Lignum is a minimal and sufficient tool you need for building full and informative family tree graphs.
Unlike other genealogy software, Lignum is:
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focused on ONE task : building and rendering family tree graphs;
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very easy to use : has just enough functions and no more than that;
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cross-platform : available for any platform Qt can host
After opening Lignum, you will see your first family tree, consisting of two people. Select a person with left-click. You can add relatives using the following keys:
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M- add mother -
F- add father -
P- add partner -
S- add son -
D- add daughter -
R- remove person, if possible -
G- change gender
You can save, export or import family tree using menu bar.
That's all.
Lignum is NOT intended to:
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build family tree graphs with comprehensive design, portraits (though you can try implementing it)
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build comprehensive statistical charts and genealogy books
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be used as manager for all you genealogical research (biographies, sources, photos)
The project is to be cloned recursively:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/artemious3/lignum
It's recommended to use Meson for building:
meson setup build && cd build && ninja