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=Overview=
* Many different [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories|Category views]] for navigating your family tree:
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|{{icon|gram}}'''Dashboard'''[[File:DashboardCategoryView-example-52.png|center|400px]] Displays different general purpose [[Gramplets]], small widgets that can help in your genealogical research.
|{{icon|peop}}'''People'''[[File:People-tree-view-grouped-people-52.png|center|400px]] Displays the people in the family tree without their connections. This Category contains the PeopleListView and the Grouped PeopleTreeView. Filter the display using preset filters or a custom filter.
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|{{icon|rela}} '''Relationship'''[[File:Relationships-category-view-default-52.png|center|400px]] Display a family of parents, grandparents and children with the birth/death dates and relationships. Navigate to nearby relatives with a single click.
|{{icon|fami}} '''Families'''[[File:Families-category-list-view-52.png|center|400px]] List all families in a single view. Double-click on each to edit, add notes, and to see parents and children in each family.
|- valign="top"
|{{icon|ance}}'''Charts - Pedigree'''[[File:ChartsCategory-pedigreeview1-horizontal-right-standard-5gen-default-52.png|center|400px]] Display the family in the traditional pedigree view. Hold the mouse over individuals to see more information about them and to move to more distant parts of the tree
|{{icon|ance}}'''Charts - Fan Chart'''[[File:ChartsCategory-fanchartview-fullcircle-9gen-default-52.png|center|400px]] Displays graphical trees for the selected person.
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|{{icon|ance}}'''Charts - Descendant Fan Chart'''[[File:ChartsCategory-descendantfan-fullcircle-9gen-default-52.png|center|400px]] Displays graphical trees for the selected person.
|{{icon|ance}}'''Charts - 2-Way Fan Chart'''[[File:ChartsCategory-2wayfan-fullcircle-ances4gen-descen4gen-default-52.png|center|400px]] Displays graphical trees for the selected person. 4 Generations of Ancestors (Top) / 4 Generations of Descendants (bottom) 
|- valign="top"
|{{icon|even}} '''Event'''[[File:EventsCategory-EventsListView-example-52.png|center|400px]] Displays the events in the family tree in a single view. Double-click on each to edit, add source, and to see which individuals reference the event.
|{{icon|plac}} '''Place'''[[File:PlacesCategory-PlaceListView-example-52.png|center|400px]] Displays the places in the family tree and sort the list by half a dozen headings such as City, County or State.
|- valign="top"
|{{icon|geog}} '''Geography'''[[File:GeographyCategory-GeoPlacesView-AllKnownPlaces-openstreemap-example-52.png|center|400px]] Displays data of your family tree on a map.
|{{icon|sour34}} '''Source'''[[File:SourcesCategory-CitationTreeView-example-52.png|center|400px]] Displays the sources in the family tree in a single view. Double-click on each to edit, add notes, and to see which individuals reference the source.
|- valign="top"
|{{icon|cite}} '''Citations'''[[File:CitationsCategory-CitationsListView-example-52.png|center|400px]] Displays the citations in the family tree.
|{{icon|repo}} '''Repository'''[[File:RepositoriesCategory-RepositoriesListView-example-52.png|center|400px]] List all source repositories in a single view. Double-click on each to edit, add notes, and to see which sources reference the repository.
|- valign="top"
|{{icon|medi}} '''Media'''[[File:MediaCategory-MediaListView-example-52.png|center|400px]] List all forms of media referenced in the family tree. Can be graphic images, videos, sound clips, spreadsheets, documents, etc.
|{{icon|note}} '''Notes'''[[File:NotesCategory-NotesListView-example-52.png|center|400px]] Displays the notes in the family tree.
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==Features==
* Bookmark favorite individuals for quick access. (The number able to be marked is unlimited)
* Custom filters. In addition to the numerous preset filters, create any number of selections based on interesting facts about your family to use for reports and data exports.
* Link any media or filetype to your Gramps family tree. Choose between copying or linking the file to the database.
* Privacy options allow restriction of any information marked with this option or information about living individuals. Data marked with this option can be excluded in reports and data exports.
* Multiple calendars and date ranges are supported. You can convert between Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew, French republican, Persian and Islamic calendars from within Gramps via the Date selection window, and you can use fuzzy dates like about 1874, estimated 1905, ...
* View, edit, and save Image Exif Metadata for use with modern-day cameras, cell phones, and graphic programs...

==Languages==
* Multiple languages and cultures support is mature.
** Translations exist for 43 languages + 1 Custom Language (See the [[Portal:Translators|Translators Portal]])
** Gramps has been designed so that new translations can easily be added with little development effort. If you are interested in participating please see the [[Portal:Translators|Translators Portal]]
** Relationship calculators available in twenty languages  (See [[Handler List]])
** Full Unicode support. Characters for all languages are properly displayed.

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==Reports==

[[File:RelationshipChartDescendants-example-41.png|right|thumb|200px|An example descendant chart]]

Generate brief or detailed reports for the ancestors or descendants of an individual.

* Multiple styles of reports are currently available by default. Users can also create their own [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Customize_report_output_formats|custom styles]].
* Eight output formats are supported by Gramps: PDF, OpenDocument, HTML, Rich Text Format (RTF), Latex, and plain text.
* Custom reports can be created by advanced users under the "plugin" system which allows the sharing of custom report styles between users.
* Book report allows the user to collect a variety of reports in a single document, which in turn is easier to distribute.

Charts and Graphs - Create graphical Ancestor and Descendant charts in several formats.

* Box and Fan charts are available. ''For example, see the [[Howto: Make a relationship chart|Make a relationship chart]] "How to..." article.
* ''Multiple formats are supported by Gramps for charts and graphs: OpenDocument Draw, PDF, PostScript, and SVG.
* Custom charts can be created by users. We hope to add more in the near future through the contributions of users and developers.

Export to Web Pages -Select the entire database, family lines or selected individuals to a collection of web pages ready for upload to the World Wide Web.

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*[[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports|Reports]] chapter of the User Manual
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==Tools==
A rich set of tools includes operations such as checking database for errors and consistency, as well as the research and analysis tools such as event comparison, duplicate people finding, interactive descendant browser, and others.

* Merge. Combine two separate people into one. Very useful combining two databases with overlapping people.
* Soundex generator. Generate the standard codes commonly used in genealogy to compare similar sounding names even though spelled differently.


* [[Gramps_{{man_version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools]]

==File formats==
Import/Export support for several different formats.

* GEDCOM import and export. Extensive support for the de-facto industry standard GEDCOM version 5.5.1 so you can exchange Gramps information to and from users of most other genealogy programs.
* Gramps package import and export. A compressed file containing your family tree data and any other files used. Useful for backup or sharing with other Gramps users.
* Web Family Tree export. Web Family Tree (WFT) allows you to display your family tree online with only a single file, instead of many HTML files the web page report generates.


* [[Gramps_{{man_version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Importing_data|Importing data]]
* [[Gramps_{{man_version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Exporting_data|Exporting data]]

==Third-party Addons==
Gramps comes with a core set of plugins which provide all of the critical features.

However, you can extend this functionality with additional Third-party Addons. These addons provide reports, filters, views, [[Gramplets]], and more. 

* [[Third-party Addons]]

==Community==
The Gramps program has been available for decades since being released in April 2001 and has continually grown with many features and capabilities.

* Active community involvement. Many current Gramps users contribute reports, suggestions, and feedback to the developers through the supported [[Contact#Forum|forums]] or [[Contact#Mailing_lists|public mailing lists]].
* Active development effort. New features are being designed and coordinated by several active developers. Many additional participants assist through the mailing lists. Group effort shapes and tests Gramps constantly improving functionality and usability.
* Portable. Gramps is written in a computer language called [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language) <abbr title="honoring Monty Python's Flying Circus">Python</abbr>] using [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK <abbr title="formerly GIMP ToolKit">GTK</abbr>] and [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME <abbr title="formerly GNU Network Object Model Environment">GNOME</abbr>] libraries. While only well supported in certain Unix and Linux environments, these are multi-platform development libraries, meaning that Gramps can be ported to any platform the required libraries are ported to.
* Free Software/Open Source development model means Gramps can be extended by any programmer since all of the source code is freely available under its license.
* Gramps is freely distributed under the [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License <abbr title="General Public License">GPL</abbr>].

== Checklist ==
{| {{Prettytable}}
|-
!bgcolor="#8DA7D6" style="line-height:2.25em;"| Gramps
!bgcolor="#8DA7D6" style="line-height:2.25em;"| 5.0.x
!bgcolor="#8DA7D6" style="line-height:2.25em;"| 5.1.x
!bgcolor="#8DA7D6" style="line-height:2.25em;"| 5.2.x
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Price
|style="color:green;"|Free
|style="color:green;"|Free
|style="color:green;"|Free
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Open Source 
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"|Category Views
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Dashboard
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|People
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Families
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Relationships
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Charts
|style="color:green;"|Yes (4 - Pedigree Chart / Ancestor Fan Chart / Descendant Fan / 2-Way Fan)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (4 - Pedigree Chart / Ancestor Fan Chart / Descendant Fan / 2-Way Fan)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (4 - Pedigree Chart / Ancestor Fan Chart / Descendant Fan / 2-Way Fan)
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Events
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Places
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Geography
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Sources
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Citations
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Repositories
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Media
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Notes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| Chart Types
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| Reports
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Books
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Family Group Sheets
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Individual Summary
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Sosa Numbering (ascendants)
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Henry Numbering (descendants)
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Count numbering (descendants)
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Calendar
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| Database
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Native Database
|style="color:green;"|Yes ('''Berkeley DB''' (default)/ SQLite (Experimental))
|style="color:green;"|Yes ('''SQLite''' (default)/Berkeley DB (Legacy))
|style="color:green;"|Yes ('''SQLite''' (default)/Berkeley DB (read-only))
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"| [[Gramps Performance|Size Limit]]
|style="color:green;"|Yes (tested up to 250,000 people)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (tested up to 1.4 Million people ([[Gramps_Performance#JohnBoyTheGreat_2019-12.2C_version_5.1.1|GRANDMA]]))
|style="color:green;"|Yes (tested up to 1.4 Million people ([[Gramps_Performance#JohnBoyTheGreat_2019-12.2C_version_5.1.1|GRANDMA]]))
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"| Open multiple Databases at once
|style="color:red;"|No (works for viewing, not supported !!)
|style="color:red;"|No (works for viewing, not supported !!)
|style="color:red;"|No (works for viewing, not supported !!)
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| Multimedia
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Audio
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Video
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Images
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| Remote
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Remote Access
|style="color:green;"|Yes (linux, over X connection)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (linux, over X connection)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (linux, over X connection)
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Collaboration
|style="color:red;"|No
|style="color:red;"|Not in Gramps for Desktop<br /><span style="color:green">Yes, in GrampsWeb</span> 
|style="color:red;"|Not in Gramps for Desktop<br /><span style="color:green">Yes, in GrampsWeb</span> 
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| International
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Unicode
|style="color:green;"|Yes(40+)
|style="color:green;"|Yes(43+1)
|style="color:green;"|Yes(43+1)
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|[[Gramps_translations|Languages]]
|English(USA), English(UK), Arabic, Albanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk), Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese.
|English(USA), Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English (UK), Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Irish), Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Dutch, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Serbian (Latin), Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Traditional).
|English(USA), Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English (UK), Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Irish), Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Dutch, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Serbian (Latin), Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Traditional).

|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| Compatibility
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|[[GEDCOM|GEDCOM 5.5]]
|Import/Export
|Import/Export
|Import/Export
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|[[GEDCOM|GEDCOM 5.5.1]]
|Import/Export
|Import/Export
|Import/Export
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|[[GEDCOM|GEDCOM 7.0.11]]
|No
|No
|No ?
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|HTML
|Export
|Export
|Export
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|XML
|Gramps XML
|Gramps XML
|Gramps XML
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Backup
|On Menu
|On Menu
|On Menu
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| Platform
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Linux
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Officially Supported compile/install)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Officially Supported compile/install)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Officially Supported compile/install)
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Windows
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Community Supported)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Community Supported)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Officially Supported compile/install)
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Mac
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Community Supported)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Community Supported)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Community Supported)
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|BSD
|style="color:green;"|Yes (user compile/install)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (user compile/install)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (user compile/install)
|-
!style="color:blue;" colspan="9"| Additional Features
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Match/Merge
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Limited)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Limited)
|style="color:green;"|Yes (Limited)
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Multiple relationships (adoptive-foster)
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Relationship calculator
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Soundex calculator
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Spell check in notes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|3rd party Addon/plugin infrastructure
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Check for 3rd party Addon Updates
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|style="color:green;"|Yes
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|Check for Program Update
|style="color:red;"|No
|style="color:red;"|No
|style="color:red;"|No ( [[Addon:Prerequisites Checker Gramplet|Via Addon]] )
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|User Manual
|style="color:green;"|Yes ([[User_manual|online]])
|style="color:green;"|Yes ([[User_manual|online]]) & [[User_manual_translations#Gramps_5.1.x_Manual|PDF]]
|style="color:green;"|Yes ([[User_manual|online]])
|}

=See also=
* [[Previous releases of Gramps]]

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