Your life, at a glance. A zoomable personal timeline for milestones, past and future. Runs entirely in your browser, with no account, no server, and no sync. Your data never leaves your device.

Part of the GLANCE family: focused, standalone apps connected through a shared intent protocol. See also dayGLANCE (today), lastGLANCE (recent upkeep), and lifeGLANCE (your whole timeline).

Use the hosted version at lifeglance.app, or self-host with Docker.

docker run -d \
  -p 8080:80 \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  ghcr.io/krelltunez/lifeglance:latest

Or with Docker Compose:

services:
  app:
    image: ghcr.io/krelltunez/lifeglance:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    restart: unless-stopped

Available at http://localhost:8080.

Requires Node 20+.

npm install
npm run dev

The dev server starts at http://localhost:5173.

npm run build   # outputs to /dist
npm run preview # serve the production build locally

The Docker image builds with Node 20 Alpine and serves the static output via nginx.

Timeline

• Smooth pan and zoom from individual weeks to multiple decades
• Past and future milestones on a single continuous axis
• Keyboard navigation between milestones and zoom levels
• Cluster badges for dense date ranges
• "Today" marker with date, day of week, and optional age display

Milestones

• Title, date (day / month / year precision), category, note, and URL
• Photo, audio, and video attachments stored as local blobs, with no base64 bloat
• Annual recurrence with configurable end year
• Inline delete confirmation, undo / redo history

Views & search

• All / Past / Future view modes
• Full-text search across titles and notes
• Stats panel and summary modal
• "On this day": milestones from this date in past years
• Minimap scrubbar for fast navigation

Import / export

• Import events from .ics calendar files
• Export timeline as a high-resolution PNG (2x, with branding watermark)
• JSON backup and restore

App

• Installable PWA, works fully offline after first load
• Ambient generative audio with mute toggle
• Adjustable text size
• Portrait-mode warning for mobile

All data is stored locally in your browser using IndexedDB. Nothing is sent to a server.

Media blobs are fetched lazily, only when you open a milestone detail or click play, so startup time stays fast regardless of how many attachments you have.

Backup: use Settings → save backup to export a JSON file of your milestone records. Audio and video attachments are not included in the JSON backup, so re-attach them after restoring if needed.

Storage limits vary by browser. Chrome and Firefox allow multiple GB. Safari on iOS is more restrictive and may evict data for origins not visited for 7+ days unless the app is installed to the home screen. The current usage and available quota are shown in the Help modal (?).

lifeGLANCE has no backend, no analytics, no accounts, and no network requests beyond loading the app itself and fetching the Courier Prime font (cached after first load). Your timeline data is yours alone.

Small fixes are welcome, and larger changes should start with an issue. See CONTRIBUTING.md for scope, expectations, and conventions.

MIT: free to use, self-host, modify, and distribute.

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