timelinize/timelinize
Store your data from all your accounts and devices in a single cohesive timeline on your own computer observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 52
- Longevity 53
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5.5
- age_days: 752
- days_rel: 320
- days_push: 103
- n_releases_24m: 25
Adoption not part of the score
3636 stars · 122 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Timelinize is an open-source personal archival suite that imports photos, videos, messages, location history, social media, and contacts from many sources into a single unified timeline stored on your own computer. It is a self-hosted desktop application with a web UI, written in Go, designed for long-term data ownership and family history.
Use cases
- archive all my photos, messages, and location history in one local timeline
- import Google Photos and Facebook exports into a personal archive
- back up iMessage and text message history on my own computer
- get my data out of big tech clouds and own it forever
- build a family history archive from social media and photos
- unify GPS tracks, contacts, and social posts into one searchable timeline
When to choose
- you want a private, self-hosted archive of your digital life across many data sources
- you need to import official exports like Google Takeout, Facebook, Instagram, X, or Apple Photos libraries
- you care about data ownership and long-term preservation over cloud convenience
When to avoid
- you need stable, backwards-compatible storage - it is alpha software and upgrades may require resetting timelines
- you want cloud sync or multi-device access out of the box
- you need E2E-encrypted message history, which exports cannot include
Facets
application · maturity experimental
file-system data-science search-engine image-processing developer-tools self-hosted privacy developer-tools files photography social-media windows self-hosted go personal-archive timeline data-import family-history digital-legacy data-ownership local-first data-engineering macos linux desktop
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/timelinize/timelinize · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1e41c144f063
- homepage: https://timelinize.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 90247f53dea0
- site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1de0819a6308
- site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-preparation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 413283de201d
- site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/facebook · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3c685c84e1ee
- site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/instagram · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9531919cb294
- site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/x · fetched 2026-08-29 · c4090dfee938
- site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/google-photos · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4235d867a69a
- site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/apple-photos · fetched 2026-08-29 · 30ea978be33f
- site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/apple-messages · fetched 2026-08-29 · 04e155d563b0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| timelinize/timelinize | main | 66 |
For agents
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