RamusFind your way back
Follow people through the tree with a breadcrumb trail. Return to an earlier person, keep useful branches as bookmarks, or share a direct link.
Family history, thoughtfully explored
A family tree.
A bigger story.
You’ve gathered the records. Now give your family a way to explore them. Ramus turns your Gramps Web tree into connected people, places and stories.
Self-hosted · Built for Gramps Web · Early preview
Your Gramps Web dataOn your own serverPeople, places & relationshipsBuilt for sharing discoveries
Less searching. More discovering.
Follow the branch.
Keep the bigger picture.
Large family trees hold wonderful detail. Ramus helps you move through that detail without losing the person, the relationship or the story you came to find.
A clearer view of big trees
Choose your generations and family layers. Use the tree overview to move around, zoom to the selected person, and tuck the side panel away.
Make relationships visible
See how people are connected and highlight the visible relationship path. Keep the rest of the tree in view as you follow the thread.
More than names and dates
One family.
Different perspectives.
A tree shows the connections. A story brings a person into focus. A map puts their recorded places in context.
Start with the people around them
Move between parents, partners and children. Expand the tree when you want more context.
Bring a life into focus
Read recorded events and relationships together, with supporting sources where your Gramps data provides them.
Put the story on the map
Explore recorded places and events. Map coverage follows the locations and coordinates in your database.
Ada ExampleFAMILY CONNECTIONS
Milo Example & Lena SampleParents · Born 1775 and 1778
Joel SampleSpouse · 1800–1848
Tessa & Arlo ExampleChildren · Born 1824 and 1828
Person storyEVENTS & CONTEXT
Ada Example
1801–1846 · A fictional life
1801 / BIRTH
Born in Willowford
1824 / FAMILY
Daughter Tessa is born
1846 / DEATH
Died in Millbridge
Places in a lifeRECORDED LOCATIONS
A schematic illustration, using fictional places.
Illustrated examples · All names, dates and relationships are synthetic.
Built around your research
Your tree stays
with Gramps Web.
Ramus connects to Gramps Web to present the people, events, sources and relationships you’ve already recorded. Your family database remains on your own infrastructure.
Family access is managed through your installation. This promotional website never needs your Gramps login or a copy of your tree.
Already using Gramps Web?Your Gramps WebPeople · Records · Sources
RamusExplore · Connect · Share
Both run in your environment.
This website hosts the introduction and documentation.
This website hosts the introduction and documentation.
v0.1.1 · Developer previewA new way to explore
A new way to explore
the tree you’ve built.
Ramus is available now as an early source-based preview for people comfortable running their own applications. Start with the installation guide and choose the route that fits your setup.
Packaged downloads and a published Docker image are being prepared. There is no hosted family-tree service or registration form on this site. Distribution licensing is still being finalised.
I already have Gramps Web
Run Ramus alongside your existing instance and configure its API connection. Your current database remains in place.
Connect an existing installation ↗I’m starting with an empty tree
Build the bundled installer from source. It starts Ramus with a separate, empty Gramps Web stack using Docker Compose.
Set up a new installation ↗I want to follow the project
Development is on GitHub. Share feedback, report a problem or follow progress towards packaged releases.
Feedback & development ↗A few useful details
Before you
get started.
Does Ramus replace Gramps Web?
No. Ramus is a companion viewer connected to Gramps Web. Gramps Web remains the family database and research platform behind your installation.
Do I need somewhere to host it?
Yes. The current preview runs on your own computer or server. Docker is used for the bundled installation. Secure remote family access also needs an HTTPS address and appropriate server configuration.
Can my family use it on a phone?
The viewer adapts to smaller screens, including a menu drawer and a collapsible tree overview. Large trees naturally benefit from more screen space.
Are the examples from a real family?
The main tree screenshot shows real historical records, with visible marriage dates of 1675 and 1710. No modern relatives or account details are shown. The Family, Story and Places illustrations further down this page use entirely synthetic people and places.
Can I download a ready-made release?
Not yet. The current route is through the source repository and installation guide. Downloadable packages, a public container image and distribution licensing are still being prepared.