Comparison of genealogy software
The article compares several genealogy programs. Please see the entries for the individual products for further information.
General information
| Software | Latest release | Free | Open source | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnenblatt | 2008-10-07 | Yes | No | Proprietary |
| Brother's Keeper | 2008-08-24 | 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 | 2008-09-27 | Yes | Yes | GNU GPL |
| Legacy Family Tree | 2008-07-01 | Yes standard edition only | No | Proprietary |
| LifeLines | 2007-10-06 | Yes | Yes | MIT License |
| Personal Ancestral File | 2002 | Yes | No | Proprietary |
| Reunion | 2006-11-15 | No | No | Proprietary |
| PhpGedView | 2008-04-27 | Yes | Yes | GNU GPL |
| 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 Template:Refun | 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 Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun |
| GenoPro | Yes | No | No | Yes Template:Refun | No | No |
| GRAMPS | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes[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 Template:Refun | 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 Template:Refun | No | No |
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 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Brother's Keeper | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Family Historian | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | 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 | ? |
| 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 | ? |
| 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 |
| PhpGedView[h] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GRAMPS[c] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | partial | Yes | partial | Yes |
| Legacy Family Tree[d] | Yes | public test | Yes | No | public test | Yes | public test | Yes | No | public test | 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.
- h PhpGedView is also available in a number of other languages.
See also
References
- ^ GRAMPS developers. "Installation on Windows, BSD, MacOs, Solaris". Retrieved 2008-07-22.
External links
- Genealogical Software Report Card - Bill Mumford's opinions on the important features of genealogy software, with charts showing features available in common products. Very dated information.
- Genealogy Software Reviews - User reviews and ratings of genealogy software.
- RootsWorks PDA2001 Genealogy Software Comparison - Deals with genealogy software running on Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs).