It's a common challenge to find the right tools for forensic analysis, especially when you need to work offline. That's why I created this timeline generator. I wanted a VERY simple, offline solution that could visualise forensic artifacts and events without relying on a constant internet connection or having to run scripts. This is really just 3 files. Could it be one? Yeah, but let's not be so wild!
I'm not a JavaScript expert (not even a friend of JS), so I used AI to help me build this tool. I made sure I understood the JS code to the best of my abilities, so I am happy with it! It's designed to be a straightforward, effective tool that you can use on any offline workstation!
Feel free to suggest improvements!
- Auto-detection of CSV delimiters (comma/semicolon)
- Intelligent column mapping with auto-suggestions
- File validation
- Support up to 10MB, 10k rows
- Locally generated: No dependencies.
- Displays time in UTC only, local only, or both
- Sortable timelines
- Print-ready timeline exports into PDF files
- Event column (required): Event name/title
- Timestamp column (required): Date/time in any standard format
Optional columns:
- Description: Event details
- Location: Where the event occurred
- Any other columns: Will be displayed as additional information
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/thisislola/chroniq.git cd chroniqOr just click
Codeand thenDownload ZIP! The files you need are all underfiles. -
Open your browser and double click on the index.html and you are ready.
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Upload a CSV file and create your timeline!