GeneWeb is a free multi-platform

genealogy software Genealogy software is computer software used to record, organize, and publish genealogical data. Features At a minimum, genealogy software collects the date and place of an individual's birth, marriage, and death, and stores the relationships o ...

tool created and owned by Daniel de Rauglaudre of

INRIA The National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) () is a French national research institution focusing on computer science and applied mathematics. It was created under the name ''Institut de recherche en informatiq ...

. GeneWeb is accessed by a Web browser, either off-line or as a server in a

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environment. It uses very efficient techniques of relationship and

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computing, developed in collaboration with Didier Rémy, research director at

. GeneWeb is used as the engine for several public genealogy websites, including

Geneanet Geneanet (previously stylized as GeneaNet) is a genealogy website with 4 million members. The database consists of data added by participants and is intended for all genealogists. The website is collaborative and the data added by the members are ...

, a collection of inter-searchable genealogical databases currently containing references to more than 225 million persons. Notable features of GeneWeb include: * High capacity: **GeneWeb can allow multiple wizards to manage the genealogical database. **GeneWeb can manage large databases: for example, the RogloRoglo database with over 7,250,000 persons
/ref> database contains over 9 million entries, managed by more than 200 wizards. *

Web Server A web server is computer software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP (the network protocol created to distribute web content) or its secure variant HTTPS. A user agent, commonly a web browser or web crawler, initiate ...

: When GeneWeb runs on a computer connected to the internet, it can accept HTTP requests from web clients, generating and serving HTML web pages and linked objects (images, etc.). *

GEDCOM GEDCOM ( ), complete name FamilySearch GEDCOM, is a ''de facto'' open file format specification to store genealogical data, and import or export it between compatible genealogy software. GEDCOM is an acronym standing for ''Genealogical Data Commu ...

: GeneWeb supports import and export of

files. *

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: GeneWeb supports

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