Open beta

Download Genogram

The genogram is free to download until 30 November 2026. No account to create, no credit card, nothing to send: the file installs and works.

Practitioners who try it during that period keep it free, for life, updates included. The software will be sold by subscription afterwards; you will not pay — it is how we thank those who put it to the test first.

To receive your free-for-life licence — the one that removes the three-record limit and the watermark — write to us via the contact form, subject "Beta tester application", with a couple of words about your practice. It is issued by hand, which gives us the chance to ask what gets in the way: that is the only thing we expect in return, and it is worth more than anything else.

Current version: 0.14.1 — 13 September 2026

The software works right away, with no licence: three records, and a watermark on the documents you export — ample to judge it on a real case.

The free-for-life licence is reserved for beta testers, meaning practitioners who try the software before 30 November 2026 and request it through the form. It is not offered after that date: when the beta ends the software moves to an annual subscription, and only the testers from this period keep their free access.

Once received, it imports with the “Import a licence” button at the bottom of the home screen: the limit and the watermark disappear.

Which file to take

One only, the one for your system. This is the first mistake reported to us: downloading the Mac file from a Windows PC. It will never open there.

Two warnings will appear. This is normal.

The software does not yet have a commercial certificate — they cost several hundred euros a year, and they will be bought when sales pay for them. Until then, both your browser and your system will warn you. Here is exactly what you will see, and what to do.

1. Your browser holds the file back. On Windows especially, Chrome and Edge block installers from independent publishers: the download completes, but the file stays unusable with a .crdownload extension. You have to allow it: in your browser's downloads bar or panel, click the three dots (or the arrow) next to the file, then "Keep" — sometimes "Keep anyway". The file then becomes a real .msi.

Never open a .crdownload file: Windows would ask you to "Select an app to open this file", and none would fit. It is not an installer yet — it is a download waiting for your permission.

2. On Windows, your system warns you on first launch. "Windows protected your PC" — "More info" then "Run anyway". Once only.

On Mac, one question, and that is all. Since 0.12.1 the application is signed with an Apple certificate and notarised by Apple. On first launch macOS asks: "“Génogramme” is an app downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?" — click Open. macOS asks this for every downloaded file, whoever published it, and it does not come back. No detour through Settings, no error message. Requires macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later.

If anything happens differently from what is described here, write to us: that is precisely what we are trying to learn during this beta.

On first launch

The software will ask you to accept its terms of use, then to choose a password. This is not a sign-up — nothing goes over the Internet — it is the key that encrypts your records on your own machine. Two things to know:

• nobody can recover this password for you, not even us: write down the recovery code it offers, it is shown only once;
• losing both the password and the code makes your records and their backups permanently unreadable.

Verifying a download (optional)

Each file is followed by its SHA-256 checksum. To recompute it: shasum -a 256 file (macOS, Linux) or certutil -hashfile file SHA256 (Windows). If it does not match, do not install it and write to us.

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