For the stories you know.
And the questions you keep.
Bring your family tree, facts, and sources together. Find what deserves a closer look, follow the evidence, and make each decision your own.
Follow the record.
Keep your judgment.
Fore Loom gives your research a clear path without treating a guess as a discovery.
Import
Preview a GEDCOM you exported, or begin a new local tree.
Explore
Move through your family graph, people, places, facts, and sources.
Investigate
Look closely at possible conflicts and tentative research leads.
Decide
Keep, correct, or dismiss a suggestion. The record remains yours.
A better place for the uncertain parts.
A matching name is a starting point, not proof. Fore Loom makes conflicting facts visible and leaves the conclusion with you.
See what needs attention. Then see why.
Built-in checks flag possible date conflicts, duplicate people, birthplace disagreements, relationship issues, and disconnected branches. The review queue points to the people and facts involved.
For possible duplicates, compare the records and their sources before a merge. Keep both values when the evidence is still unsettled. Approve, mark reviewed, or dismiss deliberately.
One question.
Keep both facts, classify a variation, or make a supported correction. No automatic change.
People, places, and sources
in the same story.
Record what you know. Leave room for what you don’t.
Create a local tree or preview a GEDCOM import. Keep name variants, uncertain dates, typed relationships, notes, and local media with each person. Cite sources on facts and relationships, so a detail does not lose its context.
The original GEDCOM is preserved separately from your editable tree.
See where the record leads.
Explore documented places on a map and find the people connected to them. Unresolved or ambiguous place names are gathered for review; the original recorded text stays in place unless you choose to edit it.
Optional local AI can suggest a place match through Ollama. You confirm the resolution.
Unresolved place names stay visible for review.
A lead is only a lead.
Start a search of selected public sources when you choose to. Fore Loom shows tentative candidates with source links and comparisons to the facts already in your tree. A candidate is added as unverified only after your approval.
Source coverage and access vary. Fore Loom has no historical-record archive of its own, and searches send the query you enter to the selected provider.
What you can do today.
A concise view of the tools in the current desktop app.
Tree & people
- Create and manage multiple local trees
- Explore a focused, expandable family graph
- Search people and name variants
- Record uncertain dates, typed relationships, notes, and local media
Evidence & review
- Cite sources on facts and relationships
- Review chronology, possible duplicates, place conflicts, and connection issues
- Compare duplicate records and preview a merge
- Approve or dismiss suggestions; revisit change history and eligible undo
Places & research
- Map documented family places and explore people by location
- Review unresolved place names without rewriting the original record
- Search selected public sources for tentative leads
- Use optional local Ollama assistance for issue explanations and place suggestions
Ownership & recovery
- Preview and import a GEDCOM into a new tree
- Keep the original import separate from editable records
- Create a local ZIP backup and restore it as another tree
- Work without a Fore Loom account or automatic cloud sync
Your tree stays
on this computer.
Tree databases and imported media live in your computer’s app data folder. Make a local ZIP backup and restore it as another tree. There is no Fore Loom cloud account or automatic tree sync.
Editing and built-in issue checks work without AI or internet access.
Explanations use an Ollama model running locally on your computer.
When you start a research search, your chosen query goes to the selected outside source.
The essentials are the foundation.
Your family archive
Local trees, GEDCOM import, people and source records, review, places, public research leads, and ZIP backup and restore.
Research Workbench Pro
A proposed place for longer investigations of conflicting facts, connected evidence, reasoning, and next steps. There is no paid plan to purchase today.
A few good questions.
Can I import my existing family tree?
Yes. Fore Loom imports a GEDCOM file that you export from another service, including Ancestry. It previews the import and reports unsupported or missing data. Media referenced by a GEDCOM is not automatically downloaded.
Where does my family data live?
Tree databases and imported media live in your computer’s operating-system app data folder. You can make a local ZIP backup and restore it as a separate tree. Fore Loom has no cloud account or automatic sync.
Do I need AI or an internet connection?
No for tree editing and built-in issue checks. Optional AI explanations require Ollama and a compatible model running on your computer. Searches of outside public sources require internet access and send your chosen query to those sources.
Which computers can run it?
The preview build workflow targets Apple Silicon Macs, Intel Macs, and Windows x64 PCs. These are unsigned prototype installers; Windows packaging and broader compatibility have not completed release validation.
Can I export my tree?
You can back up a tree to a local ZIP file and restore that backup in Fore Loom. GEDCOM export is planned and is not available in the current app.
Give your family story a place to grow.
Explore the current prototype for free. Preview installers are unsigned and intended for testing.