Rootly is online genealogy software for Vietnamese people: the whole family builds a family tree on the web, replacing handwritten notebooks and shared Excel files.

THE ISSUE

Vietnamese genealogy is often found in three places: an old notebook at the head of the family, a few Word files from each branch, and the memories of elderly relatives. Those three places don't match, no one can correct someone else's version, and they gradually fade over time. Foreign software doesn't understand lunar calendar anniversaries, doesn't comprehend the roles within maternal and paternal sides, and charges by headcount, so no one in the family participates.

KEY FEATURES

• A family tree that accurately reflects the real family — two parents, multiple generations of spouses, adopted children, and even cases of cousins marrying each other. It does not force everything into a straight branch.

• Lunar dates and anniversary reminders — directly enter "passed away on the 20th of Chạp", and the system automatically calculates the solar date and reminds ahead of the anniversary.

• Relationship calculations — select two people, and the system responds "this person is your younger uncle", with the correct forms of address for both maternal and paternal sides.

• Locations on the map — associate addresses with each event, so the entire family appears on one map: where the roots are, where the branches have gone.

• Family booklet and printed poster — export to a print file up to A0 size, ready to take to the printing house for display at the family shrine.

• GEDCOM import and export — the international genealogy standard, available in EVERY package including the free one.

WHO SHOULD USE IT

Anyone holding the family genealogy: the family head, branch leader, or the person assigned to transcribe the genealogy records. Additionally, the descendants in the family — invited to view and contribute without any extra cost.

HOW TO GET STARTED

The web works on all computer and phone browsers, no installation needed. Register using your email or Zalo, create the tree, then send invitation links to the whole family via Zalo. If you have a GEDCOM file from old software, import it directly.

The free package lasts forever: 100 members, 250 MB of images. Family package 990,000 ₫/year: 2,000 members, 10 GB. Clan package 2,990,000 ₫/year: 25,000 members, 100 GB.

DIFFERENCE POINTS

Charges by TREE, not by person. One person maintains the genealogy pays, and the whole family can view and contribute for free — because in every family, only one person does 95% of the work, and charging per person discourages the very thing we want to promote.

Your data belongs to you. Export GEDCOM in all packages, even when the tree has expired and changed to read-only, along with an automatic backup sent to your email. The tree that exceeds the limit changes to read-only but is never locked or deleted — this is data about the deceased.

And it has been made for Vietnamese from the start: lunar calendar, anniversary dates, relationships, Vietnamese typing without diacritics, bank transfer payments, Zalo login.