# timelinize/timelinize

Store your data from all your accounts and devices in a single cohesive timeline on your own computer

Repository: https://github.com/timelinize/timelinize
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/timelinize
Homepage: https://timelinize.com
Language: Go
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: archival, data-archiving, data-import, timeline, self-hosted, family-history
Last push: 2026-05-22T04:13:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 52, longevity 53
- inputs: {"age_days": 752, "days_push": 103, "days_rel": 320, "gap_med": 5.5, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3636, forks 122 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:12.739074+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: file-system, data-science, search-engine, image-processing, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted, privacy, developer-tools, files, photography, social-media
- platform: windows, self-hosted, go
- tags: personal-archive, timeline, data-import, family-history, digital-legacy, data-ownership, local-first, data-engineering, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- timelinize/timelinize (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.739074+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:31:50.435197+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/timelinize/timelinize (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.739074+00:00, sha 1e41c144f063)
  - homepage: https://timelinize.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.328073+00:00, sha 90247f53dea0)
  - site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.337706+00:00, sha 1de0819a6308)
  - site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-preparation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.339526+00:00, sha 413283de201d)
  - site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/facebook (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.341142+00:00, sha 3c685c84e1ee)
  - site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/instagram (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.344050+00:00, sha 9531919cb294)
  - site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/x (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.346740+00:00, sha c4090dfee938)
  - site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/google-photos (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.348703+00:00, sha 4235d867a69a)
  - site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/apple-photos (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.350566+00:00, sha 30ea978be33f)
  - site_page: https://timelinize.com/docs/data-sources/apple-messages (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.352236+00:00, sha 04e155d563b0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.