Best Open Source Location & Mapping Tools in 2026
Applications for mapping, geolocation, navigation, and managing location-based data and services.
The most popular pick this year is Organic Maps with 13,943 GitHub stars, but all 3 options below are worth considering depending on your needs.
3 open source location & mapping tools — ranked by GitHub stars. Browse all
Organic Maps
Free offline maps app for travelers, hikers, and cyclists using OpenStreetMap data. No ads, no tracking.
Google Maps
Dawarich
Self-hostable alternative to Google Maps Timeline for tracking and visualizing your location history.
Google Maps Timeline
CoMaps
A community-led fork of Organic Maps. Free offline maps for Android and iOS with no ads, no tracking, and no data collection.
Google MapsHow we rank these tools
Tools are ranked by GitHub stars as a proxy for community adoption and trust. Stars reflect how many developers found a project valuable enough to bookmark — a reasonable signal for quality in the open source world. We only list tools that are actively maintained and open source.
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