What we make
Seating Plan Generator is a free seating chart maker that runs in a web browser. It handles classrooms, weddings, events, bands and orchestras, with layouts, rules, locked seats, versions, and printouts on US Letter or A4. There are no paid tiers, no accounts and no premium templates.
Why it exists
Seating charts get remade constantly — every few weeks in a classroom, every time an RSVP changes before a wedding — and the usual tools are either too blunt (paper, spreadsheets) or ask for an account and your whole list. We wanted a tool that is quick, precise about what its rules mean, honest about its limits, and private by default.
Principles we hold ourselves to
- Your list stays with you. Names, rules and seats are saved in your browser. The editor runs on its own address with no advertising, analytics or third-party scripts.
- Rules mean exactly what they say. Every rule shows its definition, and a must-rule is never broken to make a plan “succeed.”
- No silent losses. Removing a table returns people to the list; restoring a backup never overwrites a chart unless you choose to.
- Honest claims only. We don’t publish invented user counts, reviews, endorsements or research findings, and we don’t promise outcomes.
- Free means free. Saving, printing and exporting are included for everyone. If advertising is ever shown, it will appear only on public reading pages — never in the editor or on anything you print.
Editorial team and how guides are written
The guides are written by the Seating Plan Generator Editorial Team — the people who build and test the tool. Each guide is checked against the current version of the editor, step by step, before it’s published, and updated when the tool changes. We cite outside sources for external facts (such as paper-size standards) and keep advice practical rather than prescriptive: teachers, couples, organizers and directors know their own rooms best.
Publication and update dates on each guide are real. We only change the “updated” date when the content changes meaningfully.
How the tool works, briefly
The public pages you’re reading are static web pages. The editor at app.seatingplangenerator.com is a separate web application that stores charts in your browser’s IndexedDB database and arranges seats with a deterministic, bounded search running on your device. Exports are generated from the same internal plan as the editor, so the chart, lists, name cards and spreadsheet always agree.
Get in touch
Questions, bug reports and suggestions are welcome on the contact page. Please don’t send class lists or guest lists — we don’t need them to help.