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
Genealone February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15) 2.1.1 No Proprietary
Geneotree May 2020 (2020-05) 3.83 Yes GNU GPL
GeneWeb September 4, 2014 (2014-09-04) 6.08 Yes GNU GPL
HuMo-gen March 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)[1] 5.5 Yes GNU GPL
PhpGedView November 6, 2017 (2017-11-06) 4.3.0 Yes GNU GPL
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28) 12.2 No Proprietary
XHTML Family Tree Generator[2] February 24, 2013 (2013-02-24) 2.3.11 Yes GNU GPL
webtrees March 17, 2020 (2020-03-17) [3] 2.0.3 Yes GNU GPL

System support
Software Operating System Programming Language Database
Genealone OS Independent [4] JavaScript, PHP [4] MySQL [4]
Geneotree OS Independent [5] JavaScript, PHP [5] MySQL [5]
GeneWeb OS Independent OCaml ?
HuMo-gen OS Independent [6] JavaScript, PHP [6] MySQL [6]
PhpGedView OS Independent [7] JavaScript,[7] PHP 4.3 or higher MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server [8]
TNG OS Independent [9] JavaScript, PHP 5.0 or higher [9] MySQL 5.0 or higher [9]
webtrees OS Independent [10] JavaScript, PHP 5.3 or higher [10] MySQL 5.0.13 or higher [10]

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[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[11]
Geneotree No [12] Yes[12] Yes[12] No Yes[12] No Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] No Yes[12] Yes[12] No No
GeneWeb ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes No No
HuMo-gen 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
PhpGedView Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] No Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] No
TNG 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[15]
webtrees Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] No

Chart features
Software Ancestry Chart Descendancy Chart Relationship Calculator Timeline Chart
Genealone Yes [11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11]
Geneotree Yes [12] Yes[12] No[12] No[12]
GeneWeb Yes Yes Yes No
HuMo-gen Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6]
PhpGedView Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13] Yes[13]
TNG Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14][17] Yes [14]
webtrees Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16]

Site administration features
Software Backup Custom Events Duplicate Finder Merge Data Mod Manager Multiple Trees Privacy Settings Help Site Templates and Customization
Genealone Yes [11] Yes [11] Yes [11] Yes [11] Yes [11] Yes [11] Yes [11] Yes [11] Yes [11]
Geneotree ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GeneWeb Yes ? ? ? No Yes No ? ?
HuMo-gen Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [18] Yes [6]
PhpGedView Yes[19] ? No ? No Yes [20] Yes [20] Yes [20] Yes [20]
TNG Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14]
webtrees Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[16]

Visitor features
Software Anniversary Calendar Bookmarking Photo Gallery PDF Reports Relationship Finder RSS Feed User Account Registration Multilingual
Genealone Yes [11] ? Yes [11] Yes [11] Yes [11] ? Yes [11] Yes [11]
Geneotree ? ? ? Yes [12] ? ? ? ?
GeneWeb ? ? ? No Yes No No Yes
HuMo-gen Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [6]
PhpGedView Yes [20] Yes [20] ? Yes [20] Yes [20] Yes [20] Yes [20] ?
TNG Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[21]
webtrees Yes[16] Yes[16] ? Yes[16] Yes[16] Yes[22] Yes[16] Yes[16]

See also

References
  1. "HuMo-gen forum release announcement". www.humo-gen.com. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. "XHTML Family Tree Generator". freshmeat.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. "webtrees Releases". webtrees. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  4. Genealone - System Requirements Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "GeneoTree". SourceForge. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. Humogen.com - features Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "PhpGedView". SourceForge. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  8. "PhpGedView readme - sourceforge". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  9. "FAQs: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG")". www.lythgoes.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  10. "System requirements - webtrees". wiki.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  11. "Main Features - Genealone". genealone.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  12. "GeneoTree - Genealogy software in Php/MySql - Gedcom Viewer Freeware". www.geneotree.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  13. PhpGedView - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  14. "Features: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG")". lythgoes.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  15. "Build your own genealogy website quickly and easily — with TNG!". TNG Builder. Retrieved 19 Nov 2014.
  16. "webtrees - Feature list". www.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  17. The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding- Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  18. "HuMo-gen Help Wiki". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  19. "phpgedview Administration outline doc". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  20. "Features v4.1.x - PGVWiki". wiki.phpgedview.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  21. currently 13 languages+5 partial (not help files) "FAQs". Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  22. "webtrees - Add-ons". www.webtrees.net. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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