Create a Countdown. Share the Link. That's It.
T-Minus is a free shareable countdown timer. Pick a date, get a link, send it to anyone — no sign-up, no app to install. The countdown lives inside the link itself, so it's private by design.
Make your countdown
Send this link to anyone — chat apps, email, social media. Whoever opens it sees a live countdown to the same moment.
How it works
Three steps. Thirty seconds. Zero accounts.
Name your countdown
Give it a title — your wedding, a product launch, exam day, a friend's birthday. Anything you're looking forward to.
Pick a date & time
Choose the exact moment. T-Minus converts it to a universal timestamp, so everyone counts down to the same instant no matter their time zone.
Share the link
Copy the generated link and send it anywhere — messages, email, social media. Anyone who opens it sees a live, ticking countdown.
What people use it for
One simple tool, endless occasions.
💒 Weddings & events
Share a beautiful countdown with guests. Put the link on invitations or your event page and build excitement together.
🚀 Product launches
Drop a countdown link in your announcement post. Followers watch the seconds tick down to launch moment — wherever they are in the world.
🎂 Birthdays
Turn on "repeat every year" and your birthday countdown renews itself automatically. Share it once, enjoy it forever.
📚 Exams & deadlines
Study groups share one link and stay motivated together. Nothing focuses the mind like watching the days disappear.
Why T-Minus
Built to be the simplest countdown tool on the internet.
🔒 Private by design
Your countdown's title and date are encoded directly into the link. Our servers never see or store them — there is nothing to leak.
🌍 Time-zone correct
A date with a time counts down to one exact global moment. An all-day date counts down to midnight in each viewer's own time zone.
🔁 Yearly repeat
Birthdays and holidays roll over automatically, so old links keep working year after year.
🎨 Themes
Five hand-tuned themes — from forest to neon — so your countdown matches the occasion.
📱 Works everywhere
Runs in any modern browser on phone or desktop. Add it to your home screen for one-tap access.
⚡ Free forever
No accounts, no paywalls, no limits on how many countdowns you create.
Frequently asked questions
Is T-Minus free?
Yes. Creating and sharing countdowns is completely free, with no account required and no limits.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. Everything happens in your browser. Pick a title and a date, get a link, share it — that's the whole process.
How does a shareable countdown link work?
The countdown's title, date and settings are encoded into the link itself, in the part of the URL after the # symbol. Browsers never send that part to any server, so when someone opens your link, their own browser reads the data and renders the countdown locally. Our servers never see your countdown data.
Will my friends in other time zones see the correct countdown?
Yes. If you set a specific time, it's converted to a universal timestamp (UTC) when the link is created. Everyone who opens the link counts down to the exact same moment, displayed in their own local time. If you choose an all-day event, it counts down to midnight in each viewer's own time zone instead.
What happens when the countdown reaches zero?
The page celebrates with a confetti animation, then switches to counting up — showing how much time has passed since the moment. With yearly repeat turned on, it rolls over to next year's date automatically.
Can I use it for birthdays every year?
Yes — tick "Repeat every year" when creating your countdown. After the date passes, the same link starts counting down to next year's date.
COUNTDOWN