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No subscription, no trial period, no feature lockout, no per-student charges. Download once, install, use forever. Built by Timeline Digital as a free tool for schools.
Manage students, fees, staff & exams on any Windows 10 PC. No internet, no subscription.
Download Timeline School Manager. A complete free offline school management software for Windows 10. Handle admissions, classes, subjects, fees, exams, staff payroll, and accounts on a single Windows PC, with zero internet required. No per-student charges, no monthly fees, no feature lockout. Installs in under a minute on any Windows 10 computer.

Free offline school management software for Windows 10 is a desktop application that runs entirely on a Windows 10 PC to handle a school’s day-to-day operations. Student records, admissions, classes, subjects, fees, staff, payroll, exams, and accounts. With no internet connection required and no subscription fee. Timeline School Manager is the most complete free option, built by Timeline Digital, a 13-year software company, and released as a lifetime-free resource for schools worldwide.
Most school management software sold today is cloud-based SaaS that charges $3–$10 per student per month and fails the moment your internet drops. For schools with unreliable connectivity, load-shedding issues, or tight budgets, a free offline solution on Windows 10 is a better fit. You install once, your data stays on your PC, and the system keeps running regardless of network conditions.
Seven complete modules covering every part of running a school. No paid tier, no upgrade prompts, no feature caps.
See total students, pending fees, staff attendance, and today's activity on one screen. No reports to run, no filters to configure. Open the software and you have today's picture.

Add, edit, and organise every student record. Personal details, parent contacts, admission date, class, section, roll number, fees status, and academic history. Works for 10 students or 5,000.

Create classes, sections, rooms, and capacity limits. Assign class teachers, subjects, and timetables. The structure your school already uses, mirrored in software.

Manage subjects per class, assign teachers, track marks and grades. Exam records, report cards, and parent-ready PDFs. All generated locally with zero internet required.

Fee plans, monthly billing, one-off charges, discounts, waivers, installments, and arrears. All tracked per student. Generate printable receipts, track outstanding balances, and never chase a payment twice.

Teacher and staff records, attendance, salaries, leaves, and payroll. Generate monthly salary slips, track leave balances, and keep an audit trail your accountant can actually use.

Income, expense, and daily cash-book entries. Export reports to PDF or Excel. Share with auditors, board members, and owners without rebuilding the numbers in a spreadsheet.

Click the button below to download the Windows setup file. About 105 MB. Run the installer, follow the wizard, and start running your school in minutes. No registration, no credit card, no internet required after the download completes.
Click the "Download Free" button below. The file "Timeline School Manager Setup 2.4.0.exe" (about 105 MB) will start downloading to your Windows 10 PC.
Double-click the downloaded .exe file. If Windows SmartScreen shows a warning, click "More info" then "Run anyway". The installer is safe and signed by Timeline Digital.
Click "Next" through the setup screens. Choose the default install location or pick your own. Installation completes in under a minute on most Windows 10 computers.
Open Timeline School Manager from your desktop shortcut or Start menu. Go to Settings first, add your school name and logo, then start adding classes, students, and fee plans.
File name: Timeline School Manager Setup 2.4.0.exe
Size: ~105 MB
Platform: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
Price: Free for lifetime
Version: 2.4.0
Having trouble installing? Message us on WhatsApp or email info@timelinedigi.com
Six reasons schools choose Timeline School Manager over cloud-based SaaS options.
No subscription, no trial period, no feature lockout, no per-student charges. Download once, install, use forever. Built by Timeline Digital as a free tool for schools.
Designed for Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. Internet goes down, load-shedding hits. Your school operations keep running. Every feature works without a network.
No cloud upload, no third-party servers, no data export. Student records, fees, staff data. All stored locally on your PC. Private by default.
Download a single Windows setup file (.exe), double-click, follow the wizard. Installs in under a minute on any Windows 10 PC. No database setup, no server config.
Add as many students, teachers, classes, subjects, and fee plans as your school needs. No caps, no tier upgrades. Scales from a small tuition centre to a 5,000-student school.
Built for school administrators, not IT experts. Clean menus, plain-English labels, no technical jargon. A new staff member can use it within an hour.
Built for any education organisation that needs a simple, offline, free tool. Without the cost or complexity of cloud SaaS.
Small and mid-size private schools, K-12 institutes, and English-medium schools that need complete offline control over admissions, fees, and staff payroll.
Academies running classes in mathematics, science, languages, or test prep. Track students, batches, fees, and teacher payouts on a single Windows PC.
Madrasas, Sunday schools, community education centres. Simple, offline, free. Perfect for organisations running on donations with no IT budget.
Vocational training centres, IT institutes, and professional certification schools. Manage course batches, fees, certificates, and trainer payroll.
Early-years schools, kindergartens, and daycare centres. Manage parent contacts, attendance, monthly fees, and teacher records without a cloud subscription.
Rural schools, load-shedding-affected areas, or any location where cloud-based SaaS school software fails half the day. Offline means always on.
Two different models for school management software. Here is how they compare for the average small-to-mid-size school.
| Factor | Cloud SaaS (Classter, Fedena, etc.) | Timeline School Manager (Windows 10 Offline) |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $3–$10 per student / month | Free forever |
| Internet required | Yes. Always | No. Works offline |
| Data location | Vendor cloud | Your Windows 10 PC |
| Setup time | 2–4 weeks (onboarding + training) | Under 1 minute |
| Per-student cap | Yes (tier upgrade fees) | No. Unlimited students |
| Uptime during outage | Fails | Keeps running |
| Long-term cost (500 students × 5 yrs) | $45,000+ | $0 |
| Customisation | Limited to vendor roadmap | Custom builds available from Timeline Digital |
Timeline Digital is a custom software development company with 13+ years in business, 85+ engineers, and 200+ enterprise clients across the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany and UAE. We ship free tools. This school management software, a free POS system, and a free labor management system. As resources for schools and businesses worldwide.
If your school outgrows this free Windows 10 version and needs cloud sync across branches, parent mobile apps, SMS notifications, biometric attendance, or industry-specific customisation, our team can build a tailored version on top of the same workflows you already know. Talk to us for a free consultation.
Straight answers to the questions schools ask before downloading.
Yes. Timeline School Manager is 100% free for Windows 10 and Windows 11. No subscription, no trial period, no per-student charges, no hidden fees. Download the .exe setup, install on your Windows 10 PC, and use every feature forever. Timeline Digital ships this as a free resource for schools worldwide.
Yes. The software is a native Windows desktop application. Every feature. Students, classes, fees, exams, payroll, reports. Works with zero internet connection. Your data is stored locally on your PC, not in the cloud, so the software keeps running during internet outages, load-shedding, or network downtime.
Windows 10 (all editions. Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education) and Windows 11. Minimum requirements: 4 GB RAM, 500 MB free disk space, 64-bit Windows. Also runs on Windows Server 2016 and later. Mac and Linux versions are on the roadmap.
Click the "Download Free" button on this page. Your browser will download a single setup file named "Timeline School Manager Setup 2.4.0.exe" (about 105 MB). Once downloaded, double-click it, follow the Windows installer wizard, and launch from the desktop shortcut. Installation takes less than a minute.
Yes. There is no licence limit. You can install Timeline School Manager on as many Windows 10 computers as your school uses. Office PC, principal's laptop, accountant's machine. Each installation runs independently with its own local data. For synchronised multi-PC operation, Timeline Digital can build a cloud-connected custom version.
Yes. All student records, fees data, staff records, and accounts entries are stored locally on your Windows 10 PC. Never uploaded to any cloud service. The installer is signed by Timeline Digital and verified malware-free. For extra safety, take a weekly backup of your data folder to an external drive or a USB stick.
No limit. Schools using Timeline School Manager on Windows 10 manage anywhere from 50 students to 5,000+. Performance stays smooth at all sizes on a standard Windows 10 PC with 4 GB RAM.
Every feature is free. The Windows 10 download includes: dashboard, student management, classes and sections, subjects and academics, exam and marks records, fees collection and receivables, staff records, payroll, accounts and cash book, printable receipts and reports, and school settings. No paid tier, no feature lockout.
Yes. If you need custom features. SMS parent notifications, biometric attendance integration, cloud sync across branches, online fee collection, or a parent mobile app. Timeline Digital can build a tailored version. The free Windows 10 offline version is the starting point; custom builds start from a free consultation call.
Yes. Email info@timelinedigi.com or message us on WhatsApp at +92 344 9310484. We respond within 24 hours and help with installation, configuration, data import, and usage questions at no charge. Most Windows 10 installation issues are resolved in one reply.
Yes. Timeline Digital ships regular free updates with new features, bug fixes, and Windows compatibility improvements. Updates are available from this same page. Download the new setup and run it over the existing install to upgrade without losing data.
Cloud-based school software (Classter, Fedena, Edumarshal) requires internet, charges monthly fees of $3–$10 per student, and stores your data on the vendor's servers. Timeline School Manager for Windows 10 is the opposite: offline, free forever, zero per-student charges, and your data stays on your own PC. Better for schools with limited IT budget or unreliable internet.
Join thousands of schools running Timeline School Manager on Windows 10. Students, fees, staff, exams, payroll, accounts. All on one PC, all free, all offline.
Need a custom cloud-connected or multi-branch school system? Talk to Timeline Digital.