![]() ![]() On the Gramps side, the addon exports a GEDCOM file from your database and runs a HTTP server inside Gramps that can send out the GEDCOM file. If you’re interested, I can explain how the addon works from the technical side. There is also a discussion about this here: There is no server-side code to this app, all code runs in the browser. Also, since the app is hosted on GitHub pages, it is hosted as static files only. You can go through the code at and see for yourself or you can open the browser developer tools and inspect the requests made from the application. This is something I’m quite sensitive about and I am reluctant to use external sites to store my genealogical data. The Interactive Family Tree addon does not send any data out of your computer. I know this is fuzzy and may be confusing to judge whether the addon uploads any data or not. I am the author of the Interactive Family Tree addon. ![]() ![]() For me, that’s a general feeling, not particular to Gramps: the fact that something works without an internet connection doesn’t rule out the possibility that it might behave differently when there is a connection.Īll of this code happens to be open source, which is nice, but I don’t have enough knowledge to inspect it myself and so I just have to trust what the developers say. I agree with feeling that The fuzziness of data boundaries is disturbing. It opened a new tab in my browser and displayed the results successfully, and I confirmed I was still not connected to the internet (the other tabs could not refresh). I found that I was able to run the Interactive Family Tree analysis and exploration tool with my wifi turned off. It isn’t clear whether if this addon pulls interface down or pushes genealogical data out. There is ONE item that pops to mind that seems to violate this deliberate isolation: the Interactive Family Tree addon. ![]()
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