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		License	Free to use
	Version	Date
GeneWeb	7.0.0 [1]	2020-10-30	GPL-2.0-or-later	Yes
Gramps Web	0.22.2 [2]	2023-07-21	AGPL-3.0-or-later	Yes
HuMo-genealogy	5.9 [3]	2022-01-28	GPL-3.0-only	Yes
PhpGedView	4.3.0 [4]	2017-11-07	GPL-2.0-or-later	Yes
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG)	15.0.1	2025-03-06	Proprietary	No
webtrees	2.2.1 [5]	2024-12-01	GPL-3.0-or-later	Yes

System support

Software	Operating system	Programming language	Database
GeneWeb	OS Independent	OCaml	?
Gramps Web	OS Independent [6]	JavaScript, Python [6]	SQLite, Postgresql [6]
HuMo-gen	OS Independent [7]	JavaScript, PHP [7]	MySQL [7]
PhpGedView	OS Independent [8]	JavaScript, [8] PHP 4.3 or higher	MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server [9]
TNG	OS Independent [10]	JavaScript, PHP 7.0 or higher required [10]	MySQL 5.7 or higher recommended [10]
webtrees	OS Independent [11]	JavaScript, PHP 7.4 or higher [11]	MySQL 5.7 or higher, MariaDB, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server [11]

General features

Software	Administration	Family View	GEDCOM	Histories	Individual View	Mapping	Notes	Places	Photos	Recording	Simple and Advanced Search	Sources	Video	WordPress integration
GeneWeb	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	No
Gramps Web	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	No
HuMo-genealogy	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	No
PhpGedView	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	No	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	No
TNG	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [14]
webtrees	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	No

Chart features

Software	Ancestry Chart	Descendancy Chart	Relationship Calculator	Timeline Chart
GeneWeb	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Gramps Web	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	No
HuMo-genealogy	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]
PhpGedView	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]	Yes [12]
TNG	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13] [16]	Yes [13]
webtrees	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]

Site administration features

Software	Backup	Custom Events	Duplicate Finder	Merge Data	Mod Manager	Multiple Trees	Privacy Settings	Help	Site Templates and Customization
GeneWeb	Yes	?	?	?	No	Yes	No	?	?
Gramps Web	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	No	No	No	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	No	No
HuMo-genealogy	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [17]	Yes [7]
PhpGedView	Yes [18]	?	No	?	No	Yes [19]	Yes [19]	Yes [19]	Yes [19]
TNG	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]
webtrees	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]

Visitor features

Software	Anniversary Calendar	Bookmarking	Photo Gallery	PDF Reports	Relationship Finder	RSS Feed	User Account Registration	Multilingual
Gramps Web	Yes [6]	No	Yes [6]	Yes [6]	No	No	Yes [6]	Yes [6]
HuMo-genealogy	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]	Yes [7]
PhpGedView	Yes [19]	Yes [19]	Yes [19]	Yes [19]	Yes [19]	Yes [19]	Yes [19]	Yes [19]
TNG	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [13]	Yes [20]
webtrees	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [21]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]

See also

• List of genealogy databases

References

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20. currently 13 languages+5 partial (not help files) "FAQs" . Retrieved 2014-09-18.
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