Documentation

How-to guides for the stories people build with TimeStrands, plus guides for integrating with the tools you already use.

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How TimeStrands works

Why chronology matters, the problems ordinary timeline tools cannot solve, the vocabulary you need, and the path from a blank canvas to an embed.

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How-to guides

Start from a use case close to your own. Each guide opens with a real, published example you can explore.

The Ancient World History timeline with parallel civilization tracks

For educators

Teach world history with BCE dates

Build a deep-time classroom timeline that runs from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age without a single spreadsheet hack.

iPhone and Android release timelines shown as parallel tracks

For product managers

Compare product releases side by side

Put iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy launches on one competitive timeline, then swap in your own roadmap or changelog.

Movie franchise timelines arranged as one track per series

For fans & creators

Untangle franchises, prequels and spin-offs

One track per franchise, every release dated, and the in-universe order spelled out for readers.

A biographical timeline with a personal track and a world-history track

For study & faith

Trace a life against its world

Use circa dates, ranges and parallel tracks to place one life beside the history happening around it.

A CloudTrail event stream plotted on a millisecond-precision timeline

For cloud & security teams

Reconstruct an incident from a log stream

Drop CloudTrail records onto a timeline and zoom from the whole morning down to a millisecond-level burst of activity.

A manpower plan with one track per person and day-precise leave bars

For operations & HR

Plan manpower and leave

One lane per person, day-precise bars for assignments and time off, so coverage gaps show up before they bite.

A product launch runbook with development, billing and approval workstreams

For product teams

Run a whole product launch on one canvas

Development, code freeze, billing, permits and store approval on one timeline, so nothing blocks launch day by surprise.

A framework release support roadmap with per-version support windows

For developer relations

Publish a release support roadmap

Bug-fix windows, security-only tails, end-of-life dates and deprecations for every version line, in one embeddable chart.

The TimeStrands authoring canvas, where a copied or merged timeline lands as an editable draft

For remixers

Copy a track or merge two timelines

Pull a single lane, or a whole timeline, out of public work and into your own account, with attribution kept intact.

Developer docs