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 Free software Software license
Genealone 2014-11-26 1.4.2 No No Proprietary
Geneotree 2014-10-14 3.50 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
GeneWeb 2014-09-04 6.08 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
HuMo-gen 2015-01-24 5.1 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
PhpGedView 2011-01-13 4.2.4 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) 2015-01-26 10.1 No No Proprietary
webtrees 2014-12-20 1.6.2 Yes Yes GNU General Public License

System support

Software Operating System Programming Language Database
Genealone OS Independent [1] JavaScript, PHP [1] MySQL [1]
Geneotree OS Independent [2] JavaScript, PHP [2] MySQL [2]
GeneWeb OS Independent OCaml ?
HuMo-gen OS Independent [3] PHP, JavaScript [3] MySQL [3]
PhpGedView OS Independent [4] JavaScript,[4] PHP 4.3 or higher MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server [5]
TNG OS Independent [6] JavaScript, PHP 5.0 or higher [6] MySQL 5.0 or higher [6]
webtrees OS Independent [7] JavaScript, PHP 5.3 or higher [7] MySQL 5.0.13 or higher [7]

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[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8]
Geneotree No [9] Yes[9] Yes[9] No Yes[9] No Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] No Yes[9] Yes[9] No No
GeneWeb
HuMo-gen Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] No
PhpGedView Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] No Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] No
TNG Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[12]
webtrees 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] No

Chart features

Software Ancestry Chart Descendancy Chart Relationship Calculator Timeline Chart
Genealone Yes [8] Yes[8] Yes[8] Yes[8]
Geneotree Yes [9] Yes[9] No[9] No[9]
GeneWeb ? ? ? ?
HuMo-gen Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3]
PhpGedView Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10]
TNG Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes [11] Yes [11]
webtrees Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13]

Site administration features

Software Backup Custom Events Duplicate Finder Merge Data Mod Manager Multiple Trees Privacy Settings Help Site Templates and Customization
Genealone Yes [8] Yes [8] Yes [8] Yes [8] Yes [8] Yes [8] Yes [8] Yes [8] Yes [8]
Geneotree ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GeneWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
HuMo-gen Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] No Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [14] Yes [3]
PhpGedView Yes[15] ? No ? No Yes [16] Yes [16] Yes [16] Yes [16]
TNG Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11]
webtrees Yes[13] Yes[13] No Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13]

Visitor features

Software Anniversary Calendar Bookmarking Photo Gallery PDF Reports Relationship Finder RSS Feed User Account Registration Multilingual
Genealone Yes [8] ? Yes [8] ? Yes [8] ? Yes [8] Yes [8]
Geneotree ? ? ? Yes [9] ? ? ? ?
GeneWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
HuMo-gen Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3] Yes [3]
PhpGedView Yes [16] Yes [16] ? Yes [16] Yes [16] Yes [16] Yes [16] ?
TNG Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[17]
webtrees Yes[13] Yes[13] ? Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[18] Yes[13] Yes[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Genealone - System Requirements
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geneotree - sourceforge
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 Humogen.com - features
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 PhpGedView - sourceforge
  5. ↑ PhpGedView readme - sourceforge
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 TNG- FAQ
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 webtrees - system requirements
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 Genealone - Features
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 GeneoTree - Features
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 PhpGedView - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 11.29 11.30 11.31 11.32 TNG Features
  12. ↑ "Build your own genealogy website quickly and easily — with TNG!". TNG Builder. Retrieved 19 Nov 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 13.24 13.25 13.26 13.27 13.28 13.29 13.30 webtrees - feature list
  14. ↑ HuMo-gen Help Wiki
  15. ↑ phpgedview Administration outline doc
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 Phpgedview features
  17. ↑ currently 13 languages+5 partial (not help files) "FAQs". Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  18. ↑ webtrees - add-on modules