# Block timeline

> Each team's items and their status. Sample data: items across core, growth, platform and mobile squads, shipped, in progress, blocked and planned.

- Type 038 · Schedule and status
- Component: `<BlockTimeline>`, the same name as the Figma component
- Install: `npx shadcn add @chartory/block-timeline` (free in Hearth: the public registry, no token; Signal with Code and Complete)
- Type page: https://usechartory.com/charts/block-timeline

## Installation

1. **Set up the registry once.** This chart is free in Hearth and MIT licensed: no token. Add @chartory to components.json once (the URL alone, no headers), or skip this when another chart is already installed. [Installation guide](https://usechartory.com/docs/installation)

2. **Add the chart.** One command adds the Block timeline component to your project.

```bash
npx shadcn add @chartory/block-timeline
```

3. **Use it.** Pass your rows. The props are the Figma properties.

usage.tsx:

```tsx
import { BlockTimeline }
  from "@/components/chartory/block-timeline"

<BlockTimeline
  data={squadItems}
  size="m"
  legend
/>
```

## Props

### `<BlockTimeline>`

Every prop but data is a Figma property with the same name and values.

| Prop | Type | Default | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| data | BlockTimelineData | Required | The chart's data. The tables below list every field. |
| size | "xs" \| "s" \| "m" \| "l" | "m" | The size class. Each one is laid out again from the data. |
| legend | boolean | true | Shows the legend row under the plot. |

### BlockTimelineData

The data prop: one object for the whole chart.

| Prop | Type | Default | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| cols | BlockTimelineCol[] | Required | One entry per column. |

### BlockTimelineCol

One object per entry in cols.

| Prop | Type | Default | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| name | string | Required | The name shown on the chart. |
| blocks | [number, string, string, string?][] | Required | The blocks. |

## Block timeline: a React and Figma chart in four sizes

### What does a block timeline show?

A block timeline gives each team a column of blocks, one per item, with its status and days left. Blocked items stand out without dates on every block. Use it for roadmaps, squad plans and release tracking.

Chartory ships it as a Figma component and a React component with the same name. The code installs from the shadcn registry with one command and lands in your project as a file you own.

### What is the Block timeline component?

It is one **<BlockTimeline>** component. Its props are the Figma properties with the same names and values, and the props table above lists them. The data is items with a team, a status and days left.

Sizes **XS**, **S**, **M** and **L** re-lay the chart out from the data instead of scaling it, so labels stay readable at every size.

### When should I use it?

- **Is status more important than dates?** Yes means the block timeline fits.
- **Are there several teams?** Yes means the block timeline fits.
- **Is it items, not ownership health?** Yes means the block timeline fits.

### When does another type fit better?

- **Exact times per job.** Use Gantt instead.
- **One release tree.** Use Tree instead.
- **Owners and health per item.** Use Ownership matrix instead.

## Block timeline questions

### Does the Block timeline chart work with shadcn/ui?

Yes. It installs through the shadcn registry with the shadcn CLI, and the file lands in your project.

### How do I install it?

It is free in Hearth and MIT licensed: add the @chartory registry URL once, no token, then run npx shadcn add @chartory/block-timeline. The Installation guide has the steps.

### Can my coding agent install it?

Yes. Connect the Chartory MCP server and ask for the block timeline chart; the agent runs the same command and you review the diff.

### What data does it expect?

Items with a team, a status and days left. The sample data comes with the component, and the props table lists every field.

### Which sizes does it ship in?

XS, S, M and L, in Figma and in code. Each size is laid out again from the data, so text and lines keep their size.

### Is it in the Figma file too?

Yes. chart/038-block-timeline has the same properties as the component.

### Does it follow light and dark mode?

Yes. Every paint is a token, so the chart follows light and dark mode and the collection you pick.

### Which plan has the code?

None for Hearth: it is free in the public registry, no token. The Signal collection (@chartory/signal) comes with Code and Complete.