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.

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General information[edit]

Software Latest release Free to use Free software Software license
Geneotree 2012-12-12 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
GeneWeb 2012-12-04 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
HuMo-gen 2013-02-16 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
PhpGedView 2011-01-13 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding 2012-02-06 No No Proprietary
webtrees 2012-10-20 Yes Yes GNU General Public License

System support[edit]

Software Operating System Programming Language Database
Geneotree OS Independent [1] JavaScript, PHP [1] MySQL [1]
GeneWeb OS Independent OCaml  ?
HuMo-gen OS Independent [2] PHP, JavaScript [2] MySQL [2]
PhpGedView OS Independent [3] JavaScript,[3] PHP 4.3 or higher MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server [4]
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding OS Independent [5] PHP 5.0 or higher [5] MySQL 5.0 or higher [5]
webtrees OS Independent [6] JavaScript, PHP 5.2.3 or higher [6] MySQL 5.0.13 or higher [6]

General features[edit]

Software Administration Family View GEDCOM Histories Individual View Mapping Notes Places Photos Recording Simple and Advanced Search Sources Video
Geneotree No [7] Yes[7] Yes[7] No Yes[7] No Yes[7] Yes[7] Yes[7] No Yes[7] Yes[7] No
GeneWeb
HuMo-gen Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2]
PhpGedView Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] No Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8]
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding 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]
webtrees 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]

Chart features[edit]

Software Ancestry Chart Descendancy Chart Relationship Calculator Timeline Chart
Geneotree Yes [7] Yes[7] No[7] No[7]
GeneWeb  ?  ?  ?  ?
HuMo-gen Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2]
PhpGedView Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8]
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes [9] Yes [9]
webtrees Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10]

Site administration features[edit]

Software Backup Custom Events Duplicate Finder Merge Data Mod Manager Multiple Trees Privacy Settings Help Site Templates and Customization
Geneotree  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
GeneWeb  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
HuMo-gen Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] No Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [11] Yes [2]
PhpGedView Yes[12]  ? No  ? No Yes [13] Yes [13] Yes [13] Yes [13]
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9]
webtrees Yes[10] Yes[10] No Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10]

Visitor features[edit]

Software Anniversary Calendar Bookmarking PDF Reports Relationship Finder RSS Feed User Account Registration Multilingual
Geneotree  ?  ? Yes [7]  ?  ?  ?  ?
GeneWeb  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
HuMo-gen Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2]
PhpGedView Yes [13] Yes [13] Yes [13] Yes [13] Yes [13] Yes [13]  ?
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9]  ?
webtrees Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[14] Yes[10] Yes[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Geneotree - sourceforge
  2. ^ 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 Humogen.com - features
  3. ^ a b PhpGedView - sourceforge
  4. ^ PhpGedView readme - sourceforge
  5. ^ a b c TNG- FAQ
  6. ^ a b c webtrees - system requirements
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n GeneoTree - Features
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p PhpGedView - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
  9. ^ 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 TNG Features
  10. ^ 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 webtrees - feature list
  11. ^ HuMo-gen Help Wiki
  12. ^ phpgedview Administration outline doc
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Phpgedview features
  14. ^ webtrees - add-on modules
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