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Life & fun · July 31, 2023

Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

I've been working on markwhen for a bit as a way to create timelines and calendars from plain text, like markdown. I personally like tools that let you immediately start using them, and I set out to do that here with markwhen. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!

Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines launched on July 31, 2023 with 327 votes, #82 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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Markwhen is a tool for creating timelines and calendars from plain text using a markdown-like syntax. It is designed for anyone who needs to visualize events or schedules without complex setup. The tool emphasizes immediate usability, letting users start building timelines right away by writing simple text rather than navigating complicated interfaces.

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