# Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM)

> Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the maps & GPS category. High performance routing engine designed to run on OpenStreetMap data and offering an HTTP API, C++ library interface, and Nodejs wrapper. It has 8,124 GitHub stars, is released under the BSD-2-Clause license.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend |
| Website | http://project-osrm.org/ |
| Demo | https://map.project-osrm.org/ |
| GitHub stars | 8,124 |
| Forks | 3,976 |
| Open issues | 352 |
| License | BSD-2-Clause |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | C++ |
| Docker image | No |
| Platforms | C++ |
| Categories | Maps & GPS |
| Commits, last 12 months | 323 |
| Last commit | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Latest release | v26.10.0 (Oct 1, 2026) |
| Created | Sep 22, 2011 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: osrm, cpp, c-plus-plus, routing, routing-engine, map-matching, traveling-salesman, openstreetmap, osm, isochrones

## Install

Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) installs natively; follow the README at https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend.

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