Genea
Genea allows visually building and editing a family tree online. It consumes and saves genealogy data in the GEDCOM format without any server side components.
Demo
Installation
- Unpack files into directory and serve over HTTPS to have complete control over the version you are running.
- Alternatively, use the Genea.app website without having to ramp up your own server.
- Optionally, host your own Git instance like Gitea or GitLab to privately store your data and make it accessible from multiple devices, or use a free repository with a service like GitHub. You can always directly interact with GEDCOM files as well.
Family tree drawing
Genea uses the Graphviz library compiled into WebAssembly to draw the family tree. It uses a default structure that includes grandparents, parents, partners, siblings and children. An abstraction layer built on top of this allows for easily assigning the right data to the right node.
GEDCOM format
Implementation of the GEDCOM format in Genea intentionally differentiates itself slightly from the true standard, as it allows a
FAMrecord to contain either twoFAM.HUSBorFAM.WIFErecords to indicate a same sex marriage. Other types of relationships between people are not supported due to the lack of GEDCOM to specify a gender neutralFAM.PART(NER)record.
Screenshots and video
Family tree
Editing detail
