Preceden is a versatile and intuitive web-based timeline maker designed to help individuals and organizations create, customize, and share impressive visual timelines. Since its launch in 2010, it has assisted over 700,000 users across a wide variety of use cases, including project management, legal cases, class projects, research, fiction writing, and strategic planning. The platform offers flexibility by allowing users to generate timelines with an integrated AI tool, particularly effective for well-known historical events, or to build them from scratch for more specific or custom needs. Beyond creation, Preceden provides robust sharing and export capabilities, enabling users to distribute their timelines via a shareable link, PDF, image, HTML embed, PowerPoint export, spreadsheet, or presentation mode. For power users, it includes advanced features such as dependencies, percent complete tracking, milestones, bulk editing, and pre-designed timeline templates, ensuring the creation of professional-grade timelines, roadmaps, or Gantt charts. The software aims to simplify complex project visualization and communication, making it a valuable tool for diverse professional and personal applications.

Features & Benefits

• AI Generation
  • Generate timelines automatically using an integrated AI tool, ideal for historical events or as inspiration.
• Manual Creation
  • Build timelines from scratch with full control over every detail.
• Drag and Drop Interface
  • Effortlessly reposition events in seconds to adjust timeline organization.
• Zoom Functionality
  • View all events at once or zoom in to focus on a specific date range.
• Connections
  • Visually tie key events together on the timeline.
• Bulk Editor
  • Add multiple events quickly using a dedicated bulk editing tool.
• Time Support
  • Specify specific start and end times for events, enabling more granular timelines.
• Privacy Controls
  • Control who can see your timeline by making it public, private, password-protected, or accessible via a secret URL.
• Image Integration
  • Upload images or search the web for creative commons photos to display on timelines.
• Themes
  • Choose from various themes to customize the appearance of timelines.
• Approximate Dates
  • Mark event dates as approximate to signal when the exact date is unknown.
• Search & Filter
  • Filter events within the timeline using a built-in search tool.
• Optional End Dates
  • Visualize events as a bar (for events with an end date) or as an icon (for events without an end date).
• Icons
  • Choose from over 4,600 icons to better convey what events represent.
• Notes
  • Add additional details by adding notes about events, layers, and the timeline itself.
• BC Dates Support
  • Create timelines that take place in the future, present, or distant past.
• Date Picker
  • Use a date picker to quickly select a date or type it in for greater control over the format.
• Advanced Project Management Features
  • Includes dependencies, percent complete tracking, milestones, and timeline templates for professional project planning.
• Export & Sharing Options
  • Share and export timelines in various formats including link, PDF, image, HTML embed, PowerPoint, spreadsheet, and presentation mode.