LifeLines
Text-based genealogy software for recording family history and generating reports and charts.
By The LifeLines contributors
View the LifeLines source code
About LifeLines
LifeLines stores genealogy information in GEDCOM format and includes reports for creating ancestor and descendant summaries, books and charts. Its scripting support lets users generate different kinds of genealogy output.
The community-maintained project provides source releases and installation instructions. The official site also links to manuals and distribution-specific installation notes.
Strengths
- Stores family records in GEDCOM format
- Includes reports for ancestors, descendants and genealogy charts
- Supports custom reports through scripting
Limitations
- Uses GEDCOM format for stored genealogy data.
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree software under an MIT-style license.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- The LifeLines contributors
- Platforms
- Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Genealogy researchers who want text-based tools and scriptable reports
- Categories
- CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the Homebrew formula