Open Source Ancestry AlternativesGenealogy Tools and other similar apps like Ancestry

The best open source alternative to Ancestry is Gramps. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Ancestry and ten of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Ancestry are Ancestris, WeRelate, webtrees and Gramps Web.

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  1. Gramps icon
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    Gramps is a Free Software Project for Genealogy, offering a professional cross-platform genealogy program, and a wiki open to all.

    52 Gramps alternatives

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  2. Ancestris icon
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    A powerful genealogy software.

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    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Haiku
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  3. WeRelate icon
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    WeRelate.org is a free public-service wiki for genealogy sponsored by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy, Inc. formerly in partnership with the Allen County Public Library. The Foundation for On-Line Genealogy is a 501c3 charitable organization supported by tax-deductible...

    10 WeRelate alternatives

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    • Online
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  4. webtrees icon
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    Webtrees is a free, open source, website based, collaborative genealogy application. It works with standard GEDCOM files and is installed on a web server using PHP and MySQL (or Postgres, SQL Server, or SQLite).

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    • Mac
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    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • PHP
    • SQLite
    • PostgreSQL
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  5. Gramps Web icon
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    Gramps Web is a web app for collaborative genealogy. It is based on and interoperable with Gramps, the leading open source genealogy desktop application. Gramps Web is free & open source software and puts your privacy and your...

    15 Gramps Web alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
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  6. GeneoTree icon
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    Geneotree is an open source web-based genealogy application developed in the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database. It installs on Linux and Windows and works natively with GEDCOM files. It makes a variety of reports as PDF files.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. GeneWeb icon
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    GeneWeb is a genealogy software program with a Web interface. It can be used off-line or in a Web environment. It uses very efficient techniques of relationship and consanguinity computing, developed in collaboration with Didier Rémy, research Director at INRIA.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Family Gem icon
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    Android app for genealogical trees.

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  9. LifeLines icon
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    LifeLines is a genealogy program to help with your family history research. Its primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. KORA icon
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    KORA is a modern, privacy-focused family tree and genealogy application available for iOS and Web.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Online
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