5.0 Addons

This page list Third-party Addons written by users and developers to work only with Gramps version 5.0. Please use carefully on data that is backed up. Help make these Third-party Addons better by reporting any comments or problems to the author, or issues and Feature requests to the bug tracker Unless otherwise stated on this page, you can download these plugin by following these instructions Please note that some Addons have prerequisites that need to be installed before they can be used. These Third-party Addons unless stated are not officially part of Gramps. This Addon/Plugin system is controlled by the Plugin Manager.

Gramps comes with a core set of plugins which provide all of the necessary features.

However, you can extend this functionality with additional Third-party Addons. These addons provide reports, listings, views, gramplets, and more.

From Gramps you can select among the available extra addons, they will be retrieved from the internet from the Gramps website, and installed locally on your computer.

Installing Addons in Gramps

General Preferences

You can have Gramps manage the process of checking and downloading Addon updates.

To configure Gramps for Addons:

1. Start Gramps
2. Select Menu Edit -> Preferences...
3. Go to the General tab
4. Change Check for addon updates: so when you start Gramps, it checks for updated Addons:
   1. Never - never checks for updates when you start Gramps (This is the default setting}
   2. Once a month - checks for updates when you start Gramps once a month
   3. Once a week - checks for updates when you start Gramps once a week (This is the recommended setting)
   4. Once a day - checks for updates when you start Gramps once a day
   5. Always - checks for updates whenever you start Gramps
5. Change What to check so when you check for updates, it checks for:
   1. Updated addons only - does not check for new addons
   2. New addons only - does not check for updated addons (This is the default setting)
   3. New and updated addons - checks for all new and updated addons (This is the recommended setting)
6. Change the Do not ask about previously notified addons check box:
   1. Check it so that new/updated addons are only asked about once; afterwards it doesn't show them to you (This is the recommended setting)
   2. Uncheck it so that new/updated addons are always shown to you (This is the default setting)
7. Assuming you have an Internet connection. You can now optionally select the Check for updated addons now button to force a check for Addons using the updated settings.
8. From the Available Gramps Updates for Addons window you will be shown a list broken down by Type that you can view by selecting the "Select" column expand out each "Type".
9. You can then select the check box of those Addons you want to install.
10. Then select the Install Selected Addons button to download those Addons from the Internet.
11. Once downloaded from the Done downloading and installing addons dialog select the Close button
12. From the Preferences dialog select Close button.
13. To use the Addons you need to Family Trees>Quit and restart Gramps.

"Available Gramps Updates for Addons" window showing example listing output for Gramps 5.0

Addon List

Addons are listed inside of Gramps through the interface described above.

See Plugin list legend for details of on each columns.

Plugin / Documentation	Type	Image	Description	Use	Rating (out of 4)	Contact	Download
All Names of All People - Quickview	Quickview		Shows all names for all people	All	4	Doug Blank	AllNamesQuickview.addon.tgz
AttachSourceTool	Tool		A tool to attach a source to a group of people.	All	1	Doug Blank	AttachSourceTool.addon.tgz
AvatarGenerator	Tool		A tool that allows you to add and remove one or several images for a selected set of filtered people.	All	4	Matthias Kemmer	AvatarGenerator.addon.tgz
BirthdaysGramplet	Gramplet		Display the upcoming birthdays	All	1	Peter Potrowl	BirthdayGramplet.addon.tgz
BirthOrderTool	Tool		Sort children in families in their birth order	All	3	Paul Culley	BirthOrder.addon.tgz
Cairo Clock Gramplet	Gramplet		A sample Cairo clock gramplet.	Developer	1	Doug Blank	ClockGramplet.addon.tgz
Calculate Estimated Dates	Tool		A tool to set estimated birth and death dates.	All	2	Doug Blank	CalculateEstimatedDates.addon.tgz
Collections Clipboard Gramplet	Gramplet		Allows one to group items together for quick access.	All	2	Doug Blank	ClipboardGramplet.addon.tgz
Command Line Merge	Tool	N/A	Merge primary object via the command line. (Note: Used by Gramps project to test its code you can see an example of how it used programmatically here)	Developer	3	Gramps Bugtracker Michiel D. Nauta	CliMerge.addon.tgz
D3 Ancestral/Descendant Charts	Web Report		Create ancestral/descendant web based interactive D3 charts.	All	3	Matt Keenan	D3Charts.addon.tgz
Database Differences Report	Report		Allows a mostly complete comparison between the current database and a Gramps XML file	All	2	Gramps Bugtracker	Differences.addon.tgz
Data Entry Gramplet	Gramplet		Quick Data Entry for People data	Expert user	4	Gramps Bugtracker	DataEntryGramplet.addon.tgz
Date Calculator Gramplet	Gramplet		Allows you to do date math.	Normal user	3	Gramps Bugtracker	DateCalculator.addon.tgz
Deep Connections Gramplet	Gramplet		Finds deep relationships between home and active people	All	3	Gramps Bugtracker	DeepConnectionsGramplet.addon.tgz
DenominoViso	Web report		Creates interactive graphical ancestor/descendant tree on a webpage.	All	3	Gramps Bugtracker Michiel Nauta	DenominoViso.addon.tgz
Descendant and Detailed Descendant Book Reports	Report		Create a book of descendant or detailed descendant reports using a filter.	All	2	Matt Keenan	DescendantBooks.addon.tgz
Descendant Count Gramplet	Gramplet and Quickview		Gives a count of descendants for each person	All	4	Doug Blank	DescendantCount.addon.tgz
DescendantsLines	Report		Generates a graphical descendants tree using orthogonal edges and routing ("square edges").	Developer Expert user Intermediate user	3	Gramps Bugtracker User:Lcc Adam Sampson	DescendantsLines.addon.tgz
DownloadMedia	Tool		Download media from web pages	All	1	Gramps Bugtracker	DownloadMedia.addon.tgz
DynamicWeb report	Report		Exports the Family Tree as Web pages that are generated dynamically by client-side Javascript (no server required).	All	3	Gramps Bugtracker Pierre Bélissent	DynamicWeb.addon.tgz
ExportRaw	Exporter		A Gramps exporter that will dump your BSDDB database into a flat text version (.raw) of the Python objects.	Developer	4	Doug Blank	ExportRaw.addon.tgz
Extract Place Data from a Place Title	Tool		Attempts to extract city and state/province from a place title	All	3	Gramps Bugtracker	ExtractCity.addon.tgz
Family Sheet	Report		Generates a form with all information about a person, its spouses and its children. (Requires: PIL (Python Imaging Library).)	All	4	Gramps Bugtracker Reinhard Müller	FamilySheet.addon.tgz
Family Tree	Report		Generates a graphical tree of a family with its ancestors and/or descendants.	All	3	Gramps Bugtracker Reinhard Müller	FamilyTree.addon.tgz
Fix Capitalization of Given Names	Tool		Fix Capitalization of Given Names	All	2	Donald N. Allingham Doug Blank	ChangeGivenNames.addon.tgz
Form Addons	Gramplet		Forms gramplet that allows users to create and edit structured source data in a single form, such as birth, marriage and death certificates and parish register entries.	All	1	Nick Hall	Form.addon.tgz
GEDCOM Extensions	Exporter		Collection of unofficial GEDCOM extensions which extend Gramps GedcomWriter to include common non-compliant GEDCOM additions..	Expert user	2	Gramps Bugtracker Doug Blank	GedcomExtensions.addon.tgz
GenealogyTree	Report		Uses LaTeX genealogytree (the Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams package) to create professional looking trees for the active person. Four report are available. Requires: texlive/texlive-pictures and texlive-fontsextra	Developer Expert user Intermediate user	3	Gramps Bugtracker Nick Hall	GenealogyTree.addon.tgz
GetGOV	Gramplet		Download places from the GOV genealogical gazetteer.	Expert user	2	Gary Griffin	GetGOV.addon.tgz
Google Earth	Mapservice		Show places with GoogleEarth..	All	3	Peter Landgren	GoogleEarthWriteKML.addon.tgz
Gramps SQL Database	Exporter/Importer		A Gramps exporter and importer that will export/import your BSDDB database as a fully-relational SQLite database.	Expert users	3	Doug Blank	Sqlite.addon.tgz
Graph View	View		A view that can display the active persons ancestor tree and descendant tree. Requires PyGoocanvas and Goocanvas.	Expert users	3	Gramps Bugtracker Gary Burton	GraphView.addon.tgz
Handle.bash	External utility		A bash script which makes it possible to work with multiple databases merging select branches at will without collisions.	All	3	User:Lcc (e-mail)	Handle.bash.tar.gz
Headline News Gramplet	Gramplet		Shows Gramps breaking news, once per hour	All	4	Gramps Bugtracker	HeadlineNewsGramplet.addon.tgz
HtreePedigreeView	View		The H-tree based layout can be used to display ancestral trees.	All	3	Gramps Bugtracker	HtreePedigreeView.addon.tgz
HtmlView	HtmlView		A view showing html pages embedded in Gramps	All	3	Gramps Bugtracker	HtmlView.addon.tgz
ImportGramplet	Gramplet		Interface to import text directly in the following formats: CSV (spreadsheet input), Gramps XML, VCard.	Developers	2	Doug Blank	ImportGramplet.addon.tgz
Import Merge Tool	Tool		Compares a Gramps XML database with the current one, and allows merging of the differences.	All	?	Paul Culley	ImportMerge.addon.tgz
InformationGraph	Report	N/A	Generate detailed GraphViz graphs by spidering over the database.	All	0	Bob Ham	GVInformationGraph.py
LastChange	Gramplet and Report		A gramplet and report to display the last ten records changed in the open family tree. The gramplet only displays persons, while the report can display changed families, places, and events too.	All	1	Jakim Friant	LastChange.addon.tgz
libaccess	Library	N/A	An experimental gen.lib interface.	Developer	1	Doug Blank	libaccess.addon.tgz
Lines of Descendency Report	Report		Prints out all descendency lines from a given ancestor to a given descendent in text.	All	2.5	User:Lcc (e-mail)	LinesOfDescendency.addon.tgz
Merge Media	Tool		Searches for Media entries that point to the same media file and merges them together.	All	4	Paul Culley	MediaMerge.addon.tgz
Media Verify Tool	Tool		Verify a one-to-one relationship between media objects and files in the media directory. The main purpose of the tool is to locate files that have been moved and fix the paths.	All	4	Gramps Bugtracker	MediaVerify.addon.tgz
MongoDB	Database	N/A	MongoDB database backend support.	Developer	2	Gramps Bugtracker	MongoDB.addon.tgz
NetworkChart	Website		Generate a single graph showing connectivity between individuals	Expert user	3	Mark B.	NetworkChart.addon.tgz
NoteGramplet	Gramplet		A data entry gramplet for notes.	All	3	Doug Blank	NoteGramplet.addon.tgz
NoteCleanupTool	Tool		A tool to clean up html and convert to Styled Text in notes. Also converts Web links to Styled text.	All	3	Paul Culley	NoteCleanup.addon.tgz
Number Of Descendants Quickview	Quickview		Shows the number of descendants of the current active person	All	4	Gramps Bugtracker Reinhard Müller	NumberOfDescendantsQuickview.addon.tgz
PedigreeChart	Report		A version of the classic pedigree chart that is suitable for printing. (Can optionally use - numpy if installed)	All	1	Jakim Friant	PedigreeChart.addon.tgz
PersonEverything Report	Report		Show absolutely everything about one person, including all events, notes, citations, sources, attributes, media and the family information about the families they are involved in.	All	4	Gramps Bugtracker	PersonEverything.addon.tgz
Photo Tagging Gramplet	Gramplet		Enables tagging people in photographs, i.e. associating regions of images with Gramps persons. (Requires: OpenCV(for automatic face detection)& Numpy )	All	4	Gramps Bugtracker	PhotoTaggingGramplet.addon.tgz
Place Cleanup Gramplet	Gramplet		Place Cleanup Gramplet assists in merging places, as well as completing places from the GeoNames web database.	All	3	Paul Culley	PlaceCleanup.addon.tgz
Place completion tool	Tool		A tool to fill in places.	All	3	Gramps Bugtracker	PlaceCompletion.addon.tgz
PostgreSQL	Database	N/A	PostgreSQL database backend support.	Expert User	2	Gramps Bugtracker	PostgreSQL.addon.tgz
Prerequisites Checker Gramplet	Gramplet		Diagnostic tool to help work out if users have the required prerequisites installed as well as the latest version of Gramps.	Expert user	1	Gramps Bugtracker	PrerequisitesCheckerGramplet.addon.tgz
Python Gramplet	Gramplet		Interactive Python Shell	Developer	4	Gramps Bugtracker	PythonGramplet.addon.tgz
Plugin Manager Plugin	Plugin lib and Gramplet		A Plugin manager with additional capabilities	All	4	Paul Culley	PluginManager.addon.tgz
QueryGramplet	Gramplet and Report		A SQL-like query system.	All	1	Doug Blank	Query.addon.tgz
Quilt Chart	View		A view that presents your family tree in the form of a grid.	Expert users	3	Gramps Bugtracker Serge Noiraud, Nick Hall	QuiltView.addon.tgz
RelatedRelativesGramplet	Gramplet		Display all persons in the database with a relation to a relative.	All	1	Heinz Brinker	RelatedRelativesGramplet.addon.tgz
Remove Tag Tool	Tool		The Remove Tag Tool allows you to remove one tag from a selected set of filtered objects e.g. people.	All	4	Matthias Kemmer	RemoveTagTool.addon.tgz
RepositoriesReport	Report			All	3	Gramps Bugtracker Jérôme Rapinat	RepositoriesReport.addon.tgz
SetAttributeTool	Tool		A tool for setting attributes and their values on people.	All	2	Doug Blank	SetAttributeTool.addon.tgz
Themes	Settings		An addition to Preferences for simple Theme and Font adjustment. Especially useful for Windows users.	All	3	Paul Culley	Themes.addon.tgz
Thumbnail Generator	Tool	N/A	Generates thumbnails for media files.	All	3	Nick Hall	ThumbnailGenerator.addon.tgz
Timeline Quickview	Quickview		Shows timeline of events in immediate family members' lives	All	4	Doug Blank	TimelineQuickview.addon.tgz
TimelinePedigreeView	View		Pedigree showing timeline and relationships.	All	3	Doug Blank	TimelinePedigreeView.addon.tgz
ToDoReport	Report		Tag notes as ToDo (or anything else) and you can generate a report with the notes and the records they are attached to. Another way of maintaining a to-do list within Gramps.	All	1	Jakim Friant	ToDoReport.addon.tgz
Web Connect Pack	Library		Collection of Web sites for various countries (DE/FR/UK/US) Only install the country you need. (* Requires libwebconnect)	All	4	Gramps Bugtracker	libwebconnect.addon.tgz DEWebConnectPack.addon.tgz FRWebConnectPack.addon.tgz UKWebConnectPack.addon.tgz USWebConnectPack.addon.tgz

Manually installed Addons

A few addons have to be installed manually (or are scripts and need to be installed as described in the documentation).

1. Click on a download link from the list of Addons below.
2. Open the .ZIP or .gz file and save the contents to your Gramps User Directory, in the gramps50/plugins folder
3. For all addons, you need to restart Gramps

Addon/Plugin Errors From the Help > Plugin Manager you can see which addons/plugins failed to load by viewing the Status column, and then double clicking on such an entry shows you the error. You can email this error to the plugin contact.

Plugin / Documentation	Type	Image	Description	Use	Rating (out of 4)	Contact	Download
InformationGraph	Report	N/A	Generate detailed GraphViz graphs by spidering over the database.	All	1	Bob Ham	GVInformationGraph.py
Handle.bash	External utility		A bash script which makes it possible to work with multiple databases merging select branches at will without collisions.	All	3	User:Lcc (e-mail)	Handle.bash.tar.gz

Plugins for other versions of Gramps

Plugins for other versions of Gramps can be found on the following pages

• 5.1 Addons
• 4.2 Addons
• 4.1 Addons
• 4.0 Addons
• 3.4 Addons
• 3.3 Addons
• 3.2 Addons
• 3.1 Addons
• 3.0 Addons
• 2.2 Addons

Writing a Plugin

• See Writing a Plugin for information on developing your own addon.

See also

• Plugins Command Line