OpenRouteService
OpenRouteService is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Maps & GPS category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Java. It ships a Docker image. It has 1,987 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,987
- Forks
- 487
- Open issues
- 157
- Commits, last 12 months
- 769
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v10.1.0Oct 14, 2026
- Created
- Sep 11, 2017
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 769 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 769 |
| Latest release | v10.1.0 (Oct 14, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 77 |
| Open issues | 157 |
| Open pull requests | 18 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Sep 11, 2017 |
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About OpenRouteService
Route service with directions, isochrones, time-distance matrix, route optimization, etc.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice.
Topics
- directions-api
- routing-engine
- openstreetmap
- routing
- osm
- isochrones
- matrix
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Is OpenRouteService free and open source?
Yes. OpenRouteService is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run OpenRouteService with Docker?
Yes. OpenRouteService provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to OpenRouteService?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to OpenRouteService include Dawarich, Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) and GraphHopper.
Is OpenRouteService actively maintained?
The most recent commit to OpenRouteService was on Oct 26, 2026 with 769 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v10.1.0, published Oct 14, 2026. It had 157 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.