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Run Gramps Web on your Xscapevision VPS

Collaborative family-tree website on a Gramps database. Gramps Web is independent third-party software; your Xscapevision VPS provides the infrastructure you can run it on.

Needs a VPS — coming soon Open source Genealogy Version frontend 26.9.1

Before you install: Family trees hold personal data about living people — use HTTPS and strong passwords.

Let us set it up for you

Choose which of your hosting accounts it goes on and its address. We build it, give it its own address with a padlock, and email you when it is ready. No command line needed.

Who does what

Xscapevision provides

  • The hosting infrastructure and its resources
  • Guidance on what the application needs
  • Domain and DNS guidance
  • Links to the official installation instructions

You provide

  • Installing, configuring and updating the application
  • User accounts, security and your data
  • Backups of the application, unless you buy a backup service from us
  • Keeping to the application's licence and our acceptable-use policy

Requirements and official sources

Runs on
Python (Gunicorn, Celery) + Redis/Valkey; SQLite or PostgreSQL
Resources
2 GB RAM minimum (from the project's documentation)
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Project
https://www.grampsweb.org
Source code
https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps-web
Install guide
Official installation instructions

What happens on your hosting is your responsibility. Xscapevision provides the hosting infrastructure. You are responsible for the software, content, accounts, settings and data you run on it, unless you have separately bought a managed service that covers them. All use is subject to your hosting agreement, our acceptable-use policy, applicable law and the application's own licence.