webtrees is a free open source web-based genealogy application intended for collaborative use.
It requires a web server that has PHP and MySQL installed.
It is compatible with standard 5.5.1-GEDCOM files.
History
webtrees is a fork of PhpGedView, it was created in early 2010, when a majority of active PhpGedView developers stopped using SourceForge[5][6] due to issues with exporting encrypted software.[7][8] webtrees is the second fork of PhpGedView. In late 2005 the first one, called Genmod,[9] was created.
On 26 July 2010, a month before version 1.0.0 of webtrees was released, Dick Eastman, who publishes Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, introduced webtrees as "the wave of the future."[10]
The day version 1.0.0 of webtrees was released, Tamura Jones reviewed and compared Webtrees with PhpGedView.[11]
References
- ^ "The webtrees team". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ^ "webtrees Wiki:History". Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
- ^ "Release 2.2.5". 13 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Translation status". lanchpad.net. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ^ "PhpGedView forum thread 2010-02-10: PGV blocked in Cuba, Syria, etc". Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "PhpGedView forum thread 2010-02-18: Future of PGV". Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "SourceForge blog 2010-01-25: Clarifying SourceForge.net's denial of site access for certain persons in accordance with US law". 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "SourceForge blog 2010-02-07: Some good news: SourceForge removes blanket blocking". 8 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "SourceForge blog 2005-10-24: A new start..." Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter 2010-07-26: WebTrees - a New Web-based Genealogy Program". Archived from the original on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "Modern Software Experience 2010-08-26: Webtrees - web genealogy". Retrieved 2010-11-11.
