AdventureLog is a free program for keeping a map and record of places you have visited, and for planning future trips with itineraries and checklists. It is meant for travelers who want to keep their travel history on a server they control.
Has 1 of 5 · Records where you go ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Wanderer is a free program you run on your own computer or server to keep a searchable catalogue of hiking and outdoor trails, using recorded GPS tracks. It is for people who want to organize and share their own trail collections.
Has 1 of 5 · Trip itineraries ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Dawarich is a self-hosted web app that keeps a private history of where you have been, shown on a map. It is for people who want to run their own location history tracker instead of using Google Timeline.
Has 2 of 5
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
None of these match. Try another device.
Help me choose
I want to pick an open-source replacement for Polarsteps. Below is a list from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0), in the order its website shows it. The order is a starting point, not a verdict.
- AdventureLog: AdventureLog is a free program for keeping a map and record of places you have visited, and for planning future trips with itineraries and checklists. It is meant for travelers who want to keep their travel history on a server they control. [Advanced setup; runs on a server you set up; replaces fully; GPL-3.0; https://github.com/seanmorley15/AdventureLog]
- Wanderer: Wanderer is a free program you run on your own computer or server to keep a searchable catalogue of hiking and outdoor trails, using recorded GPS tracks. It is for people who want to organize and share their own trail collections. [Advanced setup; runs on a server you set up; replaces partly; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/open-wanderer/wanderer]
- Dawarich: Dawarich is a self-hosted web app that keeps a private history of where you have been, shown on a map. It is for people who want to run their own location history tracker instead of using Google Timeline. [Advanced setup; Android; replaces partly; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/Freika/dawarich]
Setup rating: "Easy setup" means you can install it like a normal app, use it in a browser. "Advanced setup" means you must run it on your own server or use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Full details: https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/travel.json
Before recommending anything, ask me these three questions (one at a time, in plain words): 1) Which device or devices will I use it on (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone)? 2) How comfortable am I with technical setup: only installing apps from a store, happy to follow a step-by-step guide, or comfortable with servers and the command line? 3) What is my budget: free only, or willing to pay for hosting or support? Then recommend one to three projects from this list only, and for each say why, using how fully it replaces the app, its setup rating, and the devices it runs on. If nothing on the list fits me, say so plainly instead of stretching.
Before you build
Read the list of open-source projects at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/travel.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea:
