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In addition to GRAMPS, there are other ==FinFamily==[http://wwwsourceforge.fsf.orgnet/projects/finfamily/ Free SoftwareFinFamily] or is an application under BSD License for managing your genealogical data. The java application is swing based with Webstart option. It uses PostgreSQL database for storage. FinFamily has extra features for Finnish genealogy but is not limited to Finland. ==Ftree==[http://www.opensourceftree.org/ Open SourceFtree] is an X-windows program to store and display family tree genealogy programsinformation. Each project It has slightly different goals. If GRAMPS does not meet your needs, you may wish been designed to consider one of run under Linux (Intel platform only at present) and has been built with the following programsXforms GUI tools.
Also, there is a third party library (under GPL too) for [http://gedcom.genea.at/wiki/Main_Page managing gedcom].
===genmod ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29 fork - 2005])===[http://sourceforge.net/projects/genmod/ genmod] is open source software derived <blockquote>It works from [[Other genealogy software#PhpGedView|PhpGedView]]standard GEDCOM files, genealogical information and is accessed in a natural way: search therefore compatible with every major desktop application; and it aims to be efficient and effective by using the right combination of third-party tools, design techniques and open standards.</blockquote> select -> present.
===webtrees ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29 fork - 2010])===
[http://webtrees.net/ webtrees] is open source software derived from [[Other genealogy software#PhpGedView|PhpGedView]], you need to use it in a website with PHP and MySQL installed.
Licence US/UK difference
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In addition to Gramps, there are other [https://www.fsf.org/ Free Software] or [https://www.opensource.org/ Open Source] genealogy programs. Each project has slightly different goals. If Gramps does not meet your needs, you may wish to consider one of the following programs.
==Genea==
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/genea-logy/ Genea] is for Windows OS users.
It uses Microsoft technology (Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET) and is under [http://genea-logy.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/genea-logy/trunk/res/License.txt?view=markup GPL].
==GenealogyJ==
[http://genj.sourceforge.net/ GenealogyJ] (sometimes called GenJ) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28software%29 Java] based desktop application. The description from the GenealogyJ website is as follows:
<blockquote>
GenealogyJ is a viewer and editor for genealogic data, suitable for hobbyist, family historian and genealogy researcher. GenJ supports the Gedcom standard, is written in Java and offers family tree, table, timeline views and more. GenJ is free software so it can be redistributed and/or be modified under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
</blockquote>
===Ancestris ([httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29 fork])===[http://www.arvernesancestris.com/wiki/index.php/Ancestris_-_English org Ancestris] (previously GenJFr) is based on the previous one, translated into english, same licencelicense.
==Généamania==
[http://www.geneweb.org/ GeneWeb] is a web based system. A brief description from the GeneWeb web site describes the system as below:
<blockquote>GeneWeb is a genealogy software program with a Web interface. It can be used off-line or in a Web environment. It uses very efficient techniques of relationship and consanguinity computing, developed in collaboration with Didier Rémy, research Director at INRIA.</blockquote>
Development under a [https://github.com/geneanet/geneweb new Github (software)].
==HuMo-gen==
[http://humogen.com/ HuMo-gen] is a free, open-source, GNU-GPL and multilingual server-side program that makes it very easy to publish your genealogical data on the internet as a dynamic and searchable family tree website. It is classified as a Gedcom to PHP program. This means it knows to take a Gedcom file (files that can be created and exported by all major genealogy programs) and convert it to PHP files, that display dynamic webpages on the internet.
==LifeLines==
[http://lifelines.sourceforge.net/ LifeLines] is a text based genealogy system, and probably the first genealogy project available for Linux. The SourceForge project description for LifeLines is as follows:
<blockquote>LifeLines is a genealogy program to help with your family history research. Its primarily strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format.</blockquote>
Also there is a java interface under MIT licence license hosted on sourceforge : [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jlifelines/ JLifeLines].
==PhpGedViewwebtrees==[http://www.phpgedviewwebtrees.net/ PhpGedViewwebtrees] is open source software, and is a web based genealogy that uses PHP to display GEDCOM filesyou need to use it in a website with PHP and MySQL installed. The description from the PhpGedView webtrees website is as follows:<blockquote>PhpGedView is a revolutionary genealogy program which allows you to view and edit your genealogy on your website. PhpGedView has full editing capabilities, full privacy functions, can import from GEDCOM files, and supports multimedia like photos and document images. PhpGedView also simplifies the process of collaborating with others working on your family tree. Your latest genealogy information is always on your website and available for others to see.</blockquote>
([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29 Forked in 2010] from [http://www.phpgedview.net/ PhpGedView])
== Non-Free Software ==
In addition to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software Free Software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software Open Source Software] programs, there are no cost, shareware and commercial genealogy applications. It is not the goal of the GRAMPS Gramps project to promote such products, since they do not preserve the user's freedom and can lock the user's data out of his/her control.
For more information on no cost, shareware and commercial, see [httphttps://www.cyndislist.com/software.htm Cyndi's List] or [http://genealogyblog.geneanet.org/ Geneanet's List].
== Tools ==
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