Charting Companion
Charting Companion is a macOS genealogy app for creating, customizing, printing, and sharing family tree charts from genealogy data files.
What is Charting Companion?
Charting Companion is a genealogy charting app for macOS that helps family historians turn research data into visual family tree charts and reports. It is designed for people who want more control over how their ancestry information is displayed, whether for personal research, sharing with relatives, or producing printable charts for events and presentations. The app works with GEDCOM files and supported genealogy programs, and it offers multiple chart styles for showing ancestors, descendants, and broader family relationships. Users can customize layouts and formatting, save output in formats such as PDF, HTML, RTF, and SVG, and create files suitable for large printed charts. It also includes specialized views and DNA-related chart options for users who incorporate genetic genealogy into their research. Published by Progeny Genealogy Inc., Charting Companion is primarily a focused family history visualization tool rather than a full genealogy database manager.
Key features
- Create ancestor, descendant, fan, trellis, and other family tree chart layouts.
- Open supported genealogy data sources including GEDCOM files and selected family tree programs.
- Customize chart formatting, layout, and decorative presentation options.
- Export charts to PDF, HTML, RTF, SVG, and image formats for sharing or publishing.
- Print large family tree charts for wall displays or professional plotter output.
- Use DNA-based charting tools such as DNA Matrix, DNA Simulation, and DNA Matches.
- Generate specialized views such as X-chromosome, mtDNA, and Y-DNA inheritance charts.
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
This is a legitimate genealogy application used to open family history data and generate charts. Access to genealogy files and exported documents is consistent with its purpose. Because family trees and DNA-related research can contain sensitive personal information, use normal care when opening shared data files and when publishing charts or reports that include living relatives or genetic matches.
Recommendation: Keep Charting Companion if you use it to create or print family tree charts, work with GEDCOM files, or prepare genealogy materials for sharing. If you no longer use genealogy charting tools, you can remove the app and any remaining support files without affecting macOS itself, though you may want to keep your family history data and exported charts.
Common paths
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