Comparison of genealogy software

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The article compares several genealogy programs. Please see the entries for the individual products for further information.

Contents

General information

Software Latest release Free Open source Software license
Ahnenblatt 2008-10-07 Yes No Proprietary
Ancestral Quest 2008-11-12 No No Proprietary
Brother's Keeper 2008-11-09 No No Shareware
Family Historian 2006-04-17 No No Proprietary
Family Tree Builder 2008-04-08 Yes No Proprietary
Family Tree Maker 2008 No No Proprietary
Genbox Family History 2007-11-17 No No Proprietary
GenealogyJ 2008-04-06 Yes Yes GNU GPL
GenoPro 2007-11-20 No No Proprietary
GRAMPS 2008-10-19 Yes Yes GNU GPL
Legacy Family Tree 2008-07-01 Yes (standard ed.) No Proprietary
LifeLines 2007-10-06 Yes Yes MIT License
Personal Ancestral File 2002 Yes No Proprietary
PhpGedView 2008-04-27 Yes Yes GNU GPL
Reunion 2006-11-15 No No Proprietary
RootsMagic 2005 No No Proprietary
SmartGenealogy 2007-05-02 Yes No Unknown
The Master Genealogist 2008-06-28 No No Proprietary

Operating system support

Software Windows DOS Mac OS Linux BSD Unix
Ahnenblatt Yes No No Yes[c] No No
Ancestral Quest Yes No No No No No
Brother's Keeper Yes Terminated (5.2B) No No No No
Family Historian Yes No No No No No
Family Tree Builder Yes No No No No No
Family Tree Maker Yes No Terminated No No No
Genbox Family History Yes No No No No No
GenealogyJ Yes[a] No Yes[a] Yes[a] No Yes[a]
GenoPro Yes No No Yes[c] No No
GRAMPS Yes No Yes[b][1] Yes Yes Yes
Legacy Family Tree Yes No No No No No
LifeLines Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Personal Ancestral File Yes Terminated Terminated (2.3.1) Yes[c] No No
Reunion Terminated (4.0) No Yes No No No
RootsMagic Yes No No No No No
SmartGenealogy Yes No No No No No
The Master Genealogist Yes Terminated (2.3) No Yes[c] No No
a  Using Java
b  Ported
c  Using Wine

Features

Name Unicode Support Individual view Family view Pedigree view Chronology view Ancestor charts Ancestor narrative reports Ancestor pedigree reports Descendant charts Descendant narrative reports Fan charts Research Manager DNA charts Research Guidance Mapping
Ahnenblatt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Ancestral Quest Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No
Brother's Keeper No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No ?
Family Historian No Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No ?
Family Tree Builder ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Family Tree Maker No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? No ?
Genbox Family History Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
GenealogyJ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
GenoPro Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? ? No ?
GRAMPS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Legacy Family Tree No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
LifeLines Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
Personal Ancestral File Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? No ?
PhpGedView Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Reunion Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
RootsMagic No ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No ?
SmartGenealogy No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No ?
The Master Genealogist No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No ?

Features - International versions

Available user interface languages

Name English Afrikaans Danish Dutch French German Italian Norwegian Polish Spanish Swedish
Ahnenblatt[a] Yes No[e] No[e] Yes Yes Yes No[e] No[e] Yes Yes No[e]
Brother's Keeper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[e] Yes
Genbox Family History[b] Yes[f] No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes partial Yes partial partial
GenealogyJ Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No
GRAMPS[c] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Legacy Family Tree[d] Yes public
test
Yes Yes public
test
Yes public
test
Yes No public
test
Yes
PhpGedView Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Master Genealogist Yes[f] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes partial Yes No[g] No[g] Yes
a  Ahnenblatt is also available in Turkish.
b  Genbox Family History is also available in Russian, Slovak, Slovenian; partial translations are available for Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.
c  GRAMPS is also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Esperanto, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, and Slovak.
d  Legacy Family Tree is being tested in Finnish.
e  Can be created by available translation program.
f  Includes U. K. English and U. S. English.
g  Can be created using the built-in translation tables.

See also

References

  1. ^ GRAMPS developers. "Installation on Windows, BSD, MacOs, Solaris". Retrieved on 2008-07-22.

External links

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