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Comparison of web-based genealogy software

This article compares several selected genealogy programs that run on a web server. Genealogy websites are not included.

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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
Evagene 2.0 2026-04-15 Proprietary Yes
GeneWeb 7.0.01 Edit this on Wikidata 2020-10-30 GPL-2.0-or-later Yes
Gramps Web 26.1.12 2026-01-30 AGPL-3.0-or-later Yes
HuMo-genealogy 5.93 Edit this on Wikidata 2022-01-28 GPL-3.0-only Yes
PhpGedView 4.3.04 Edit this on Wikidata 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 2.2.65 Edit this on Wikidata 2026-04-29 GPL-3.0-or-later Yes

System support

Software Operating system Programming language Database
Evagene OS Independent Python ?
GeneWeb OS Independent OCaml ?
Gramps Web OS Independent 6 JavaScript, Python6 SQLite, Postgresql6
HuMo-gen OS Independent 7 JavaScript, PHP7 MySQL7
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
Evagene Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
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 Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 No Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 No
TNG Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes14
webtrees Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 No

Chart features

Software Ancestry Chart Descendancy Chart Relationship Calculator Timeline Chart
Evagene Yes Yes Yes No
GeneWeb Yes Yes Yes No
Gramps Web Yes 6 Yes 6 Yes 6 Yes 16
HuMo-genealogy Yes 7 Yes 7 Yes 7 Yes 7
PhpGedView Yes12 Yes12 Yes12 Yes12
TNG Yes13 Yes13 Yes1317 Yes 13
webtrees Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15

Site administration features

Software Backup Custom Events Duplicate Finder Merge Data Mod Manager Multiple Trees Privacy Settings Help Site Templates and Customization
Evagene Yes ? ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
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 18 Yes 7
PhpGedView Yes19 ? No ? No Yes 20 Yes 20 Yes 20 Yes 20
TNG Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13
webtrees Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15

Visitor features

Software Anniversary Calendar Bookmarking Photo Gallery PDF Reports Relationship Finder RSS Feed User Account Registration Multilingual
Evagene No No No Yes No No Yes No
Gramps Web Yes 6 Yes 6 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 20 Yes 20 Yes 20 Yes 20 Yes 20 Yes 20 Yes 20 Yes 20
TNG Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes13 Yes21
webtrees Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes22 Yes15 Yes15
See also

See also

References

References

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