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Original author(s) | Don Allingham [1] [2] |
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Developer(s) | The Gramps Team [3] |
Initial release | April 21, 2001 [4] |
Stable release | |
Repository | |
Written in | Python (GTK+ 3) |
Operating system | Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows, macOS [6] |
Platform | GTK+ 3 |
Available in | Multilingual (40) [7] |
Type | Genealogy software |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later [8] |
Website | gramps-project |
Gramps, formerly GRAMPS (an acronym for GenealogicalResearchandAnalysisManagementProgrammingSystem), [2] is a free and open-source genealogy software. [9] It is developed in Python using PyGObject and utilizes Graphviz to create relationship graphs.
Gramps represents a form of commons-based peer production, [10] created by genealogists for genealogists. [10] [11] Beyond human family trees, the software has been used to create animal pedigree charts [12] and academic genealogies that map mentoring relationships among scientists, physicians, and scholars. [13]
Gramps is a widely used offline genealogy software suite. [14] Its features include:
Filename extension | .gramps |
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Internet media type | application/x-gramps-xml [23] |
Developed by | Gramps |
Initial release | 2004 |
Latest release | 1.7.1 18 August 2015 |
Type of format | Genealogy data exchange |
Extended from | XML |
Website | gramps-project |
The core archival file format of Gramps is named Gramps XML and uses the file extension .gramps. It is extended from XML. Gramps XML is a free format, and are usually compressed using gzip. [24] The file format Portable Gramps XML Package uses the extension .gpkg and is currently a .tar.gz archive including Gramps XML together with all referenced media. Users may rename the file extension .gramps to .gz for editing the content of the genealogy document with a text editor. Internally, Gramps uses SQLite as the default database backend, with other databases available as plugins. [25]
Gramps can import from the following formats: [26] Gramps XML, Gramps Package (Portable Gramps XML), Gramps 2.x .grdb (older versions Gramps), GEDCOM, CSV.
Gramps supports exporting data in the following formats: Gramps XML, Gramps Package (Portable Gramps XML), GEDCOM, GeneWeb's GW format, [27] Web Family Tree (.WFT) format, [28] vCard, vCalendar, CSV.
Gramps is available in 45 languages [7] [34] (As of December 2014).
Gramps has two special-use sub-translation languages:
The project began as GRAMPS in 2001, and the first stable release was in 2004. [9]
The following table shows a selected history of new feature releases for project. (Patches and bug fixes are published on GitHub and periodically collated in minor "bug fix" releases.) [37] [38] [39]
Version | Release date | Name | Comment |
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GRAMPS 1.0.0 | 2004-02-11 | "Stable as a Tombstone" | Used XML to store all information. (Don originally called the program Relativity before his father suggested the name GRAMPS (Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System)) |
GRAMPS 2.0.0 | 2005-05-11 | "The Bright Side of Life" | Introduction of the Berkeley database backend. |
GRAMPS 2.0.8 | 2005-09-05 | "Romani ite domum" | First port to Macintosh OSX posted to MacPorts. |
GRAMPS 2.2.1 | 2006-10-30 | "One, two, five!" | Originally only available for Unix-like operating systems, with this release GRAMPS became available for Windows. |
GRAMPS 3.0.0 | 2008-03-24 | "It was just getting interesting." | Introduced the new Family Tree database format .gpkg and deprecated the old .grdb database format. Plugin system called "Gramplets". |
Gramps 3.2.0 | 2010-04-15 | "I am your father" | Name changed from GRAMPS. New management system for plugins, performance optimization, hierarchical place list, and map plotting view. |
Gramps 3.4.0 | 2012-05-21 | "Always look on the bright side of life" | Replaced Source References with Citations that allow sharing and can have media objects and 'data' elements attached to them. The Gramps XML Specification was updated to make it idempotent. |
Gramps 4.0.0 | 2013-05-21 | "The Miracle of Birth" | Conversion to GTK+ 3, add support for Python 3. Keeps the same data format as Gramps 3.4. |
Gramps 4.1.0 | 2014-06-18 | "Name go in book" | Full Python 3 support. New place hierarchies model. [40] Different data format to the Gramps 3.4 series. |
Gramps 4.2.0 | 2015-08-03 | Python 3 support only (Python 2 support dropped). [41] Different data format to the GRAMPS 3.4 series. | |
Gramps 5.0.0 | 2018-07-24 | Python 3.2+ only / GTK 3.10+ / BSDDB 3 (Default backend) / SQLite3 (Experimental backend) | |
Gramps 5.1.0 | 2019-08-21 | Python 3.3+ only / GTK 3.12+ / SQLite3 (Default backend) / BSDDB 3 (Legacy backend) | |
Gramps 5.2.0 | 2024-02-23 | Python 3.8+ only / GTK 3.24+ / SQLite3 / BSDDB 3 (Read-only for upgrades) | |
X3D is a set of royalty-free ISO/IEC standards for declaratively representing 3D computer graphics. X3D includes multiple graphics file formats, programming-language API definitions, and run-time specifications for both delivery and integration of interactive network-capable 3D data. X3D version 4.0 has been approved by Web3D Consortium, and is under final review by ISO/IEC as a revised International Standard (IS).
FamilySearch GEDCOM, or simply GEDCOM, is an open file format and the de facto standard specification for storing genealogical data. It was developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the operators of FamilySearch, to aid in the research and sharing of genealogical information. A common usage is as a standard format for the backup and transfer of family tree data between different genealogy software and websites, most of which support importing from and exporting to GEDCOM format.
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This article contains text from the GNU GPL Gramps Manual V2.9.