User:Ducksere/Gramps
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Gramps (formerly GRAMPS, an acronym for Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System)[2] is a free and open source genealogy software.[10] Gramps is programmed in Python using PyGObject. It uses Graphviz to create relationship graphs.
Original author(s) | Don Allingham[1][2] |
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Developer(s) | The Gramps Team[3] |
Initial release | April 21, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-04-21)[4] |
Stable release | |
Written in | Python (GTK+ 3) |
Operating system | Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows, OS X[8] |
Platform | GTK+ 3 |
Available in | Multilingual (40)[9] |
Type | Genealogy software |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | gramps-project |
Within the genealogy community, and within genealogy software specifically, Gramps has been noted as an uncommon example of commons-based peer production,[11] as free and open-source software created by genealogists, for genealogists.[11][12] It has been described as intuitive[12] and easy-to-use[13] for hobbyists and "feature-complete for professional genealogists".[12] The program is acknowledged as "most popular FOSS program for genealogy" by Eastman[12] and others.[13] The Australian consumer advocacy group, CHOICE, has recommended Gramps.[14][15]
The program is extensible such that, in addition to human family trees, it has been used to create animal pedigree charts[16] as well as academic genealogy showing mentoring relationships between scientists, physicians, and scholars.[17]