Genea.app vs GeneWeb

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.

GeneWeb scores 55 against Genea.app's 17, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a stronger recent trend. That measures project health, not feature fit — Genea.app may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Genea.app	GeneWeb
Health score	17/100	55/100
Commits (11 mo)	15	1005
Commits (last 3 mo)	0	283
Stars	277	399
Latest release	none tagged	25 Dec 2025
Licence	MIT	GPL-2.0
Built with	Javascript	OCaml
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

GeneWeb

Genealogy software that can be used offline or as a Web service.

55/100

Steady

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

Maintenance 32/40

Releases 11/25

Community 4/20

Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 79% of tracked projects; popularity more than 20%. 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.

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