Comparison of web-based genealogy software
This article compares several selected genealogy programs that run on a web server. Genealogy websites are not included.
General information[]
Software | Latest release | Version | Free to use | Software license |
---|---|---|---|---|
Genea.app [1] | September 13, 2021[2] | N/A | Yes | MIT License |
Genealone | February 15, 2016 | 2.1.1 | No | Proprietary |
Geneotree | April 2021 | 4.0 | Yes | Proprietary |
GeneWeb | October 30, 2020[3] | 7.0.0 | Yes | GPL-2.0-or-later |
HuMo-gen | June 13, 2020[4] | 5.6 | Yes | GPL-3.0-only |
PhpGedView | November 6, 2017 | 4.3.0 | Yes | GPL-2.0-or-later |
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) | October 24, 2020 | 13.0.1 | No | Proprietary |
XHTML Family Tree Generator[5] | February 24, 2013 | 2.3.11 | Yes | GPL-2.0-or-later |
webtrees | October 24, 2020[6] | 2.0.10 | Yes | GPL-3.0-or-later |
System support[]
Software | Operating System | Programming Language | Database |
---|---|---|---|
Genea.app | OS Independent | JavaScript | Direct download, Git |
Genealone | OS Independent [7] | JavaScript, PHP[7] | MySQL[7] |
Geneotree | OS Independent [8] | JavaScript, PHP[8] | MySQL[8] |
GeneWeb | OS Independent | OCaml | ? |
HuMo-gen | OS Independent [9] | JavaScript, PHP[9] | MySQL[9] |
PhpGedView | OS Independent [10] | JavaScript,[10] PHP 4.3 or higher | MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server [11] |
TNG | OS Independent [12] | JavaScript, PHP 5.0 or higher [12] | MySQL 5.0 or higher [12] |
webtrees | OS Independent [13] | JavaScript, PHP 5.3 or higher [13] | MySQL 5.0.13 or higher [13] |
General features[]
Software | Administration | Family View | GEDCOM | Histories | Individual View | Mapping | Notes | Places | Photos | Recording | Simple and Advanced Search | Sources | Video | WordPress integration |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genealone | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] |
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 |
HuMo-gen | 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 |
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[]
Software | Ancestry Chart | Descendancy Chart | Relationship Calculator | Timeline Chart |
---|---|---|---|---|
Genealone | Yes [14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] |
Geneotree | Yes [15] | Yes[15] | No[15] | No[15] |
GeneWeb | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
HuMo-gen | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] |
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[]
Software | Backup | Custom Events | Duplicate Finder | Merge Data | Mod Manager | Multiple Trees | Privacy Settings | Help | Site Templates and Customization |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genealone | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | Yes [14] |
Geneotree | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GeneWeb | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | No | ? | ? |
HuMo-gen | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [21] | Yes [9] |
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[]
Software | Anniversary Calendar | Bookmarking | Photo Gallery | PDF Reports | Relationship Finder | RSS Feed | User Account Registration | Multilingual |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genealone | Yes [14] | ? | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | Yes [14] | ? | Yes [14] | Yes [14] |
Geneotree | ? | ? | ? | Yes [15] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GeneWeb | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
HuMo-gen | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] | Yes [9] |
PhpGedView | 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[25] | Yes[19] | Yes[19] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Genea.app". genea.app. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Genea.app code on GitHub". genea.app GitHub. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "GeneWeb release announcement on GitHub". Release GeneWeb 7.0.0 · geneweb/geneweb · GitHub. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "HuMo-gen forum release announcement". www.humo-gen.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "XHTML Family Tree Generator". freshmeat.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "webtrees Releases". webtrees. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Genealone - System Requirements Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "GeneoTree". SourceForge. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: 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
- ^ Jump up to: a b "PhpGedView". SourceForge. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "PhpGedView readme - sourceforge". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "FAQs: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG")". www.lythgoes.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "System requirements - webtrees". wiki.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: 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 "Main Features - Genealone". genealone.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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 "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Features v4.1.x - PGVWiki". wiki.phpgedview.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ currently 13 languages+5 partial (not help files) "FAQs". Retrieved 2014-09-18.
- ^ "webtrees - Add-ons". www.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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