Genea.app vs Genealogy

Both are self-hosted genealogy projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Genealogy scores 52 against Genea.app's 17, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and more recent releases. That measures project health, not feature fit — Genea.app may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Genea.app	Genealogy
Health score	17/100	52/100
Commits (11 mo)	15	243
Commits (last 3 mo)	0	24
Stars	277	361
Latest release	none tagged	14 Sept 2026
Licence	MIT	MIT
Built with	Javascript	PHP
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

Genea.app

Genealogy tool designed with privacy in mind that anyone can use to author or edit their family tree. Data is stored in the GEDCOM format and all processing is done in the browser.

17/100

At risk

Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.

Maintenance 3/40

Releases 11/25

Community 3/20

Momentum 0/15

Commit activity more than 8% of tracked projects; popularity more than 15%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Genealogy

Record family members and their relationships and build a family tree.

52/100

Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 19/40

Releases 25/25

Community 4/20

Momentum 4/15

Commit activity more than 48% of tracked projects; popularity more than 18%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted genealogy.