- Comparison of genealogy software
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This article compares several selected client-based genealogy programs. Web-based genealogy software is not included.
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General information
Software Example(s) Latest release Free to use Free software Software license Ahnenblatt 
2011-02-08 Yes No Proprietary Agelong Tree 2007-12-27 No
(40 Person Free Trial)
No Proprietary Ancestral Quest 2011-07-21 Yes
(Basics version)
No Proprietary Brother's Keeper 2011-09-23 Yes
(Unreg. ver.)
No Shareware Family Historian 2009-May No No Proprietary Family Tree Builder 
2011-01-26 Yes
(Free ver.)
No Proprietary Family Tree Maker (Windows) 2011 No No Proprietary Family Tree Maker for Mac[1] 2010-11-04 No No Proprietary GEDitCOM II 2010-07-17 No No Proprietary Genbox Family History 2007-11-17 No
(30 Day Free Trial)
No Proprietary GenealogyJ 
2010-02-19 Yes Yes GNU GPL GenoPro 
2010-12-30 No
(25 Person Free Trial)
No Proprietary GRAMPS 
2011-10-01 Yes Yes GNU GPL Legacy Family Tree 2011-06-04 Yes
(Standard Edition)
No Proprietary LifeLines 2007-10-06 Yes Yes MIT License MacFamilyTree 2010-05-14 No No Shareware Personal Ancestral File 2002-07-23 Yes No Proprietary Reunion 2010-08-28 No No Proprietary RootsMagic 2011-02-12 Yes
(Essentials)
No Proprietary SmartGenealogy 2007-05-02 Yes No Freeware The Master Genealogist 2009-02-13 No
(30 Day Free Trial)
No Proprietary Operating system support
Software Windows DOS Mac OS Linux BSD Unix Ahnenblatt Yes No No Wine[c] Wine[c] No Ancestral Quest Yes No No Wine[c] Wine[c] No Agelong Tree Yes No No Wine[c] Wine[c] No Brother's Keeper Yes Terminated (5.2B) No Wine[c] Wine[c] No Family Historian Yes No No Wine[c] Wine[c] No Family Tree Builder Yes No No Wine[c](v2) Wine[c] No Family Tree Maker (Windows) Yes No Separate Wine[c] Wine[c] No Family Tree Maker for Mac No No Yes GEDitCOM II No No Yes No No No Genbox Family History Yes No No Wine[c] Wine[c] No GenealogyJ Java[a] No Java[a] Java[a] No Java[a] GenoPro Yes No No Wine[c] Wine[c] No GRAMPS Yes No ported[b][2] Yes Yes Yes Legacy Family Tree Yes No No Wine[c][3] Wine[c] No LifeLines Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MacFamilyTree No No Yes No No No Personal Ancestral File Yes Terminated Terminated (2.3.1) Wine[c] Wine[c] No Reunion Terminated (4.0) No Yes Wine[c](v4.0) Wine[c] No RootsMagic Yes No No No No No SmartGenealogy Yes No No No No No The Master Genealogist Yes Terminated (2.3) No Wine[c] Wine[c] 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 No No No No Yes Ancestral Quest Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Agelong Tree Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Brother's Keeper No Yes 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 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Family Tree Maker (Windows) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Family Tree Maker for Mac No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No Yes GEDitCOM II Yes 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 Yes No No No GenealogyJ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 Yes Legacy Family Tree No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LifeLines Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? MacFamilyTree Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Personal Ancestral File Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? No ? Reunion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No RootsMagic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes SmartGenealogy No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No ? The Master Genealogist No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No ? Languages
Available user interface languages
Name English Afrikaans Danish Dutch French German Italian Norwegian Polish Spanish Swedish Ahnenblatt[a] Yes No[e] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ancestral Quest[j] Yes No[e] Yes No[e] Yes Yes No[e] Yes No[e] Yes partial Agelong Tree Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Brother's Keeper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[e] Yes Yes No[e] Yes Family Historian Yes No No No No No No No No No No Family Tree Builder 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 Family Tree Maker for Mac Yes No No No No No No No No No No Genbox Family History[b] Yes[f] No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes partial Yes partial partial GEDitCOM II Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes GenealogyJ Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No GenoPro[h][i] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes GRAMPS[c] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Legacy Family Tree[d] Yes public
testYes Yes public
testYes public
testYes[f] No public
testYes LifeLines Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes MacFamilyTree Yes No 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 (v4.x) (v5.x) Reunion Yes No No Yes* Yes* Yes* No Yes* No No No RootsMagic Yes No No No No No No No No No No SmartGenealogy Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No The Master Genealogist Yes[g] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes partial Yes No[h] No[h] Yes - a Ahnenblatt is also available in Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and 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 both nynorsk and bokmål
- g Includes U. K. English and U. S. English.
- h Can be created using the built-in translation tables.
- i GenoPro is also available in Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian/Lettish, Russian 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 (GB2312), and 18 more languages translated less than 50%.
- j Ancestral Quest also has partial translations in Chinese (Traditional) and Finnish.
References
- ^ Planetspriv (2010-11-04). "Family Tree Maker software (Mac) Message Board". Ancestry.com. http://boards.ancestry.com/boardinfo.aspx?p=topics.software.ftmmac. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ GRAMPS developers. "Installation on Windows, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris". http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Windows.2C_FreeBSD.2C_Mac_OS_X.2C_Solaris. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ WineHQ - Legacy Family Tree - AppDB Entry
External links
- Genealogical Software Report Card[dead link] - Bill Mumford's opinions on the important features of genealogy software, with charts showing features available in common products. Very dated information. (Historical)Archive copy at the Wayback MachineRIP
- 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).
Genealogy software Open source Non-webFreeware Ahnenblatt · Ancestral Quest Basics · Family Tree Builder (free ver.) · Legacy Family Tree (standard ed.) · Personal Ancestral File (PC) · RootsMagic Essentials · SmartGenealogyRetail Non-webAncestral Quest · Brother's Keeper · Family Historian · Family Tree Builder (premium ver.) · Family Tree Maker · Genbox Family History · GenoPro · Legacy Family Tree (deluxe ed.) · GEDitCOM · MacFamilyTree · Personal Ancestral File (Mac OS) · Reunion · RootsMagic · Sukujutut · The Master GenealogistWeb-basedGeneral Comparison of genealogy software · Comparison of web-based genealogy software · Family tree mapping · GEDCOM · Genealogy software · Genealogy websitesCategories:- Genealogy software
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