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Seating chart maker
Paste your class or guest list straight from a spreadsheet, or import a CSV, then pick a layout and let it arrange the room. Keep certain people apart or together, move anyone by hand, then print, save a PDF, or download a PNG. Weddings also get the paperwork for the day: a Find Your Seat poster, place cards, and meal counts. No signup, no watermark.
This tool is for the adults who run the activity. Names stay in this browser and are never sent to us.
Live chart
Add names on the left to see your seating chart here. Try “Sample class (24)”.
Step one · add your list
0 peopleOne name per line, or paste straight from a spreadsheet. Names are processed in your browser and never uploaded; saved rosters live on this device, so clearing your browser data removes them.
Step two · pick a layout
Classic classroom rows facing the boardExtras · rules and style
Keep-together sits people at the same table (or side-by-side in rows). Keep-apart does the opposite.
Step three · print your chart
The same link recreates this exact set on any device. Your list travels inside the link, never our servers, so anyone you send it to can see what is in it.
No signup · No watermark · Free forever
Add at least 2 names above to build a chart.
Print pack
The paperwork for the day, from this same arrangement. Free, no watermark.
Meal counts need a meal column. Import a CSV with one and the sheet turns on, and the meal prints on each place card too.
Built for classrooms and celebrations
Teachers use rows, pairs and pods to mix up a class or separate a chatty duo. Wedding and event hosts use round banquet tables to seat guests by group. The same tool does both, pick the layout that fits your room.
Privacy is the point
Student and guest names are sensitive, so we built this with no server and no account. Every name you type stays in your browser and is never uploaded to PaperCarnival, and this page loads no advertising script; the only outside script here is our host's cookieless visit counter. Saved rosters and charts are stored locally on your device, which also means clearing your browser data removes them, so back them up to a file any time.
Rules that actually help
Set keep-apart, keep-together, front-row and fix-to-seat rules and the arranger works to satisfy them all. If a set of rules is impossible, say, more front-row requests than front-row seats, it tells you plainly instead of quietly ignoring one.