PhpGedView is free and open-source web-based genealogy software written in PHP. It was created by John Finlay and first released on SourceForge in June 2002. The software displays and edits genealogy data through a web browser, using GEDCOM as its central data format.
PhpGedView was named SourceForge Project of the Month in December 2003 and became one of the more visible early web-based genealogy applications. In 2010, several active developers forked the project to create webtrees.
History
John Finlay created PhpGedView after looking for a dynamic GEDCOM-to-HTML converter for his own genealogy website.[1] The project was released on SourceForge in June 2002 and reached version 1.0 later that year.[4]
SourceForge selected PhpGedView as its Project of the Month for December 2003. The SourceForge profile described it as a PHP genealogy program for sharing family-tree information on the web, and noted that the project had risen into the top projects on the site after its 2002 release.[4]
Version 4.3.0, the last stable release listed on SourceForge, was released on 7 November 2017.[2] In 2010, a majority of active developers moved away from PhpGedView and created the webtrees fork.[5]
Features
PhpGedView is a multi-user genealogy application designed to run on a web server. It allows users to view, edit, and collaborate on family-tree data through a browser. LinuxLinks describes the software as supporting GEDCOM import, online editing, privacy controls, multimedia references, charts, reports, themes, and modules.[6]
The software can generate reports and diagrams, export output as PDF, and produce pedigree, descendancy, and timeline charts.[6] It includes privacy controls for restricting access to living people or to records visible only to registered users.[6] PhpGedView version 4.1 and later also supported output to the Gramps XML format.[6]
PhpGedView could be extended using modules, including integrations with phpBB, Lightbox, Google Maps, and content-management systems.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b “PhpGedView – PGVWiki:History”. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ a b “PhpGedView v4.3.0”. SourceForge. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ “readme.txt”. SourceForge. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ a b “Project of the Month, December 2003”. SourceForge Community Blog. 30 November 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ “Future of PGV”. SourceForge. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ^ a b c d e Emms, Steve (1 September 2023). “PhpGedView – genealogy software”. LinuxLinks. Retrieved 27 May 2026.