Timelinize — Privately organize your own data from everywhere, locally. It was shared on Show HN in 2025 and received 630 upvotes on Hacker News. Timelinize unifies and organizes your digital life on your own computer. Most apps store your data "in the cloud" and out of your control . Timelinize isn't a replacement for the apps and services you already use, so you don't need to disrupt your way of life. The images below show a real timeline with personal data, so the application was configured to obfuscate images, names, some locations, and other personal information. A timeline showing: a multimedia message sent, GPS tracks on a map, a text message received, Twitter messages exchanged, and photos/videos taken. Map Visualize your data on a huge, beautiful map of the world that plots points when and where they happened, even for data that doesn't have coordinates (like text messages and emails). Because Timelinize is entity-aware, it can even map data points without coordinates, like this text message received while I was at the beach. Watch the progress of imports with live charts and tables showing a sample of what is being imported. Pictures come alive with motion Timelinize supports playing "live photos" (or "motion photos") for photos taken on Apple, Google, and Samsung devices. If a geolocated point is known for an entity around the same time of others of that entity's data points, it will appear on the map. This message from social media has no geocoordinates, but we can still see it on the map when and where it was received. Make your map pop Customize the map to change its theme, layers, and even make it 3D. A 3D map with the satellite layer really brings this hike to life and makes it much easier to appreciate.