Local-first genealogy

A modern, straightforward way to work with your family tree

FolioTree helps you browse and edit your genealogy with your family-tree data kept on your device — not on a FolioTree cloud server. Use it in your browser or on Android.

Get FolioTree for Android Coming soon Use FolioTree in your browser

FolioTree focus-person family view in the browser, showing parents, partners, and children around a focus person in the Royal Family sample tree.

What you can do

Genealogy tools that stay practical

FolioTree is built for everyday family-history work — not as a toy app, and not as heavyweight desktop software. Core features available today include:

People & families

Browse a focus-person view, edit relationships, and move through your tree person by person.

Search & GEDCOM

Find people quickly and import or export GEDCOM to stay compatible with other tools.

Charts & reports

Explore ancestry, descendant, and relationship charts, plus on-screen family summaries.

Research to-do

Keep a research task list alongside your tree while you work.

Photos & media

Attach photos to people in your tree and export media when you need copies.

Backups & offline use

Download FolioTree backup files and work locally — your tree remains on your device.

Your data, your device

Local-first by design

FolioTree stores your family-tree data in local storage on your phone or browser. FolioTree does not require an account or store a FolioTree-hosted copy of your genealogy.

On your device — people, relationships, media, and notes stay under your control in the app or browser storage.
Portable — GEDCOM import/export and FolioTree backup files help you move or safeguard your work.
Your responsibility — clearing app data, uninstalling, or switching devices can remove local data unless you keep backups or exports.

Product

See FolioTree in use

Real captures from the same FolioTree app — charts and family editing on the web, and everyday browsing on Android.

FolioTree descendants chart in the browser, showing multiple generations descended from Elizabeth II in the Royal Family sample tree.

FolioTree focus-person view on Android, showing parent families and the focus person in the Royal Family sample tree.

Plans

Free today — Premium planned

FolioTree is free to use today. A paid FolioTree Premium tier is planned as a one-off purchase (not a subscription). Premium is not available to buy yet — production apps currently run on the Free tier until billing is implemented.

Feature area	Free (available now)	Premium (planned)
Family trees	One active family tree	Create, switch, and manage multiple trees
Core tree editing	Browse, edit, search, GEDCOM, FolioTree backups	Same core editing
Charts & reports (on screen)	Ancestry, descendant, relationship charts	Same viewing
Charts & reports (export)	On-screen charts only	PDF, print, and supported image export for charts
Charts & reports (family group sheet)	family group sheet on screen	family group sheet PDF export
Photos	Photos on individual people	Global gallery across the tree
Research	Research to-do list	Research log PDF

Coming later: Premium pricing and in-app purchase will be announced when billing is live. This site will not show a buy button until then.

Ready to explore your tree?

Use FolioTree in your browser today, or watch for the Android release on Google Play.

Android app Coming soon Use in browser