webtrees
Webtrees is the web's leading online collaborative genealogy application.
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Still maintained? Yes: 110 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.2.6 (Apr 2026).
Also an alternative to Ancestry.
At a glance
webtrees quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 835
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.2.6, Apr 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to webtrees
Full rankings: Ancestry alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "webtrees is a web application for recording, viewing and sharing your family history. It imports and exports standard GEDCOM files, making it compatible with every major desktop genealogy application."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
webtrees scores 81/100, #2 of 5 in Genealogy: 110 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.2.6, 6 months ago) earns 24.8 of 25, 835 stars add 11.7 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
110 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 24.8 / 25
2.2.6 released 6 months ago
- Stars 11.7 / 20
835 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
- 110
- Last 90 days
- 513
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 5 tools in Genealogy by health , between Gramps Web (#1) and GeneWeb (#3) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 2.2.6 · 6 months ago |
| Stars | 835 |
| Open issues | 349 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | fisharebest/webtrees ↗ |
webtrees vs its top 4 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with webtrees (Genealogy), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gramps Web | 89 | 229 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| webtrees (this tool) | 81 | 835 | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| GeneWeb | 74 | 407 | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Genealogy | 70 | 367 | MIT | 20 days ago |
| Genea.app | 20 | 284 | MIT | 11 months ago |
webtrees: common questions
What does webtrees replace?
Repoly lists webtrees as an open-source alternative to Ancestry. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where webtrees stands against the others.
Is webtrees still maintained?
webtrees had 110 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 2.2.6, is from 6 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.