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It is important to know your roots, to know where you come from, so you can understand where we are going, and what we have achieved. This page gives a start to an overview of the history of Gramps.
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It is important to know your roots, to know where you come from, so you can understand where we are going, and what we have achieved. Here is an overview of the history of Gramps.
  
 
== The releases so far ==
 
== The releases so far ==
Gramps officially started April 21, 2001. Don has written up a great blog entry on [http://blog.gramps-project.org/?p=39 how it came about]. A stable release however was only achieved on 2004-02-11, as can be learned from the [[Previous releases of Gramps|Previous releases]] overview.
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Gramps officially started April 21, 2001. Don has written up a great blog entry on [https://gramps-project.org/2006/04/looking-back-over-5-years/ how it came about]. A stable release however was only achieved on 2004-02-11, as can be learned from the [[Previous releases of Gramps|Previous releases]] overview.
  
The 2.2.x releases came about in 2006, with some [http://blog.gramps-project.org/?p=32 important improvements], and the 3.0 version came March 2008.
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There has been major release about once a year.
 
 
Recently there has been major release about once a year.
 
  
 
The table below shows the main changes in some recent releases.
 
The table below shows the main changes in some recent releases.
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Image:Mainwin_3_0.png|3.0.x main window
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Revision as of 05:17, 2 September 2015

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It is important to know your roots, to know where you come from, so you can understand where we are going, and what we have achieved. Here is an overview of the history of Gramps.

The releases so far

Gramps officially started April 21, 2001. Don has written up a great blog entry on how it came about. A stable release however was only achieved on 2004-02-11, as can be learned from the Previous releases overview.

There has been major release about once a year.

The table below shows the main changes in some recent releases.

Version Release Date Schema version Notes
2.2.x 2006 important improvements
3.0 March 2008
3.2.0 15 Mar 2010 14 Modify Notes and Dates
3.3.0 11 Jun 2011 15 Add tagging and surname list
3.4.0 21 May 2012 16 Replace Source ref with citations
4.0.0 21 May 2013 Conversion to GTK3 and support Python 3
4.1.0 15 Jun 2014 17 Create place hierarchy

Evolution of Gramps some screenshots

The sidebar in Gramps
2.0.x 2.2.x 3.0.x 4.x

Gramps sidebar 2 0.png

Gramps sidebar 2 2.png

Gramps sidebar 3 0.png

Gramps-sidebar-41.png

Obviously the sidebar is growing on every release. Originally the icons where semi-realistic, but Gramps has adopted the Tango style for its icons. The main window looks have changed by version as follows:


See also