Every branch,
one home.
Oakhearth is a private home for your family's history. Your family owns it, you host it, and it never gets sold to anyone.
See Oakhearth in action.
Real screens from Oakhearth, filled with a made-up sample family, the Whitlocks.
Sample data only: every name, date and place shown is invented.
Social media wasn't built to hold a family's history.
Big platforms make money from your attention and your data. Oakhearth is built the other way around. It's a quiet, private place that belongs to your family and is run by someone you trust.
A safe place for the whole family to share memories and stories, without any of it being used by big corporations.
- Private by designOnly invited relatives can sign in. Nothing is public and nothing shows up in search engines.
- Hosted by youInstall it on a Windows PC or your own server. Your family's data stays on hardware you control.
- Every branch welcomeEvery surname is welcome. Kids, in-laws and blended families all find their place, and each family adds its own name: “The Whitlock Family Oakhearth.”
- Bring your tree with youStart from a GEDCOM file exported from the genealogy program or website you already use.
Much more than a family tree.
Oakhearth turns a family's research into something relatives actually want to visit, explore and add to.
Family tree & ancestor stories
A pedigree you can browse and edit, plus life-story pages for every ancestor, with homes, journeys and keepsakes.
Hearthside Library
Records, maps and clippings, filed by family. You can even page through a whole old newspaper issue and zoom in on your relative.
Photos & memories
Albums, people tags and posts made for meaningful moments like anniversaries, graduations and remembrances, not daily filler.
Alma Mater & Passions
Where everyone went to school, plus sports, music and stage, nursing, teaching and the family awards room.
Homesteads & the village
Each member gets a home that grows as they take part, all set in a village around the family oak.
Quests, badges & games
Hearth Road quests, family trivia and earned achievements keep relatives coming back to learn about each other.
Messages & branch calendars
Private and group chats, announcements and event calendars for each branch of the family.
Hall of Honor & In Memoriam
A respectful home for the relatives who served and for those you've lost.
Meet Leif, your guide
A friendly oak-leaf helper on every page who gives tips, answers family questions and gives a short tour to new members.
Up and running in an evening.
Installation is meant to be as easy as installing a game, with no command line needed.
Install it
Run the Oakhearth installer on a Windows PC that stays on, or on your own server. Everything it needs comes in the box.
Bring in your tree
Import a GEDCOM file, give your site its family name and choose its look.
Invite the family
Send invites to relatives. Leif walks each one through linking themselves to the tree on their first visit.
The beta is for Windows to start, and you'll need a computer that can stay on. Comfortable running your own server? Even better. Tell me in the form below.
Buy it once. It's yours.
Oakhearth will sell for a flat price, not a monthly fee. Since you run it yourself, your version keeps working for as long as you want. Big new versions will be optional upgrades.
- During the beta
- Free, with every feature included.
- At launch
- One-time purchase. Pricing will be announced to beta testers first.
- Major updates
- Optional. Upgrade when you want to, or stay where you are.
Help shape Oakhearth.
I'm looking for a small group of families to run Oakhearth and tell me honestly what works and what doesn't.
- Free access to the full kit during the beta
- A direct line to the person building it
- First word on launch pricing
- Your feedback goes straight into what gets built next