Familier

Familier: Self-Hosted Family Tree Alternative

Open-source platform for building family trees, sharing documents and photos, and collaborating with relatives while prioritizing user privacy and data ownership.

What is Familier?

Familier is an open-source, self-hosted genealogy platform that allows users to build their family tree online and collaborate with relatives. It is designed as an alternative to commercial services like Ancestry.com or FamilySearch, with a strong focus on privacy and user data ownership.

Some key features of Familier include:

• Ability to add ancestors going back multiple generations
• Attach historical records like census data, immigration paperwork, birth/death certificates
• Upload and organize family photos
• Living relative profiles with basic biographical details
• Collaboration tools to allow other users (like relatives) to edit your tree
• Relationship path mapping to explore connections
• Source citations for evidence and attribution
• Media galleries and timeline views
• Mobile-friendly interface

As an open source platform, Familier places priority on user privacy and control. All data remains on your own server rather than a third-party commercial service. Users have full ownership and editorial control over their tree. Familier also has focus on collaboration, allowing relatives to contribute to different branches of the family tree.

Familier runs on Linux and is available to download and install for free. It has an active open source community behind it providing updates and support. The self-hosted model gives users complete control over their family history data.

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