#1
Gramps is an open source genealogy program for building and managing family trees with sources, media, and reports, including charts and web-style narrative output.
3.1k stars524 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
3 self-hosted RootsMagic alternatives
Genealogy application for building and managing family trees, recording events, sources, notes and media, producing charts, reports and books, and synchronizing trees with online services (TreeShare, Ancestry, FamilySearch). Includes desktop apps and cloud sync/publishing features.
Alternatives to RootsMagic
Open-source Laravel family tree app to record people, relationships, events and media with multi-tenancy, roles, backups and GEDCOM import/export in development.
358 stars116 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#3
Client-side web app to visually build, edit, and export GEDCOM family trees. Runs entirely in the browser with offline storage and optional Git repository sync.
276 stars57 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
What replacing RootsMagic actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 2 of 3 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-2.0, MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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