GEDKeeper program is developed for work with personal genealogical database.

The program is designed for extremely simple and intuitive interface. The program is very easy to install on the computer, fully supports the GEDCOM format, has no restrictions on the number of persons and generations, allows you to generate pedigrees, building several tree species, as well as print and save their images, provides fast navigation, filtering, searching and adding multimedia materials. In addition there is an output of geographic data on Google maps (© Google).

The aim of the program is as quick and effective means of conducting personal genealogical database.

Forum: https://groups.google.com/g/gedkeeper-en
Channel (Telegram): https://t.me/gedkeeper_en
Chat (Telegram): https://t.me/gedkeeper_chat_en

News

14/10/2025

Released version v2.36.0/Windows & v3.12.0/Linux,Windows

• Fixed program crashes when loading files with errors.
• Localizations updated: German [Christian Bettinger], Hungarian [kazerniel], Spanish [Miguel A. Pérez Valdenebro], Vietnamese [akodyn].
• Batch photo addition has been made more versatile and easier.
• Find and replace functionality has been expanded to include file paths in media records.
• The "Chronicle" plugin has been integrated with the program.
• Improved Trees Album generation.
• The file properties dialog has been simplified.
• New icons in classic and modern styles have been added to the default and additional themes.
• A button for viewing media and detailed information has been added to various fact lists.
• Date columns can now be aligned to the left or right depending on the output format.
• Theme support has been expanded to include plugins and improved overall.
• The design of several dialogs in GKv2 and GKv3 has been improved, and the Cloud, Life, and Navigator plugins have been optimized.
• Improved theme support in GKv2 and GKv3.
• The "Pedigrees importer" plugin merged with "Flow input" (future subproject "Sandbox").
• The "Flow input" and "Pedigrees importer" plugins removed from the program delivery and their development stopped (only experiments).
• Find and replace functionality has been expanded to include person and family places, note text, and the titles of all other records.
• Fixed line output defects when saving trees to SVG.
• Removed the extended file backup plugin (built into the program).
• Fixed output of ancestor trees for deceased infants of unknown sex.
• Optimized and unified all list and table views.
• Optimized and accelerated (20-25%) rendering of tree diagrams.
• The settings dialog has been slightly reorganized (GKv3).
• Added option to enable validation of GEDCOM constraints on input data.
• Reorganized the person editing dialog.
• Added new design themes: "Jungle", "Vintage", "Rome", "Cyberpunk", "TRON" and "Matrix" (AI-generated with manual correction of unsuccessful shades).
• Improved calculation of parents' age on children's birth dates in the tree - not only birth dates are taken, but also baptism dates.
• Added output of wedding anniversaries in tips on opening files.
• Added support for reading GEDZIP files [Alex Zaytsev].
• Added partial localization into Vietnamese [akodyn].
• The definition of family kinships has been reworked, relations types and rules have been moved to the settings file.
• Fixed saving trees to PDF on Linux.
• Improved compatibility with the standard of addresses input and reading.
• Added the feature to enter and store age for events, by the standard.
• Export in strict mode GEDCOM saves location coordinates in a standard format.
• Fixed output of marriage dates in tree diagrams.
• Added support for input and simple analysis (GKGenetix plugin) of DNA tests.
• Added plugin to support face recognition in photos.
• Fixed doubling up menu items (GKv3/Mac) [Alex Zaytsev].
• Fixed saving settings on exit (GKv3/Mac) [Alex Zaytsev].
• Fixed formatting of tables and lists (GKv3/Mac) [Alex Zaytsev].
• Improved cross-platform compatibility of GKMaps plugin [Alex Zaytsev].

28/04/2025

Released version v2.35.0/Windows & v3.11.0/Linux,Windows,Android

• Localizations updated: German [Christian Bettinger], Portuguese [Ricardo Neves], Japanese [mtsx68k], Spanish [Miguel A. Pérez Valdenebro], Hungarian [kazerniel].
• Fixed a bug with reading files from Family Tree Builder with byte-separated UTF8 strings.
• Fixed bug with getting selected item in list of issues in database and no sorting (GKv3).
• Improved display of portraits in the tree (GKv3).
• Fixed problem loading images from web links (added UserAgent).
• Added Lua functions for working with locations.
• Fixed bug with saving tree screenshot (GKv3).

14/04/2025

Released version v2.34.0/Windows & v3.10.0/Linux,Windows,Android

• Help in Spanish has been updated [Miguel A. Pérez Valdenebro].
• Print preview feature is disabled in GKv3 (unfixable issue in .net6/wpf).
• Improved centering of marriage dates in trees.
• Added Lua functions for searching locations with geocoders.
• Fixed a bug in the Lua function select_record().
• Added option to include source citations in pedigrees.
• Fixed a bug with opening multimedia files with relative paths for external viewing.
• Added the feature to export data to a pure/strict GEDCOM file (standard only, no extensions).
• Automatic sorting of children takes into account the baptism date (infant) if the birth date is not specified.
• Added the function of copying the image of trees to the clipboard (Alt+P).
• Fixed the application crash when sending mail (GKv3).
• New solution to blurry portraits in tree (GKv3).
• Expanded support for hyperlinks in the information panel text.
• Fixed defects in the display of portraits in the tree (GKv3).
• Fixed a bug with calling the filtering dialog related to the theme support code.
• Added validation of a number of editable records for compliance with GEDCOM restrictions.
• Fixed a bug where the application would crash completely when saving a file and the previously specified path did not exist (GKv3).
• Fixed an bug in entering the married name in the second and subsequent personal names.
• Fixed bug with tree font selection (GKv3).

14/03/2025

Released version v2.33.0/Windows & v3.9.0/Linux,Windows,Android

• Localizations updated: Chinese Simplified [Jeff Li], German [Christian Bettinger], Hungarian [Kékesi Lajos, kazerniel], Japanese [mtsx68k], Polish [burtek], Spanish [Miguel A. Pérez Valdenebro], Turkish [Emre Gecher].
• Added "Modern" design theme [kazerniel].
• Added an option to disable non-standard data editing features.
• The entire help is fully updated into Spanish [Miguel A. Pérez Valdenebro].
• The entire help is fully updated in Russian and English.
• Removed GKTray from GEDKeeper.
• The "History Data" (Web Links) plugin is merged with the "Navigator" plugin.
• Restored the option to remember recent files.
• x86 support is completely removed in GKv3.
• Restored the work of design themes in GKv3 (partial).
• Fixed crash when saving file to switched off removable disk (GKv3).
• Added option to display the full file name in the main window title.
• Fixed a bug with calculating the age of parents in tree diagrams.
• Added calling of ancestor, descendant and all persons maps from tree diagrams.
• Added a number of checks for adding invalid links between different records.
• Added functions for moving multimedia files between absolute and relative paths, archive and storage.
• Minor improvements.