Comparison of genealogy software
The article compares several genealogy programs. Please see the entries for the individual products for further information.
General information
| Software | Example(s) | Latest release | Free | Open source | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnenblatt | 
|
2009-02-05 | Yes | No | Proprietary |
| Brother's Keeper | 2009-03-28 | No | No | Shareware | |
| Family Historian | 2006-04-17 | No | No | Proprietary | |
| Family Tree Maker | 2008 | No | No | Proprietary | |
| Genbox Family History | 2007-11-17 | No | No | Proprietary | |
| GenealogyJ | 
|
2008-04-06 | Yes | Yes | GNU GPL |
| GeneWeb | 
|
2007-09-12 | Yes | Yes | GNU GPL |
| GenoPro | 
|
2007-11-20 | No | No | Proprietary |
| GRAMPS | 
|
2009-03-09 | Yes | Yes | GNU GPL |
| Legacy Family Tree | 2008-07-01 | Yes (standard ed.) | No | Proprietary | |
| LifeLines | 2007-10-06 | Yes | Yes | MIT License | |
| Personal Ancestral File | 2002-07-23 | Yes | No | Proprietary | |
| Reunion | 2008-03-26 | No | No | Proprietary | |
| SmartGenealogy | 2007-05-02 | Yes | No | Unknown | |
| The Master Genealogist | 2008-06-28 | No | No | Proprietary |
Operating system support
| Software | Windows | DOS | Mac OS | Linux | BSD | Unix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnenblatt | Yes | No | No | Wine[c] | No | No |
| Brother's Keeper | Yes | Terminated (5.2B) | No | No | No | No |
| Family Historian | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Family Tree Maker | Yes | No | Terminated | No | No | No |
| Genbox Family History | Yes | No | No | Wine[c] | No | No |
| GenealogyJ | Java[a] | No | Java[a] | Java[a] | No | Java[a] |
| GeneWeb | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| GenoPro | Yes | No | No | Wine[c] | No | No |
| GRAMPS | Yes | No | ported[b][1] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Legacy Family Tree | Yes | No | No | Wine[c] CITATION NEEDED | No | No |
| LifeLines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Personal Ancestral File | Yes | Terminated | Terminated (2.3.1) | Wine[c] | No | No |
| Reunion | Terminated (4.0) | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| SmartGenealogy | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| The Master Genealogist | Yes | Terminated (2.3) | No | Wine[c] | No | No |
Features
| Name | Unicode Support | Individual view | Family view | Pedigree view | Chronology view | Ancestor charts | Ancestor narrative reports | Ancestor pedigree reports | Descendant charts | Descendant narrative reports | Fan charts | Research Manager | DNA charts | Research Guidance | Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnenblatt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Brother's Keeper | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Family Historian | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Family Tree Maker | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Genbox Family History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| GenealogyJ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| GenoPro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? |
| GRAMPS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Legacy Family Tree | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LifeLines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Personal Ancestral File | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | No | ? |
| Reunion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| SmartGenealogy | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| The Master Genealogist | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? |
Features - International versions
Available user interface languages
| Name | English | Afrikaans | Danish | Dutch | French | German | Italian | Norwegian | Polish | Spanish | Swedish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnenblatt[a] | Yes | No[e] | No[e] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[e] | No[e] | Yes | Yes | No[e] |
| Brother's Keeper | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No[e] | Yes |
| Genbox Family History[b] | Yes[f] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | partial | Yes | partial | partial |
| GenealogyJ | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| GRAMPS[c] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Legacy Family Tree[d] | Yes | public test |
Yes | Yes | public test |
Yes | public test |
Yes[f] | No | public test |
Yes |
| The Master Genealogist | Yes[g] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | partial | Yes | No[h] | No[h] | Yes |
- a Ahnenblatt is also available in Turkish, Hungarian and Estonian.
- b Genbox Family History is also available in Russian, Slovak, Slovenian; partial translations are available for Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.
- c GRAMPS is also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Esperanto, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, and Slovak.
- d Legacy Family Tree is being tested in Finnish.
- e Can be created by available translation program.
- f Includes both nynorsk and bokmål
- g Includes U. K. English and U. S. English.
- h Can be created using the built-in translation tables.
References
- ^ GRAMPS developers. "Installation on Windows, BSD, MacOs, Solaris". Retrieved 2008-07-22.
External links
- Genealogical Software Report Card - Bill Mumford's opinions on the important features of genealogy software, with charts showing features available in common products. Very dated information.
- Genealogy Software Reviews - User reviews and ratings of genealogy software.
- RootsWorks PDA2001 Genealogy Software Comparison - Deals with genealogy software running on Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs).