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Start with plain old Gramps. It can export to static sites with several different templates. Gramps Web is not easy to host or run. It was designed for some specialized things.
https://gramps-project.org/blog/
Gramps is the way! Running the container self hosted is quick! And it’s very active, lots of UI upgrades. I’m working with my dad in it being in diff countries.👌