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Comparison of genealogy software

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This article compares several selected client-based genealogy programs. Web-based genealogy software is not included.

General information

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Software Latest version Initial release Latest release Free to use Free software Software license Windows macOS Linux Android iOS
Agelong Tree 5.6 ? 2021-09-09 No
(40 Person Free Trial) 		No Proprietary Yes Yes Using Wine No No
Ahnenblatt 4.17 2001 2024-10-20 No
(Free demo, 50 person limit, watermarked reports; latest free version: 2.99p) 		No Proprietary Yes No Using Wine No No
Ancestral Quest 16.0.11 1994 2022-03-19 Yes
(Basics version) 		No Proprietary Yes Yes Using Wine No No
Ancestris 12 2009 2024-06-08 Yes Yes GNU GPL Yes Java[a] Yes No No
Brother's Keeper 7.5.15 1988 2024-03-31 Yes
(Unreg. ver.) 		No Shareware Yes No Using Wine No No
FamilyGTG 1.3.9 ? 2018-03-03 Yes
(Free ver.) 		No Shareware No No No Yes No
Family Historian 7.0.24.1 2002 2024-10-17 No
(30-Day Free Trial) 		No Proprietary Yes using Crossover Using Wine No No
Family Tree Builder 8.0 2003 2016-08-12 Yes
(Free ver.) 		No Proprietary Yes Yes Using Wine Yes Yes
Family Tree Maker 2019 (24.2.2) 1989 2023-09 No No Proprietary Yes Yes No No No
GEDitCOM II 2.3 1998 2016-11-17 No
(15-Day Free Trial, Read-Only afterwards) 		No Proprietary No Yes No ? Yes
Genbox Family History 3.7.1 1992 2007-11-17 No
(30 Day Free Trial) 		No Proprietary Yes No Using Wine No No
GenealogyJ 3.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata 1998 2010-02-19 Yes Yes GPL-2.0-or-later Java[a] Java[a] Java[a] No No
GenoPro 2016, 3.0.0.7 1998 2016-01-27 No
(25 Person Free Trial) 		No Proprietary Yes No Using Wine No No
Gramps 5.2.3[2] Edit this on Wikidata 2001 2024-07-13 Yes Yes GPL-2.0-or-later Yes Yes Yes No No
Heredis 2023 ? 2022-09-20 No
(50 Person Free Trial) 		No Proprietary Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Kith and Kin Pro 3.3.0 1999 2019-09-14 No
(30-Day Free Trial) 		No Shareware Yes No No No No
Legacy Family Tree 10.0.0.179 1997 2024-06-10 Yes[b] No Proprietary Yes No Using Wine No No
LifeLines 3.1.1[3] Edit this on Wikidata 1992 2016-03-17 Yes Yes MIT Yes Yes Yes No No
MacFamilyTree 10.3.1[4] 1998 2024-04-03 No
(Free Trial, but you cannot save or export your entries) 		No Proprietary No Yes No No Yes
Personal Ancestral File 5.2.18.0 1983 2002-07-23 (discontinued 2014) Yes No Proprietary Yes No Using Wine ? ?
Reunion 13.0 (build 220214) 1988 2022-02-14 No
(Free demo, 50 person limit, no import/export, watermarked reports) 		No Proprietary No Yes No No Yes
RootsMagic 10.0.2 2003 2024-09-18 Yes
(Essentials) 		No Proprietary Yes Yes Using Wine No Yes
The Master Genealogist 9.05.0000 1993 2014-12-03 (discontinued 2015) No
(30 Day Free Trial) 		No Proprietary Yes No Using Wine No No
  1. ^ a b c d Using Java Virtual Machine
  2. ^ As of version 10; prior versions had free and premium editions

General features

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Genealogy software products differ in the way they support data acquisition (e.g. drag and drop data entry for images, flexible data formats, free defined custom attributes for persons and connections between persons, rating of sources) and interaction (e.g. 3D-view, name filters, full text search and dynamic pan and zoom navigation), in reporting (e.g.: fan charts, automatic narratives, relationship between arbitrary people, place of birth on virtual globes, statistics about number of children per family), validation (e.g.: consistency checks, research assistants connected to online genealogy databases), exporting (e.g.: export as web page, book or wall chart) and integration (e.g.: synchronisation with tablet version). Some software might include also fun and entertainment features (e.g. quizzes or slideshows).

Get acquainted with the terms of use and privacy policy of your app provider to understand what happens with your data. For example, the Family Tree Builder by MyHeritage claims a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual and non-exclusive license to host, copy, post and distribute your content.

Name 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
Agelong Tree Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Ahnenblatt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Ancestral Quest Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Ancestris Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Brother's Keeper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
FamilyGTG Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No ? Yes No No Yes No No No
Family Historian[a] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Family Tree Builder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Family Tree Maker Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
GEDitCOM II Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Genbox Family History Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
GenealogyJ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
GenoPro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No Yes
Gramps Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Heredis Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Kith and Kin Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Legacy Family Tree[b] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
LifeLines Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
MacFamilyTree Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Personal Ancestral File Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? No ?
Reunion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
RootsMagic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Master Genealogist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No ?
  1. ^ Family Historian users can also optionally install free plugins (access to the Family Historian plugin store is integrated into the program). Scripting tools are included for automation of repetitive tasks, and much more.
  2. ^ Legacy Family Tree can also save DNA Test Results and Print the values. Mapping is included to automatically pinpoint and plot important locations in ancestors' lives.

Genealogical features

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Besides exchange between systems (e.g. GEDCOM support for import and export), flexible data handling (e.g. custom attributes and multiple kinds of relations between people) is relevant.

Name Unicode Support Single parent family Same sex marriage Witness to events Name variants Conflicting evidence Source surety Adoption & foster parent non-standard calendar
in date fields
Agelong Tree Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Ahnenblatt Yes Yes Yes Partial
christening and marriage only 		Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Ancestral Quest Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Ancestris Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[a]
Brother's Keeper No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
FamilyGTG Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
Family Historian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Family Tree Builder Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Family Tree Maker Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
GEDitCOM II Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Genbox Family History Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GenealogyJ Yes ? Partial
One partner's gender mislabelled 		No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
GenoPro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gramps Yes Yes Partial
One partner's gender mislabelled[5] 		Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes[a]
Heredis Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Legacy Family Tree[b] No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
LifeLines Yes ? No ? ? ? ? ? ?
MacFamilyTree Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Personal Ancestral File Yes ? No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Reunion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
RootsMagic Yes Yes Yes Yes
(paid version) 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Master Genealogist No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
a Supports handling of dates according to several calendars (Gregorian, Julian, Jewish, French Republicain)

Languages

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Available user interface languages

Name English Afrikaans Danish Dutch French German Italian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish
Agelong Tree[a] Yes No[b] No[b] Yes Yes Yes Yes No[b] Yes ? Yes Yes No[b]
Ahnenblatt[c] Yes No[b] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Ancestral Quest[d] Yes No[b] Yes No[b] Yes Yes No[b] Yes Partial ? No Yes Yes
Ancestris[e] Yes No[b] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[b] Yes Yes
Brother's Keeper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[b] Yes Yes ? Yes No[b] Yes
FamilyGTG Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Family Historian Yes No No No No No No No No ? No No No
Family Tree Builder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Family Tree Maker (Windows) Yes No Yes No No No No No No ? No No No
Family Tree Maker for Mac Yes No No No No No No No No ? No No No
GEDitCOM II Yes No No No Yes No No No No ? No Yes Yes
Genbox Family History[f] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes ? Yes Partial Partial
GenealogyJ Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes No
GenoPro[g][h] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Gramps[i] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Heredis Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No ? No No No
Legacy Family Tree Yes[j] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[k] No ? No public
test 		Yes
LifeLines Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No No ? No No Yes
MacFamilyTree Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Personal Ancestral File (v4.x/5.x) No No No (v4.x) (v4.x/5.x) No No No ? No (v4.x) (v5.x)
Reunion[l] Yes No No Yes[l] Yes[l] Yes[l] No Yes[l] No ? No No No
RootsMagic Yes No No No No No No No No ? No No No
The Master Genealogist Yes[m] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes No[g] ? No No[g] Yes
Notes
  1. ^ Agelong Tree is also available in Arabic, Armenian, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Circassian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Galician, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian and Uzbek.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Can be created by available translation program or language file.
  3. ^ Ahnenblatt is also available in Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish and Vietnamese (see [6]).
  4. ^ Ancestral Quest also has partial translations in Chinese (Traditional) and Finnish.
  5. ^ Ancestris is also available in Breton, Catalan, Czech, Greek, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian.
  6. ^ Genbox Family History is also available in Slovak, Slovenian; partial translations are available for Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.
  7. ^ a b c Can be created using the built-in translation tables.
  8. ^ GenoPro is also available in Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian/Lettish and Vietnamese. Partial translations are available in Portuguese (Brazil), Indonesian, Dutch, Hebrew, Swedish, Portuguese (Portugal), Lithuanian, Turkish, Chinese Traditional/Taiwan (Big5), Albanian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Scots Gaelic, Chinese simplified (Gb3312).
  9. ^ Gramps is also available in Catalan, Czech, Esperanto, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Slovak, Slovenian, and Ukrainian. Partial translations are available in Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Vietnamese, and 11 more languages translated less than 50%. Allows users to translate the interface to other languages.[7]
  10. ^ Includes Australian English, Canadian English, UK English, and US English.
  11. ^ Includes both nynorsk and bokmål.
  12. ^ a b c d e English is the only language officially supported by the vendor of Reunion, but instructions for producing a translation are included, and users have made available the indicated translations.
  13. ^ Includes UK English and US English.

References

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  1. ^ "GenealogyJ 3.0". 19 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Release 5.2.3". 13 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Release 3.1.1". GitHub.
  4. ^ "Synium » MacFamilyTree » Version History". www.syniumsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  5. ^ "0003346: Same gender relationship reports".
  6. ^ Languages
  7. ^ "Portal:Translators". Gramps. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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