webtrees

Leading online collaborative genealogy application on the web.

Maintained

At a glance

GitHub stars
837
Last activity
2026-11-02
Latest release
1.7.2
2016-12-05
Commits (12 mo)
484
License
GPL-3.0
Language / platform
PHP

Maintenance health: Maintained — Activity within the last 12 months.

Run webtrees yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: not detected — install from source or packages

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr1 GB$5Deploy →
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