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The article compares several genealogy softwares. Please see the entries for the individual products for further information.
[edit] General information
| Software |
Developer |
Latest relase date |
Cost (USD) |
Open source |
Software license |
| Ages! |
Jörn Daub EDV-Beratung |
|
$35.00 |
No |
Proprietary |
| Ancestral Quest |
Incline Software, LC |
|
$34.95 (download) |
No |
Proprietary |
| Brother's Keeper |
John Steed |
December 7, 2006 |
$45.00; free trial |
No |
Shareware |
| Cumberland Family Tree |
Cumberland Family Software |
|
$25.00 |
No |
Proprietary |
| Family |
Robert Kuilman |
|
$39.99 |
No |
Proprietary |
| Family Historian |
Calico Pie Ltd. |
April 17, 2006 |
free demo |
No |
Proprietary |
| Family Tree Legends |
Pearl Street Software |
|
$29.95 |
No |
Proprietary |
| Family Tree Maker |
MyFamily.com |
|
$39.95 |
No |
Proprietary |
| Famtree |
Phil Sapiro |
|
$20.00 |
No |
Proprietary |
| GEDitCOM |
John A. Nairn |
|
$49.99 |
No |
Proprietary |
| Genbox Family History |
Thoughtful Creations |
|
$29.95 |
No |
Proprietary |
| GenealogyJ |
The GenealogyJ Team |
March 4, 2006 |
Free |
Yes |
GNU GPL |
| GeneWeb |
Daniel de Rauglaudre |
December 14, 2004 |
Free |
Yes |
GNU GPL |
| Genius Family Tree |
Genius Solutions |
|
US$34.00 AU$45.00 |
No |
Shareware |
| GenoPro |
GenoPro Inc. |
December 3, 2006 |
$39.00 |
No |
Shareware |
| GRAMPS |
The GRAMPS Team |
April 29, 2006 |
Free |
Yes |
GNU GPL |
| GreatFamily |
GreatProgs |
|
$29.95; free trial |
No |
Shareware |
| Legacy Family Tree |
Millennia Corporation |
September 9, 2005 |
Free (Standard Edition)
$29.95 (Deluxe Edition, download) |
No |
Proprietary |
| LifeLines |
The LifeLines Team |
|
Free |
Yes |
MIT License |
| MacFamilyTree |
OnlyMac Software |
|
$49.00 |
No |
Proprietary |
| Osk Genealogy |
Osk Genealogy |
September 16, 2006 |
$39, 30 days |
No |
Proprietary |
| Personal Ancestral File |
FamilySearch |
2001 |
Free |
No |
Proprietary |
| Reunion |
Leister Productions |
February 7, 2005 |
$99.00 |
No |
Proprietary |
| RootsMagic |
RootsMagic, Inc. |
|
$29.95 (download) |
No |
Proprietary |
| The Master Genealogist |
Wholly Genes |
|
$34.00 (Silver Edition, download)
$59.00 (Gold Edition, download) |
No |
Proprietary |
| WinFamily |
EVOO SYSTEM INC. |
|
$50.00; free trial |
No |
Shareware |
[edit] Operating system support
| Software |
Windows |
DOS |
Mac OS |
Linux |
BSD |
Unix |
| Ages! |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Ancestral Quest |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Brother's Keeper |
Yes |
Terminated (5.2B) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Cumberland Family Tree |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Family |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Family Historian |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Family Tree Legends |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Family Tree Maker |
Yes |
No |
Terminated |
No |
No |
No |
| Famtree |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| GEDitCOM |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Genbox Family History |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| GenealogyJ |
Yes † |
No |
Yes † |
Yes † |
No |
Yes † |
| GeneWeb |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Genius Family Tree |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| GenoPro |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| GRAMPS |
Yes † |
No |
Terminated |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| GreatFamily |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Legacy Family Tree |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| LifeLines |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MacFamilyTree |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Osk Genealogy |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Personal Ancestral File |
Yes |
Terminated |
Terminated (2.3.1) |
No |
No |
No |
| Reunion |
Terminated (4.0) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| RootsMagic |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| The Master Genealogist |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| WinFamily |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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