https://github.com/tmcw/gedcom
A simple GEDCOM parser that focuses on translating GEDCOM structure into JSON.
https://github.com/tmcw/gedcom
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A simple GEDCOM parser that focuses on translating GEDCOM structure into JSON.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/tmcw/gedcom
- Owner: tmcw
- License: isc
- Created: 2015-01-04T19:12:01.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-20T15:14:23.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-28T13:07:31.073Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: gedcom, genealogy
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage: https://tmcw.github.io/gedcom/live/
- Size: 947 KB
- Stars: 165
- Watchers: 10
- Forks: 31
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# gedcom
A small, simple parser for [GEDCOM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDCOM) 5.5.1.
# [API Documentation](./docs/README.md)
### Installation
The `gedcom` package can be added as a dependency to use in your code, or
if you'd like to just use the CLI, install it globallly:
```
npm install -g gedcom
```
### CLI
```
Usage
$ gedcom
Options
--type, -s Output type (json, d3.json, dot)
Examples
$ gedcom input.ged output.json
```
### Caveats
- The GEDCOM specification allows use of an ANSEL character encoding - a nearly-unknown
predecessor to UTF-8. This parser doesn't currently handle ANSEL encoding, so it
may behave oddly with files in ANSEL. However, it appears that most programs that
export GEDCOM default to or at least support UTF-8, which is recommended instead.
- The GEDCOM standard is ubiquitous and practical, but has [embedded cultural biases](./GEDCOM_BIAS.md).
This parser allows "non-standard" input in places where GEDCOM is bigoted, like
the `SEX_VALUE` field.