[5] The program functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.
The software enables export and import in the GEDCOM specification for exchanging genealogical data.
[6] Brother's Keeper used Btrieve as the underlying database engine before version 7.
[7] Brother's Keeper has an email list for user support.
[8] Brother's Keeper is available in the following languages: English, Norwegian, French (Canadian), French (Belgium), German, Danish, Icelandic and Czech, Dutch, Dutch (Belgium), Estonian, Slovenian, Slovak, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Polish, Catalan, Portuguese, and Afrikaans.