5.0 Addons

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This page list Third-party Addons written by users and developers to work only with Gramps version 5.0.

Please use carefully on data that is backed up.
Help make these Third-party Addons better by reporting any comments or problems to the author, or issues and Feature requests to the bug tracker
Unless otherwise stated on this page, you can download these plugin by following these instructions
Please note that some Addons have prerequisites that need to be installed before they can be used.
These Third-party Addons unless stated are not officially part of Gramps.
This Addon/Plugin system is controlled by the Plugin Manager.

Gramps comes with a core set of plugins which provide all of the necessary features.

However, you can extend this functionality with additional Third-party Addons. These addons provide reports, listings, views, gramplets, and more.

From Gramps you can select among the available extra addons, they will be retrieved from the internet from the Gramps website, and installed locally on your computer.

Installing Addons in Gramps

General Preferences

You can have Gramps manage the process of checking and downloading Addon updates.

To configure Gramps for Addons:

  1. Start Gramps
  2. Select Menu Edit -> Preferences...
  3. Go to the General tab
  4. Change Check for addon updates: so when you start Gramps, it checks for updated Addons:
    1. Never - never checks for updates when you start Gramps (This is the default setting}
    2. Once a month - checks for updates when you start Gramps once a month
    3. Once a week - checks for updates when you start Gramps once a week (This is the recommended setting)
    4. Once a day - checks for updates when you start Gramps once a day
    5. Always - checks for updates whenever you start Gramps
  5. Change What to check so when you check for updates, it checks for:
    1. Updated addons only - does not check for new addons
    2. New addons only - does not check for updated addons (This is the default setting)
    3. New and updated addons - checks for all new and updated addons (This is the recommended setting)
  6. Change the Do not ask about previously notified addons check box:
    1. Check it so that new/updated addons are only asked about once; afterwards it doesn't show them to you (This is the recommended setting)
    2. Uncheck it so that new/updated addons are always shown to you (This is the default setting)
  7. Assuming you have an Internet connection. You can now optionally select the Check for updated addons now button to force a check for Addons using the updated settings.
  8. From the Available Gramps Updates for Addons window you will be shown a list broken down by Type that you can view by selecting the "Select" column expand out each "Type".
  9. You can then select the check box of those Addons you want to install.
  10. Then select the Install Selected Addons button to download those Addons from the Internet.
  11. Once downloaded from the Done downloading and installing addons dialog select the Close button
  12. From the Preferences dialog select Close button.
  13. To use the Addons you need to Family Trees>Quit and restart Gramps.
"Available Gramps Updates for Addons" window showing example listing output for Gramps 5.0


Addon List

Addons are listed inside of Gramps through the interface described above.

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for details of on each columns.

Plugin / Documentation Type Image Description Use Rating (out of 4) Contact Download
All Names of All People - Quickview Quickview
AllNamesOfAllPeople-Quickview-addon-example-50.png
Shows all names for all people All 4 Doug Blank AllNamesQuickview.addon.tgz
AttachSourceTool Tool
AttachSource-Tool-Options-dialog-addon-example-50.png
A tool to attach a source to a group of people. All 1 Doug Blank AttachSourceTool.addon.tgz
AvatarGenerator Tool
AvatarGeneratorTool-Before-and-After-example.gif
A tool that allows you to add and remove one or several images for a selected set of filtered people. All 4 Matthias Kemmer AvatarGenerator.addon.tgz
BirthdaysGramplet Gramplet BirthdaysGramplet-addon-example-50.png Display the upcoming birthdays All 1 Peter Potrowl BirthdayGramplet.addon.tgz
BirthOrderTool Tool BirthOrder.png Sort children in families in their birth order All 3 Paul Culley BirthOrder.addon.tgz
Cairo Clock Gramplet Gramplet
ClockGramplet-addon-example-50.png
A sample Cairo clock gramplet. Developer 1 Doug Blank ClockGramplet.addon.tgz
Calculate Estimated Dates Tool
CalculateEstimatedDates-addon-Select-tab-example-50.png
A tool to set estimated birth and death dates. All 2 Doug Blank CalculateEstimatedDates.addon.tgz
Collections Clipboard Gramplet Gramplet
ClipboardGramplet-Addon-example-50.png
Allows one to group items together for quick access. All 2 Doug Blank ClipboardGramplet.addon.tgz
Command Line Merge Tool N/A Merge primary object via the command line. (Note: Used by Gramps project to test its code you can see an example of how it used programmatically here) Developer 3 Gramps Bugtracker
Michiel D. Nauta
CliMerge.addon.tgz
D3 Ancestral/Descendant Charts Web Report D3-AncestralCollapsibleTree-WebReport-Addon-example-50.png Create ancestral/descendant web based interactive D3 charts. All 3 Matt Keenan D3Charts.addon.tgz
Database Differences Report Report Database-differences-report-example-50.png Allows a mostly complete comparison between the current database and a Gramps XML file All 2 Gramps Bugtracker Differences.addon.tgz
Data Entry Gramplet Gramplet
DataEntryGramplet-addon-example-50.png
Quick Data Entry for People data Expert user 4 Gramps Bugtracker DataEntryGramplet.addon.tgz
Date Calculator Gramplet Gramplet
DateCalculatorGramplet-addon-default-50.png
Allows you to do date math. Normal user 3 Gramps Bugtracker DateCalculator.addon.tgz
Deep Connections Gramplet Gramplet
DeepConnectionsGramplet-addon-example-50.png
Finds deep relationships between home and active people All 3 Gramps Bugtracker DeepConnectionsGramplet.addon.tgz
DenominoViso Web report
DenominoViso-WebReport-Addon-example-50.png
Creates interactive graphical ancestor/descendant tree on a webpage. All 3 Gramps Bugtracker
Michiel Nauta
DenominoViso.addon.tgz
Descendant and Detailed Descendant Book Reports Report DescendantBook-TextReports-addon-ReportOptions-tab-defaults-50.png Create a book of descendant or detailed descendant reports using a filter. All 2 Matt Keenan DescendantBooks.addon.tgz
Descendant Count Gramplet Gramplet and Quickview
DescendantCountGramplet-50.png
Gives a count of descendants for each person All 4 Doug Blank DescendantCount.addon.tgz
DescendantsLines Report JohnShakespeare-DescendantsLines.png Generates a graphical descendants tree using orthogonal edges and routing ("square edges"). Developer
Expert user
Intermediate user
3 Gramps Bugtracker
User:Lcc
Adam Sampson
DescendantsLines.addon.tgz
DownloadMedia Tool
DownloadMediaTool-addon-dialog-50.png
Download media from web pages All 1 Gramps Bugtracker DownloadMedia.addon.tgz
DynamicWeb report Report DynamicWeb-tree1.png Exports the Family Tree as Web pages that are generated dynamically by client-side Javascript (no server required). All 3 Gramps Bugtracker
Pierre Bélissent
DynamicWeb.addon.tgz
ExportRaw Exporter
ExportRaw-option-addon-50.png
A Gramps exporter that will dump your BSDDB database into a flat text version (.raw) of the Python objects. Developer 4 Doug Blank ExportRaw.addon.tgz
Extract Place Data from a Place Title Tool
ExtractPlaceData.png
Attempts to extract city and state/province from a place title All 3 Gramps Bugtracker ExtractCity.addon.tgz
Family Sheet Report
Sample Family Sheet
Generates a form with all information about a person, its spouses and its children. (Requires: PIL (Python Imaging Library).) All 4 Gramps Bugtracker
Reinhard Müller
FamilySheet.addon.tgz
Family Tree Report
FamilyTree-GraphicalReports-Addon-example-50.png
Generates a graphical tree of a family with its ancestors and/or descendants. All 3 Gramps Bugtracker
Reinhard Müller
FamilyTree.addon.tgz
Fix Capitalization of Given Names Tool
FixCapitalizationOfGivenNames-Addon-dialog-example-50.png
Fix Capitalization of Given Names All 2 Donald N. Allingham
Doug Blank
ChangeGivenNames.addon.tgz
Form Addons Gramplet Form Selector.png Forms gramplet that allows users to create and edit structured source data in a single form, such as birth, marriage and death certificates and parish register entries. All 1 Nick Hall Form.addon.tgz
GEDCOM Extensions Exporter
GEDCOMExtensions-GED2-ChooseTheOutputFormat-tab-ExportAssistant-50.png
Collection of unofficial GEDCOM extensions which extend Gramps GedcomWriter to include common non-compliant GEDCOM additions.. Expert user 2 Gramps Bugtracker
Doug Blank
GedcomExtensions.addon.tgz
GenealogyTree Report GenealogyTree-Addon-AncestorTree-example-50.png Uses LaTeX genealogytree (the Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams package) to create professional looking trees for the active person. Four report are available. Requires: texlive/texlive-pictures and texlive-fontsextra Developer
Expert user
Intermediate user
3 Gramps Bugtracker
Nick Hall
GenealogyTree.addon.tgz
GetGOV Gramplet
GetGOV-Gramplet-addon-detached-50.png
Download places from the GOV genealogical gazetteer. Expert user 2 Gary Griffin GetGOV.addon.tgz
Google Earth Mapservice
GoogleEarth-mapservices-selection-dropdown-50.png
Show places with GoogleEarth.. All 3 Peter Landgren GoogleEarthWriteKML.addon.tgz
Gramps SQL Database Exporter/Importer
ExportSQL.jpg
A Gramps exporter and importer that will export/import your BSDDB database as a fully-relational SQLite database. Expert users 3 Doug Blank Sqlite.addon.tgz
Graph View View
Graph-View-addon-example-50.png
A view that can display the active persons ancestor tree and descendant tree. Requires PyGoocanvas and Goocanvas. Expert users 3 Gramps Bugtracker
Gary Burton
GraphView.addon.tgz
Handle.bash External utility
Bashhandle.gif
A bash script which makes it possible to work with multiple databases merging select branches at will without collisions. All 3 User:Lcc (e-mail) Handle.bash.tar.gz
Headline News Gramplet Gramplet
HeadlineNewsGramplet-41.png
Shows Gramps breaking news, once per hour All 4 Gramps Bugtracker HeadlineNewsGramplet.addon.tgz
HtreePedigreeView View
HtreePedigreeView-addon-example-50.png
The H-tree based layout can be used to display ancestral trees. All 3 Gramps Bugtracker HtreePedigreeView.addon.tgz
HtmlView HtmlView
Html View
A view showing html pages embedded in Gramps All 3 Gramps Bugtracker HtmlView.addon.tgz
ImportGramplet Gramplet
ImportGramplet-Addon-CSV-example-50.png
Interface to import text directly in the following formats: CSV (spreadsheet input), Gramps XML, VCard. Developers 2 Doug Blank ImportGramplet.addon.tgz
Import Merge Tool Tool
ImportMerge.png
Compares a Gramps XML database with the current one, and allows merging of the differences. All ? Paul Culley ImportMerge.addon.tgz
InformationGraph Report N/A Generate detailed GraphViz graphs by spidering over the database. All 0 Bob Ham GVInformationGraph.py
LastChange Gramplet and Report
LatestChangeGramplet-addon-example-50.png
A gramplet and report to display the last ten records changed in the open family tree. The gramplet only displays persons, while the report can display changed families, places, and events too. All 1 Jakim Friant LastChange.addon.tgz
libaccess Library N/A An experimental gen.lib interface. Developer 1 Doug Blank libaccess.addon.tgz
Lines of Descendency Report Report
Lines-of-descendency.jpeg
Prints out all descendency lines from a given ancestor to a given descendent in text. All 2.5 User:Lcc (e-mail) LinesOfDescendency.addon.tgz
Merge Media Tool
MediaMerge.png
Searches for Media entries that point to the same media file and merges them together. All 4 Paul Culley MediaMerge.addon.tgz
Media Verify Tool Tool
MediaVerifyTool.png
Verify a one-to-one relationship between media objects and files in the media directory. The main purpose of the tool is to locate files that have been moved and fix the paths. All 4 Gramps Bugtracker MediaVerify.addon.tgz
MongoDB Database N/A MongoDB database backend support. Developer 2 Gramps Bugtracker MongoDB.addon.tgz
NetworkChart Website
Shakespeare network 1 dynamic url.svg
Generate a single graph showing connectivity between individuals Expert user 3 Mark B. NetworkChart.addon.tgz
NoteGramplet Gramplet
NoteGramplet-addon-example-50.png
A data entry gramplet for notes. All 3 Doug Blank NoteGramplet.addon.tgz
NoteCleanupTool Tool
Note Cleanup Tool.png
A tool to clean up html and convert to Styled Text in notes. Also converts Web links to Styled text. All 3 Paul Culley NoteCleanup.addon.tgz
Number Of Descendants Quickview Quickview
NumberOfDescendants-QuickView-Addon-example-50.png
Shows the number of descendants of the current active person All 4 Gramps Bugtracker
Reinhard Müller
NumberOfDescendantsQuickview.addon.tgz
PedigreeChart Report
PedigreeChart-Addon-example-50.png
A version of the classic pedigree chart that is suitable for printing. (Can optionally use - numpy if installed) All 1 Jakim Friant PedigreeChart.addon.tgz
PersonEverything Report Report
PersonEverything sample output.jpg
Show absolutely everything about one person, including all events, notes, citations, sources, attributes, media and the family information about the families they are involved in. All 4 Gramps Bugtracker PersonEverything.addon.tgz
Photo Tagging Gramplet Gramplet
Photo-Tagging-Screenshot.jpg
Enables tagging people in photographs, i.e. associating regions of images with Gramps persons. (Requires: OpenCV(for automatic face detection)& Numpy ) All 4 Gramps Bugtracker PhotoTaggingGramplet.addon.tgz
Place Cleanup Gramplet Gramplet
PlaceCleanupMain.png
Place Cleanup Gramplet assists in merging places, as well as completing places from the GeoNames web database. All 3 Paul Culley PlaceCleanup.addon.tgz
Place completion tool Tool
PlaceCompletion-Tool-Addon-50.png
A tool to fill in places. All 3 Gramps Bugtracker PlaceCompletion.addon.tgz
PostgreSQL Database N/A PostgreSQL database backend support. Expert User 2 Gramps Bugtracker PostgreSQL.addon.tgz
Prerequisites Checker Gramplet Gramplet PrerequisitesCheckerGramplet-Addon-example-50.png Diagnostic tool to help work out if users have the required prerequisites installed as well as the latest version of Gramps. Expert user 1 Gramps Bugtracker PrerequisitesCheckerGramplet.addon.tgz
Python Gramplet Gramplet
PythonGramplet-interactive-shell-example-50.png
Interactive Python Shell Developer 4 Gramps Bugtracker PythonGramplet.addon.tgz
Plugin Manager Plugin Plugin lib and Gramplet
PlugInManager-addon-example-50.png
A Plugin manager with additional capabilities All 4 Paul Culley PluginManager.addon.tgz
QueryGramplet Gramplet and Report
QueryGramplet.jpg
A SQL-like query system. All 1 Doug Blank Query.addon.tgz
Quilt Chart View
QuiltView-Addon-example-50.png
A view that presents your family tree in the form of a grid. Expert users 3 Gramps Bugtracker
Serge Noiraud, Nick Hall
QuiltView.addon.tgz
RelatedRelativesGramplet Gramplet RelatedRelativesGramplet-addon-example-50.png Display all persons in the database with a relation to a relative. All 1 Heinz Brinker RelatedRelativesGramplet.addon.tgz
Remove Tag Tool Tool
Remove Tag Tool.png
The Remove Tag Tool allows you to remove one tag from a selected set of filtered objects e.g. people. All 4 Matthias Kemmer RemoveTagTool.addon.tgz
RepositoriesReport Report
RepositoriesReport.png
All 3 Gramps Bugtracker
Jérôme Rapinat
RepositoriesReport.addon.tgz
SetAttributeTool Tool
SetAttributeTool-gramps50.png
A tool for setting attributes and their values on people. All 2 Doug Blank SetAttributeTool.addon.tgz
Themes Settings
Preferences-Themes-addon.png
An addition to Preferences for simple Theme and Font adjustment. Especially useful for Windows users. All 3 Paul Culley Themes.addon.tgz
Thumbnail Generator Tool N/A Generates thumbnails for media files. All 3 Nick Hall ThumbnailGenerator.addon.tgz
Timeline Quickview Quickview
Timeline-QuickView-Addon-example-50.png
Shows timeline of events in immediate family members' lives All 4 Doug Blank TimelineQuickview.addon.tgz
TimelinePedigreeView View
TimelinePedigreeView-Addon-example-50.png
Pedigree showing timeline and relationships. All 3 Doug Blank TimelinePedigreeView.addon.tgz
ToDoReport Report
Addon-TodoReport-report-example-50.png
Tag notes as ToDo (or anything else) and you can generate a report with the notes and the records they are attached to. Another way of maintaining a to-do list within Gramps. All 1 Jakim Friant ToDoReport.addon.tgz
Web Connect Pack Library
Web-connect-pack-UK-menu-41.png
Collection of Web sites for various countries (DE/FR/UK/US) Only install the country you need. (* Requires libwebconnect) All 4 Gramps Bugtracker libwebconnect.addon.tgz
DEWebConnectPack.addon.tgz
FRWebConnectPack.addon.tgz
UKWebConnectPack.addon.tgz
USWebConnectPack.addon.tgz

Manually installed Addons

A few addons have to be installed manually (or are scripts and need to be installed as described in the documentation).

  1. Click on a download link from the list of Addons below.
  2. Open the .ZIP or .gz file and save the contents to your Gramps User Directory, in the gramps50/plugins folder
  3. For all addons, you need to restart Gramps
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Addon/Plugin Errors

From the Help > Plugin Manager you can see which addons/plugins failed to load by viewing the Status column, and then double clicking on such an entry shows you the error. You can email this error to the plugin contact.

Plugin / Documentation Type Image Description Use Rating (out of 4) Contact Download
InformationGraph Report N/A Generate detailed GraphViz graphs by spidering over the database. All 1 Bob Ham GVInformationGraph.py
Handle.bash External utility
Bashhandle.gif
A bash script which makes it possible to work with multiple databases merging select branches at will without collisions. All 3 User:Lcc (e-mail) Handle.bash.tar.gz

Plugins for other versions of Gramps

Plugins for other versions of Gramps can be found on the following pages

Writing a Plugin

See also