To catalog the various tools that process GEDComs and document their limitations and noticed variances. This because everyone's GEDCom style is different.
Desktop Tools
Software you have to install and run on a desktop. Often only Microsoft Windows PC based but sometimes MacOS and Linux.Full-Tree Database Processing along with import, export, check
Ancestry/MacKiev FamilyTreeMaker (FTM)
MyHeritage FamilyTreeBuilder (FTB)
Millennia Legacy FamilyTree (now part of MyHeritage?)
GRAMPS (PortableApps)
RootsMagic
Historically popular desktop tool pre-dating Microsoft Windows.FamilySearch/LDS Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
Historically popular desktop tool pre-dating Microsoft Windows.Just processing tools
Not meant to host a GEDCom file or database but to process it in some form or another. Often just converters, checkers and validation tools; including GEDCom merge.GenMerge
GEDCom Validator
Online Tools
See Online Genealogy Solutions page already built. Covers both software that must be installed on a server as well as service in the cloud models.External References
- FamilyTreeMagazine review of online versus desktop programs
- Wikipedia Genealogy Software page covering desktop, online (installed) and online (service) modes
- Cyndi's List Software