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(Top) 1 General information 2 System support 3 General features 4 Chart features 5 Site administration features 6 Visitor features 7 See also 8 References

Comparison of web-based genealogy software

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This article compares several selected genealogy programs that run on a web server. Genealogy websites are not included.

General information

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Software	Latest release		License	Free to use
Software	Version	Date	License	Free to use
Genea.app^[1]	N/A^[2]	2022-03-20	MIT License	Yes
Geneotree	4.0	2021-04	Proprietary	Yes
GeneWeb	7.0.0^[3]	2020-10-30	GPL-2.0-or-later	Yes
Gramps Web	0.22.2^[4]	2023-07-21	AGPL-3.0-or-later	Yes
HuMo-genealogy	5.9^[5]	2022-01-28	GPL-3.0-only	Yes
PhpGedView	4.3.0^[6]	2017-11-07	GPL-2.0-or-later	Yes
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG)	13.1.2	2022-04-16	Proprietary	No
webtrees	2.1.20^[7]	2024-04-08	GPL-3.0-or-later	Yes

System support

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Software	Operating System	Programming Language	Database
Genea.app	OS Independent	JavaScript	Direct download, Git
Geneotree	OS Independent ^[8]	JavaScript, PHP^[8]	MySQL^[8]
GeneWeb	OS Independent	OCaml	?
Gramps Web	OS Independent ^[9]	JavaScript, Python^[9]	SQLite, Postgresql^[9]
HuMo-gen	OS Independent ^[10]	JavaScript, PHP^[10]	MySQL^[10]
PhpGedView	OS Independent ^[11]	JavaScript,^[11] PHP 4.3 or higher	MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server ^[12]
TNG	OS Independent ^[13]	JavaScript, PHP 5.0 or higher ^[13]	MySQL 5.0 or higher ^[13]
webtrees	OS Independent ^[14]	JavaScript, PHP 7.4 or higher ^[14]	MySQL 5.7 or higher, MariaDB, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server ^[14]

General features

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Software	Administration	Family View	GEDCOM	Histories	Individual View	Mapping	Notes	Places	Photos	Recording	Simple and Advanced Search	Sources	Video	WordPress integration
Geneotree	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	No	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	No	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	No	No
GeneWeb	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	No
Gramps Web	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	No
HuMo-genealogy	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	No
PhpGedView	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	No	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	No
TNG	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[18]
webtrees	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	No

Chart features

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Software	Ancestry Chart	Descendancy Chart	Relationship Calculator	Timeline Chart
Geneotree	Yes ^[15]	Yes^[15]	No^[15]	No^[15]
GeneWeb	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Gramps Web	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	No
HuMo-genealogy	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]
PhpGedView	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[16]
TNG	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]^[20]	Yes ^[17]
webtrees	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]

Site administration features

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Software	Backup	Custom Events	Duplicate Finder	Merge Data	Mod Manager	Multiple Trees	Privacy Settings	Help	Site Templates and Customization
Geneotree	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
GeneWeb	Yes	?	?	?	No	Yes	No	?	?
Gramps Web	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	No	No	No	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	No	No
HuMo-genealogy	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[21]	Yes ^[10]
PhpGedView	Yes^[22]	?	No	?	No	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]
TNG	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]
webtrees	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]

Visitor features

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Software	Anniversary Calendar	Bookmarking	Photo Gallery	PDF Reports	Relationship Finder	RSS Feed	User Account Registration	Multilingual
Geneotree	?	?	?	Yes ^[15]	?	?	?	?
GeneWeb	?	?	?	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Gramps Web	Yes ^[9]	No	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]	No	No	Yes ^[9]	Yes ^[9]
HuMo-genealogy	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]	Yes ^[10]
PhpGedView	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]	Yes ^[23]
TNG	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[24]
webtrees	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[25]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[19]

References

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^ "Genea.app". genea.app. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

^ "Genea.app code on GitHub". genea.app GitHub. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

^ "Release 7.0.0". 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

^ "Gramps Web frontend release page on Github". Releases · gramps-project/Gramps.js · Github. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

^ "Version 5.9". 28 January 2022.

^ "PhpGedView v4.3.0". 7 November 2017.

^ "Release 2.1.20". 8 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

^ ^a ^b ^c "GeneoTree". SourceForge. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "Gramps Web". Retrieved 20 December 2021.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj Humogen.com - features Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine

^ ^a ^b "PhpGedView". SourceForge. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ "PhpGedView readme - sourceforge". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ ^a ^b ^c "FAQs: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG")". www.lythgoes.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ ^a ^b ^c "System requirements - webtrees". wiki.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "GeneoTree - Genealogy software in Php/MySql - Gedcom Viewer Freeware". www.geneotree.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p PhpGedView - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag "Features: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG")". lythgoes.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ "Build your own genealogy website quickly and easily — with TNG!". TNG Builder. Retrieved 19 Nov 2014.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag "webtrees - Feature list". www.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding- Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine

^ "HuMo-gen Help Wiki". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

^ "phpgedview Administration outline doc". Retrieved 18 March 2019.