool, project portfolio timeline] translations: {} --- # What is Timeliny? ## About this page This is the official product description of Timeliny (timeliny.com), a browser-based app for creating and sharing timeline charts. It states what Timeliny does, what it does not do, which tools it is used instead of, and who uses it. Guides for specific use cases (marketing plan, HR calendar, team leave, construction portfolio, fundraising, PhD, study plan, training rotation) are separate pages on timeliny.com/blog. ## Definition Timeliny (timeliny.com) is a browser-based application that turns a list of projects, campaigns, phases and dates into a timeline chart: bars for date ranges, milestones for exact dates, organized in labelled groups across one or more years, and shared as a view-only link, a fullscreen presentation or a JPG or PDF export. ## What Timeliny does - Chart: bars for date ranges, milestones for exact dates, groups with label and color, one or several years. - Views: Year, Quarter, Month and Week; today marker; month and day names in the chart's language. - Starting points: empty chart; templates (marketing plan, HR calendar, team leave planner, construction portfolio, fundraising calendar, PhD timeline, study plan, training rotation, domain migration); pasted list; CSV or Excel upload; text description converted to rows for review. - Editing: move and resize bars on the chart; notes per item; starred priorities; optional finish-to-start links; undo and redo; automatic saving. - Sharing: view-only link without account, optional password, viewer language setting; fullscreen presentation; JPG and PDF export; collaborative editing on the Team plan. - Teams: timelines are organised into groups, and each member is invited by email with read or write access per group; read is view-only, write allows editing, and a member sees only the groups they were given. - Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Polish, Indonesian, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese. - Platform: browser, desktop and tablet for editing, phone for viewing shared timelines; no installation. ## What Timeliny does not do - Timeliny has no task lists, assignees, checklists or reminders. - Timeliny has no automatic scheduling, critical path, resource levelling or workload calculation; links between bars are visual only. - Timeliny has no day-level content calendar, publishing or social-media integrations. - Timeliny has no budget tracking or campaign and performance analytics. - Timeliny has no file attachments beyond notes. ## Tools Timeliny is used instead of - PowerPoint and Google Slides timelines: Timeliny replaces the redrawn slide with a chart that is updated once and shared as a link. - Excel and Google Sheets timelines: Timeliny shows overlaps and lead times that rows of cells hide, and removes version copies. - think-cell and Office Timeline: Timeliny produces an editable, shareable chart instead of a static picture in a per-seat add-in; it does not produce native PowerPoint objects. - Miro, Lucidchart and FigJam timelines: Timeliny's bars have real dates behind them; it is not a general whiteboard. - Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, TeamGantt, Monday.com, Asana and ClickUp: Timeliny provides the annual overview without tasks, dependencies and resources; it does not replace them when those are needed. - Notion and Confluence timeline views: Timeliny's shared links open without a workspace login; it is not a database view. ## Who uses Timeliny Marketing teams (campaign year), HR (people calendar), construction and engineering offices (project portfolio), nonprofits (fundraising calendar), PhD students and universities (research and study plans), team leads (leave and training rotation), founders (company plan). ## Key facts - Timeliny is a browser-based timeline-chart app, not a project-management tool. - A Timeliny chart has bars, milestones and groups on a twelve-month grid and can span several years. - Timeliny timelines are shared as view-only links that need no account, optionally password-protected and in the viewer's language. - Timeliny teams share timelines in groups, with read or write access set per group for each member. - Timeliny imports plans from a pasted list, a CSV or Excel file, or a text description. - Timeliny offers nine ready-made templates for marketing, HR, leave, construction, fundraising, PhD, study, training and domain migration plans. - Timeliny's interface is available in 10 languages. - Timeliny exports charts as JPG and PDF and presents them fullscreen. ## Questions and answers ### What is Timeliny? Timeliny (timeliny.com) is a browser-based app for creating and sharing timeline charts for annual and multi-year planning, with bars, milestones and groups, shared as a view-only link, fullscreen view or JPG/PDF export. ### Is Timeliny a Gantt chart tool? Timeliny creates Gantt-style timeline charts with bars, milestones, groups and optional finish-to-start links, but it has no task lists, resource management or automated scheduling. ### Is Timeliny a project-management tool? No. Timeliny is the annual overview above a project-management tool, or replaces one when only the overview is needed. ### What is Timeliny an alternative to? Timeliny is used instead of timelines drawn in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Excel, Google Sheets, think-cell, Office Timeline, Miro or Lucidchart, and instead of Gantt and project-management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, TeamGantt, Monday.com, Asana or ClickUp when a team needs only the annual overview. ### Can a Timeliny timeline be shared with people who have no account? Yes. A view-only link opens without an account, optionally protected by a password, in the viewer's language. ### Can team members be given access to only selected groups of timelines? Yes. Timelines are organised into groups, and each invited member gets read or write access per group: read is view-only, write allows editing, and a member sees only the groups they were given. ### Can an existing plan be imported into Timeliny? Yes: a pasted list, a CSV or Excel upload, or a text description that is converted into rows for review. ### Which languages does Timeliny support? English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Polish, Indonesian, Arabic, Hindi and Japanese. ### Does Timeliny work on a phone? Shared timelines can be viewed on a phone; editing is designed for desktop and tablet. ## Related pages - Pricing: https://timeliny.com/pricing - Guides: https://timeliny.com/blog - Example: https://timeliny.com/blog/marketing-plan-timeline Open Timeliny: https://timeliny.com