diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/timeline/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/timeline/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f4f83ce8e7a728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/timeline/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, python3
+, gettext
+, makeDesktopItem
+, copyDesktopItems
+}:
+
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "timeline";
+  version = "2.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/thetimelineproj/${pname}-${version}.zip";
+    sha256 = "1pa0whqci6c2p20xf7gbndrrpr1xg42ixhql595ibdd4p3l37v23";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3.pkgs.wrapPython copyDesktopItems ];
+
+  pythonPath = with python3.pkgs; [
+    wxPython_4_0 # not compatible with wxPython_4_1. reported upstream https://github.com/wxWidgets/Phoenix/issues/1956
+    humblewx
+    icalendar
+    markdown
+    pysvg-py3
+    pillow
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    gettext
+    python3.pkgs.mock
+  ];
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      desktopName = "Timeline";
+      name = "timeline";
+      comment = "Display and navigate information on a timeline";
+      icon = "timeline";
+      terminal = false;
+      exec = "timeline";
+      categories = "Office;Calendar;";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i "s|_ROOT =.*|_ROOT = \"$out/usr/share/timeline/\"|" source/timelinelib/config/paths.py
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    site_packages=$out/${python3.pkgs.python.sitePackages}
+    install -D -m755 source/timeline.py $out/bin/timeline
+    mkdir -p $site_packages
+    cp -r source/timelinelib $site_packages/
+
+    mkdir -p $out/usr/share/timeline/locale
+    cp -r icons $out/usr/share/timeline/
+    cp -r translations/ $out/usr/share/timeline/
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/{48x48,32x32,16x16}/apps
+    cp icons/48.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/timeline.png
+    cp icons/32.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/timeline.png
+    cp icons/16.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/timeline.png
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  # tests fail because they need an x server
+  # Unable to access the X Display, is $DISPLAY set properly?
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    ${python3.interpreter} tools/execute-specs.py
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "http://thetimelineproj.sourceforge.net/";
+    changelog = "http://thetimelineproj.sourceforge.net/changelog.html";
+    description = "Display and navigate information on a timeline";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3Only cc-by-sa-30 ];
+    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ davidak ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humblewx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humblewx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7fd0b0e8dd90df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humblewx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, wxPython_4_0
+, python3
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "humblewx";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "thetimelineproj";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0fv8gwlbcj000qq34inbwgxf0xgibs590dsyqnw0mmyb7f1iq210";
+  };
+
+  # timeline is not compatible with wxPython_4_1. reported upstream
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ wxPython_4_0 ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    for i in examples/*; do
+      ${python3.interpreter} $i
+    done
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  # Unable to access the X Display, is $DISPLAY set properly?
+  # would have to use nixos module tests, but it is not worth it
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "humblewx" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/thetimelineproj/humblewx";
+    description = "Library that simplifies creating user interfaces with wxPython";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ davidak ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysvg-py3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysvg-py3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6f9ba796132e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysvg-py3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pysvg-py3";
+  version = "0.2.2-post3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "alorence";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1slync0knpcjgl4xpym8w4249iy6vmrwbarpnbjzn9xca8g1h2f0";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    mkdir testoutput
+    ${python.interpreter} sample/tutorial.py
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pysvg" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alorence/pysvg-py3";
+    description = "Creating SVG with Python";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ davidak ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 90f07a70dbe25a..03cff6fde1537d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4141,6 +4141,8 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit Security;
   };
 
+  timeline = callPackage ../applications/office/timeline/default.nix { };
+
   tsm-client = callPackage ../tools/backup/tsm-client { jdk8 = null; };
   tsm-client-withGui = callPackage ../tools/backup/tsm-client { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ec7afc633ea4f1..2157b63dd4589d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3115,6 +3115,8 @@ in {
 
   humanize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/humanize { };
 
+  humblewx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/humblewx { };
+
   hupper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hupper { };
 
   hvac = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hvac { };
@@ -6168,6 +6170,8 @@ in {
 
   py_stringmatching = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py_stringmatching { };
 
+  pysvg-py3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysvg-py3 { };
+
   pysvn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysvn {
     inherit (pkgs) bash subversion apr aprutil expat neon openssl;
   };