Can I keep two families apart?

Yes. Add a keep-apart rule between two parties and auto-seat will never put them at the same table. If you seat them together by hand, a visible warning appears.

Does it work without internet?

The free page needs a connection to load. The offline pack is a folder you keep: open it in a current browser and it works with no internet, no account and up to 5000 guests per chart.

Seating Chart Maker

The seating chart, without the sticky notes.

Q: Is anything uploaded?

No. The seating chart is made inside your browser tab. Guest names, parties and dietary notes are never sent anywhere.

Q: What does the free version limit?

The free page seats up to 40 guests and adds a small free-version line to each PDF page. The one-time offline pack supports up to 5000 guests and 500 tables per chart, with no watermark.

Q: Does it work on a phone or tablet?

Yes. Guests can be dragged with a finger, or tap a guest to select and tap a table to place them.

Q: What alphabets are supported?

basic Latin and many Western European accents, including accented characters like é, ü, ñ. Other scripts (Hebrew, Arabic, CJK and others) cannot be printed - the tool names the affected rows and stops rather than dropping characters silently.

Import the guest list, set your tables, drag guests into seats or let auto-seat place everyone with keep-together and keep-apart rules. Then print the chart, the table cards and the place cards. Everything happens in your browser, so the guest list never leaves your computer.

Drag and drop, touch-friendlyKeep-together + keep-apart rulesChart + table cards + place cards PDFsSave and reload your workLetter + A4

1. Your guest list

One guest per line: Name, Party, Dietary. Only the name is required. A header row is detected automatically. A party is a family, a friend group, a table-mate group - guests in the same party are seated together when a table fits them.

Upload CSV

2. Tables

Table label (optional)

Shape

Seats per table

How many

Example: 8 round tables of 8 seats is one click. Remove single tables on the chart below.

3. Keep-apart rules

Guests in the same party are kept together automatically. Here you mark the pairs that must NOT share a table.

4. The chart

Load saved chart

Unseated

5. Print

Event name (printed on the PDFs)

Date line (optional)

Paper

Font

Chart: visual layout plus an A-Z guest list. Table cards: one table per half page, two per sheet. Place cards: four fold-over cards per sheet, name on both sides.

Free version: up to 40 guests, with a small free-version line on the PDFs. The offline pack (in preparation) removes both for a one-time price - Email us to hear when it is ready.

Three steps, no account

1Import the list

Paste from Excel, Google Sheets or your RSVP tool - one guest per line, name, party, dietary. Or upload the CSV.

2Seat everyone

Drag guests onto tables with a mouse or a finger, or auto-seat with your keep-apart rules. Overfull tables and unseated guests are flagged live.

3Print the set

One click each for the wall chart with A-Z guest lookup, the table cards and the fold-over place cards.

Private by design

A guest list is personal data - family politics included. It never leaves this page: no upload step, no login, no server. Save your work to a .json file on your own computer and close the tab; nothing remains here.

Honest limits

Free: up to 40 guests, PDFs carry a small free-version line. Built-in fonts print basic Latin and many Western European accents (including accented characters like é, ü, ñ); other scripts stop the export with the affected rows named, never silently dropped. Up to 5000 guests and 500 tables per chart in the offline pack. Name200characters, party/dietary120characters each. Long names shrink or wrap; if one still does not fit, it is shortened with an ellipsis and the change is listed. Print at 100% actual size and test one sheet first.

Offline pack

Unlimited guests. Works offline.

The free page seats up to 40 guests and marks the PDFs. The pack removes both for good.
One folder you keep. Open index.html in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari. No install, no account, no internet needed.
Same private tool: the guest list never leaves your computer - it cannot, there is no server.
One-time price covers every event you ever plan. Per-event tools charge $9-30 each time.

$29

One-time price.

Offline pack - in preparation

Not on sale yet. Email us and we will tell you when the pack is ready.

Straight answers

Is anything uploaded?

No. The chart is made inside your browser tab. Guest names, parties and dietary notes are never sent anywhere. Save and load use a file on your own computer.

How do the seating rules work?

Guests who share a party name are kept together whenever a table has room for the whole party. Keep-apart rules mark two parties that must not share a table. Auto-seat respects both, and tells you when it cannot: a party that fits nowhere whole is split, with a visible warning, and guests who cannot be seated stay in the unseated area, also with a warning.

What list format does it understand?

One guest per line, comma or tab separated: Name, Party, Dietary. Only the name is required. A header row is detected and skipped. Download the CSV template if you want a starting point.

Can I fix things by hand after auto-seat?

Yes - that is the normal workflow. Auto-seat first, then drag the few people you want to move. Every manual move is checked live: overfull tables turn red, and keep-apart violations and unseated guests are listed as warnings. Undo steps back through your last changes.

Does it work on a phone or tablet?

Yes. Drag with a finger, or tap a guest to select them and tap a table to place them. The chart reflows to one column on narrow screens.

Can it print names in any language?

The built-in PDF fonts cover basic Latin and many Western European accents (including accented characters like é, ü, ñ). Names in other scripts (Hebrew, Arabic, CJK and others) cannot be printed - the tool names the affected rows and stops rather than dropping characters silently.

What does the free version limit?

Up to 40 guests and a small free-version line on each PDF page. The offline pack removes both, for unlimited events.

What paper does it print on?

US Letter or A4. Place cards print four to a sheet and fold in half along the dashed line. Table cards print two to a sheet. Print at 100% actual size and test one sheet first.