GeneWeb
Genealogy software that can be used offline or as a Web service.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 433 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v7.1.0-beta2 (Dec 2025).
Also an alternative to Ancestry.
At a glance
GeneWeb quick facts
- Health score
- 74/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 407
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v7.1.0-beta2, Dec 2025
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to GeneWeb
Full rankings: Ancestry alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "- Roglo — Over 11 million individuals, maintained collaboratively by nearly 300 contributors - Geneanet — Used GeneWeb as its core engine for two decades."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
GeneWeb scores 74/100, #3 of 5 in Genealogy: 433 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v7.1.0-beta2, 10 months ago) earns 19.0 of 25, 407 stars add 10.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
433 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 19.0 / 25
v7.1.0-beta2 released 10 months ago
- Stars 10.4 / 20
407 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 433
- Last 90 days
- 1,388
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 5 tools in Genealogy by health , between webtrees (#2) and Genealogy (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | OCaml |
| Latest release | v7.1.0-beta2 · 10 months ago |
| Stars | 407 |
| Open issues | 105 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | geneweb/geneweb ↗ |
GeneWeb vs its top 4 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with GeneWeb (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 (this tool) | 74 | 407 | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Genealogy | 70 | 367 | MIT | 20 days ago |
| Genea.app | 20 | 284 | MIT | 11 months ago |
GeneWeb: common questions
What does GeneWeb replace?
Repoly lists GeneWeb as an open-source alternative to Ancestry. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where GeneWeb stands against the others.
Is GeneWeb still maintained?
GeneWeb had 433 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v7.1.0-beta2, is from 10 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.