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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]] overview.
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Gramps officially started April 21, 2001. Don has written up a great blog entry on [https://gramps-project.org/introduction-WP/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 if all goes well, the 3.0 version will be out sometime in 2008.
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There has been major release about once a year.
  
== Some screenshots ==
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The table below shows the main changes in some recent releases.
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Version
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!Release Date
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!Schema version
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!Notes
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|2.2.x || 2006 ||  || [https://gramps-project.org/introduction-WP/2005/12/work-on-22-has-started-again/ important improvements]
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|2.2.1 || 29 Oct 2006 ||  || support for MS-Windows
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|3.0 || March 2008 ||  ||
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|3.2.0 || 15 Mar 2010 || 14 || Modify Notes and Dates
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|3.3.0 || 11 Jun 2011 || 15 || Add tagging and surname list
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|3.4.0 || 21 May 2012 || 16 || Replace Source ref with citations
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|4.0.0 || 21 May 2013 ||  || Conversion to GTK3 and support Python 3
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|4.1.0 || 15 Jun 2014 || 17 || Create place hierarchy
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|5.0.0 || 24 Jul 2018 ||  || support for multiple DBMS
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== Evolution of Gramps some screenshots ==
  
 
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Obviously the sidebar is growing on every release. Originally the icons where semi-realistic, but now GRAMPS adopted the Tango style for its icons. The main window looks changed like this:
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Obviously the sidebar is growing on every release. Originally the icons where semi-realistic, but Gramps has adopted the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango_Desktop_Project Tango style] for its icons. The main window looks have changed by version as follows:
  
 
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Image:Mainwin_2_2.png|2.2.x main window
 
Image:Mainwin_2_2.png|2.2.x main window
 
Image:Mainwin_3_0.png|3.0.x main window
 
Image:Mainwin_3_0.png|3.0.x main window
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File:Dashboard-category-view-first-open-no-family-tree-loaded-42.png|4.x main window
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File:Dashboard-category-view-first-open-no-family-tree-loaded-50.png|5.x main window
 
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==See also==
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* [[Previous releases of Gramps]]
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[[Category:Community/General]]
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[[Category:Documentation]]

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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
2.2.1 29 Oct 2006 support for MS-Windows
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
5.0.0 24 Jul 2018 support for multiple DBMS

Evolution of Gramps some screenshots

The sidebar in Gramps
2.0.x 2.2.x 3.0.x 4.x 5.0.x

Gramps sidebar 2 0.png

Gramps sidebar 2 2.png

Gramps sidebar 3 0.png

Gramps-sidebar-41.png

Gramps-sidebar-50.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