How the History Machine works

A live Basecamp account shows you today. The History Machine shows you how the work got here: a navigable archive of your project over time.

What it is

The History Machine is a browsable timeline of your backed-up projects. You can look back at how a project looked at earlier points, instead of seeing only the current state.

How far back it goes

How much history you can navigate depends on your plan, see Retention & your data for the windows per plan.

Using it

Open a backed-up project in AirCapsule and switch to the History view. Move through time to see the project’s earlier states.