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Self-hosted Maps and Global Positioning System (GPS) software (2026)

[Maps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map), [cartography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography), [GIS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system) and [GPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System) software. _See also: [awesome-openstreetmap](https://github.com/osmlab/awesome-openstreetmap), [awesome-gis](https://github.com/sshuair/awesome-gis)_

Related: Travel Organization

17 open-source apps · all free & self-hostable

Bicimon

Bike Speedometer as Progressive Web App.

MITJavascript

Dawarich source

Visualize your location history, track your movements, and analyze your travel patterns with complete privacy and control (alternative to Google Timeline a.k.a. Google Location History).

AGPL-3.0Docker

Geo2tz

Get the timezone from geo coordinates (lat, lon).

MITGo/Docker

NextGIS Web source

Web GIS server for geospatial data management, web map publishing, and QGIS-centered collaborative workflows.

GPL-3.0Docker

Nominatim source

Server application for geocoding (address -> coordinates) and reverse geocoding (coordinates -> address) on OpenStreetMap data.

GPL-2.0C

OpenRouteService source

Route service with directions, isochrones, time-distance matrix, route optimization, etc.

GPL-3.0Docker/Java

OpenStreetMap source

Collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world.

GPL-2.0Ruby

OpenTripPlanner source

Multimodal trip planning software based on OpenStreetMap data and consuming published GTFS-formatted data to suggest routes using local public transit systems.

LGPL-3.0Java/Javascript

OwnTracks Recorder

Store and access data published by OwnTracks location tracking apps.

GPL-2.0C/Lua/deb/Docker

TileServer GL source

Vector and raster maps with GL styles. Server side rendering by Mapbox GL Native. Map tile server for Mapbox GL JS, Android, iOS, Leaflet, OpenLayers, GIS via WMTS, etc.

BSD-2-ClauseNodejs/Docker

Traccar source

Java application to track GPS positions. Supports loads of tracking devices and protocols, has an Android and iOS App. Has a web interface to view your trips.

Apache-2.0Java

TRIP source

Minimalist POI Map tracker and Trip planner.

MITDocker

wanderer

Trail database where you can upload your recorded tracks or create new ones and add various metadata to build an easily searchable catalogue.

AGPL-3.0Docker/Go/Nodejs