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 (2021-09-13) [2] N/A Yes MIT License
Genealone February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15) 2.1.1 No Proprietary
Geneotree April 2021 (2021-04) 4.0 Yes Proprietary
GeneWeb October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30)[3] 7.0.0 Yes GPL-2.0-or-later
HuMo-gen June 13, 2020 (2020-06-13)[4] 5.6 Yes GPL-3.0-only
PhpGedView November 6, 2017 (2017-11-06) 4.3.0 Yes GPL-2.0-or-later
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) 13.0.1 No Proprietary
XHTML Family Tree Generator[5] February 24, 2013 (2013-02-24) 2.3.11 Yes GPL-2.0-or-later
webtrees October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) [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
  1. "Genea.app". genea.app. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  2. "Genea.app code on GitHub". genea.app GitHub. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. "GeneWeb release announcement on GitHub". Release GeneWeb 7.0.0 · geneweb/geneweb · GitHub. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. "HuMo-gen forum release announcement". www.humo-gen.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. "XHTML Family Tree Generator". freshmeat.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. "webtrees Releases". webtrees. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. Genealone - System Requirements Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "GeneoTree". SourceForge. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  9. Humogen.com - features Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "PhpGedView". SourceForge. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  11. "PhpGedView readme - sourceforge". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  12. "FAQs: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG")". www.lythgoes.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  13. "System requirements - webtrees". wiki.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  14. "Main Features - Genealone". genealone.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  15. "GeneoTree - Genealogy software in Php/MySql - Gedcom Viewer Freeware". www.geneotree.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  16. PhpGedView - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  17. "Features: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG")". lythgoes.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  18. "Build your own genealogy website quickly and easily — with TNG!". TNG Builder. Retrieved 19 Nov 2014.
  19. "webtrees - Feature list". www.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  20. The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding- Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  21. "HuMo-gen Help Wiki". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  22. "phpgedview Administration outline doc". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  23. "Features v4.1.x - PGVWiki". wiki.phpgedview.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  24. currently 13 languages+5 partial (not help files) "FAQs". Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  25. "webtrees - Add-ons". www.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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