Smart Seating Generator Build my chart

Your seating chart, sorted before first period.

Paste your class list, choose rows, paired desks, or table pods, and shuffle. Click a desk, then another, to move a student by hand — no dragging required.

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Private by design. Student names stay in your browser and are never uploaded to our servers.

Layout

Click a seat, then click another to swap them.

Saved charts — local to this device

Save and reopen classes/events next time you visit — Teacher Pro.

Your rules — 0Smart seating

Add a rule below — e.g. keep two people apart, or seat someone at the front.

Same engine, built for what you're arranging

Seating chart generator

The general-purpose tool — classrooms, tables, or a custom layout.

Random seating chart

Paste names, pick a size, shuffle. Nothing else to configure.

Wedding seating chart

Arrange guests into tables instead of desks.

Wedding table planner

Set table sizes and place guests table by table.

Table planner

For dinners, banquets, and any event seated at tables.

Questions people actually ask

Is Smart Seating Generator actually free? +

Yes. Pasting a roster, choosing a layout, shuffling, manually rearranging, printing, and even the rule solver are free with no limits and no account. Paying unlocks applying the solved plan to your chart, alternative layouts, and export extras like name cards.

Does my roster get uploaded anywhere? +

No. Everything — names, layout, rules — stays in your browser tab. Nothing is sent to a server, logged, or stored, whether you're using the free tool or Teacher Pro.

Can I use this for weddings or events, not just classrooms? +

Yes — switch "Arranging" from Desks to Tables and set how many tables and seats per table. Rules adapt too: "keep apart" and "keep together" mean different/same table, and you can seat the wedding party at the head table.

Can I move people after it generates a layout? +

Yes — click one seat, then click another, and the two swap. No dragging required, so it works the same on a phone as on a laptop.

What does the paid version add? +

The free rule solver already tells you whether a valid arrangement exists for your rules. Paying lets you apply that arrangement to your chart, see 5 alternative layouts, and export a clean PDF or printable name cards.