Genea.app
Genealogy tool designed with privacy in mind that anyone can use to author or edit their family tree. Data is stored in the GEDCOM format and all processing is done in the browser.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Dec 2025.
Also an alternative to Ancestry.
At a glance
Genea.app quick facts
- Health score
- 20/100 STALE
- Stars
- 284
- Last commit
- 11 months ago (Dec 2025)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Genea.app
Full rankings: Ancestry alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "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."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Genea.app scores 20/100, #5 of 5 in Genealogy: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 284 stars add 9.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 9.8 / 20
284 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 15
- Last 12 months
- 11 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 5 tools in Genealogy by health , just below Genealogy (#4) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Javascript |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 284 |
| Open issues | 11 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | genea-app/genea-app ↗ |
Genea.app vs its top 4 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Genea.app (Genealogy), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gramps Web | 89 | 229 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| webtrees | 81 | 835 | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| GeneWeb | 74 | 407 | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Genealogy | 70 | 367 | MIT | 20 days ago |
| Genea.app (this tool) | 20 | 284 | MIT | 11 months ago |
Genea.app: common questions
What does Genea.app replace?
Repoly lists Genea.app as an open-source alternative to Ancestry. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Genea.app stands against the others.
Is Genea.app still maintained?
Genea.app had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 11 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.