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 2015-10-04 2.0 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 2015-11-20 5.1.7 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
XHTML Family Tree Generator[1] 2013-02-24 2.3.11 Yes Yes GNU General Public License
webtrees 2016-01-06 1.7.3 Yes Yes GNU General Public License

System support

Software Operating System Programming Language Database
Genealone OS Independent [2] JavaScript, PHP [2] MySQL [2]
Geneotree OS Independent [3] JavaScript, PHP [3] MySQL [3]
GeneWeb OS Independent OCaml ?
HuMo-gen OS Independent [4] JavaScript, PHP [4] MySQL [4]
PhpGedView OS Independent [5] JavaScript,[5] PHP 4.3 or higher MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server [6]
TNG OS Independent [7] JavaScript, PHP 5.0 or higher [7] MySQL 5.0 or higher [7]
webtrees OS Independent [8] JavaScript, PHP 5.3 or higher [8] MySQL 5.0.13 or higher [8]

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[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9]
Geneotree No [10] Yes[10] Yes[10] No Yes[10] No Yes[10] Yes[10] Yes[10] No Yes[10] Yes[10] No No
GeneWeb
HuMo-gen Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] No
PhpGedView Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] No Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] No
TNG Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[13]
webtrees 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] No

Chart features

Software Ancestry Chart Descendancy Chart Relationship Calculator Timeline Chart
Genealone Yes [9] Yes[9] Yes[9] Yes[9]
Geneotree Yes [10] Yes[10] No[10] No[10]
GeneWeb ? ? ? ?
HuMo-gen Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4]
PhpGedView Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11] Yes[11]
TNG Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12][15] Yes [12]
webtrees Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14]

Site administration features

Software Backup Custom Events Duplicate Finder Merge Data Mod Manager Multiple Trees Privacy Settings Help Site Templates and Customization
Genealone Yes [9] Yes [9] Yes [9] Yes [9] Yes [9] Yes [9] Yes [9] Yes [9] Yes [9]
Geneotree ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GeneWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
HuMo-gen Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] No Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [16] Yes [4]
PhpGedView Yes[17] ? No ? No Yes [18] Yes [18] Yes [18] Yes [18]
TNG Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12]
webtrees Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[14]

Visitor features

Software Anniversary Calendar Bookmarking Photo Gallery PDF Reports Relationship Finder RSS Feed User Account Registration Multilingual
Genealone Yes [9] ? Yes [9] Yes [9] Yes [9] ? Yes [9] Yes [9]
Geneotree ? ? ? Yes [10] ? ? ? ?
GeneWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
HuMo-gen Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4] Yes [4]
PhpGedView Yes [18] Yes [18] ? Yes [18] Yes [18] Yes [18] Yes [18] ?
TNG Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[19]
webtrees Yes[14] Yes[14] ? Yes[14] Yes[14] Yes[20] Yes[14] Yes[14]

References

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