Case chronology software

Build a case chronology where every dated fact carries its source, then sort, filter and export it as a table or a dated PDF. Private by default, down to minute precision.

A chronology is the first thing built in a case and the last thing trusted in it. What makes one usable is not the drawing — it is that every line has a date, a source, and nothing invented in between.

A fact, a date, and where it came from

Each event carries its own date — or a date range, for something that ran — and a source field for the document, statement or exhibit it came from. "Has a source" is one of the filters, so the gaps in a chronology are one click away rather than something found late.

The time horizon goes down to minutes and seconds. A case that turns on the order of four things inside one afternoon is kept at that scale; a case that runs over nine years is kept in years. The same events, drawn against whichever axis the question needs.

Sorting, filtering and handing it over

The Log style is the chronology as a table: one row per fact, sortable by date, narrowed by search, by tag, by category, by period, and by whether a source is attached. Filters carry through to export, so a chronology of only the events tagged "disclosure" is a filter and a button. Log and bulk import are on the Advanced plan.

Export writes three things: a print document designed for A4, with the date in its own gutter and no event split across two sheets; a CSV with one row per fact and every field; and a zip of the images with a manifest naming which fact each one belongs to.

Private unless you say otherwise

Every timeline is private to your account until you change it. There is no public listing to opt out of, and sharing produces a read-only link rather than a search result. The privacy policy sets out what is stored, where, and how it is deleted.

Boromlia is software, not advice. It stores what you put in it and shows it back in the order it happened; the review of the record stays yours.

Views worth leaving open

Log: The chronology as a sortable table — one row per fact, and the shape the CSV exports.

Spans: Periods and single events on one axis, for a case that turns on what overlapped.

Map: When where mattered: every located event as a waypoint on one route.

Questions

Can I import a chronology I already have?
Yes, on Advanced. A CSV or TSV becomes events: you match the columns to fields by hand, and every row is shown as the event it will become before anything is saved. The file a timeline exports is the file it reads back.
Is the data private?
Timelines are private by default and nothing is public until you choose. Sharing produces a read-only link, not a listing, and shared links are served with a noindex header so they stay out of search results.
Does it find or cite sources for me?
No. The source field holds whatever reference you type — a document name, an exhibit number, a URL. Nothing is looked up or generated, which for a chronology is the point.
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