# 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 | Latest release | License | Free to use |
| Software | Version | Date | License | Free to use |
| GeneWeb | 7.0.0 | 2020-10-30 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes |
| Gramps Web | 0.22.2 | 2023-07-21 | AGPL-3.0-or-later | Yes |
| HuMo-genealogy | 5.9 | 2022-01-28 | GPL-3.0-only | Yes |
| PhpGedView | 4.3.0 | 2017-11-07 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes |
| The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) | 14.0.5 | 2024-06-15 | Proprietary | No |
| webtrees | 2.2.1 | 2024-12-01 | GPL-3.0-or-later | Yes |

## System support

| Software | Operating system | Programming language | Database |
| GeneWeb | OS Independent | OCaml | ? |
| Gramps Web | OS Independent | JavaScript, Python | SQLite, Postgresql |
| HuMo-gen | OS Independent | JavaScript, PHP | MySQL |
| PhpGedView | OS Independent | JavaScript, PHP 4.3 or higher | MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server |
| TNG | OS Independent | JavaScript, PHP 5.0 or higher | MySQL 5.0 or higher |
| webtrees | OS Independent | JavaScript, PHP 7.4 or higher | MySQL 5.7 or higher, MariaDB, Postgresql, SQLite, and SQL-Server |

## General features

| Software | Administration | Family View | GEDCOM | Histories | Individual View | Mapping | Notes | Places | Photos | Recording | Simple and Advanced Search | Sources | Video | WordPress integration |
| GeneWeb | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | No |
| Gramps Web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| HuMo-genealogy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| PhpGedView | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| TNG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| webtrees | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |

## Chart features

| Software | Ancestry Chart | Descendancy Chart | Relationship Calculator | Timeline Chart |
| GeneWeb | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Gramps Web | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| HuMo-genealogy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PhpGedView | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TNG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| webtrees | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

## Site administration features

| Software | Backup | Custom Events | Duplicate Finder | Merge Data | Mod Manager | Multiple Trees | Privacy Settings | Help | Site Templates and Customization |
| GeneWeb | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| Gramps Web | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| HuMo-genealogy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PhpGedView | Yes | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TNG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| webtrees | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

## Visitor features

| Software | Anniversary Calendar | Bookmarking | Photo Gallery | PDF Reports | Relationship Finder | RSS Feed | User Account Registration | Multilingual |
| Gramps Web | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| HuMo-genealogy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PhpGedView | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TNG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| webtrees | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |