Guide
Get started
Two ways in: poke at a finished example, or build your own board in about five minutes.
Fastest way in: explore a real, finished board — no account needed.
Build your own
- Create a board. Give it a title and, if you like, a rough year range.
- Add a lane. Mark it protagonistor context, then add entries — type dates naturally:
1949,late 1973,c. 1976,2 Dec 1993or paste rows from a spreadsheet to fill several at once. - Drape in context. Add a preset lane from the library, or search Wikidata for a person or office to import live.
- Compare. Open the Compare tab to see everything on one scaled timeline — zoom, pan, and focus lanes.
Worth knowing
- Dates are fuzzy on purpose. A year, a decade, or “c. 1976” all render with an honest amount of softness — they’re not forced to a false precision.
- Lanes stay tellable-apart. Each lane keeps a distinct color and shape marker, so comparisons hold up in grayscale or for color-blind readers.
- You can share a read-only link. Publish a board as an unlisted link — anyone with it can view, no account required.
- Export any comparison. PNG, SVG, or the underlying JSON data — whatever you need for slides, docs, or remixing.
Stuck?
Email hello@stratatouille.com and we’ll help.