OwnTracks Recorder
OwnTracks Recorder is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Maps & GPS category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in C. It ships a Docker image. It has 1,219 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Sep 8, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Maps & GPS
- C
- GPL-2.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,219
- Forks
- 145
- Open issues
- 12
- Commits, last 12 months
- 41
- Last commit
- Sep 8, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.0.4Sep 8, 2026
- Created
- Aug 14, 2015
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Sep 8, 2026, 41 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Sep 8, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 41 |
| Latest release | 1.0.4 (Sep 8, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 |
| Releases, all time | 16 |
| Open issues | 12 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Aug 14, 2015 |
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About OwnTracks Recorder
Store and access data published by OwnTracks location tracking apps.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/owntracks/recorder.
Topics
- owntracks
- mqtt
- geolocation
- json
- http
- websockets
- jpdup
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Is OwnTracks Recorder free and open source?
Yes. OwnTracks Recorder is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 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 OwnTracks Recorder with Docker?
Yes. OwnTracks Recorder 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 OwnTracks Recorder?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to OwnTracks Recorder include Dawarich, Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) and GraphHopper.
Is OwnTracks Recorder actively maintained?
The most recent commit to OwnTracks Recorder was on Sep 8, 2026 with 41 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.0.4, published Sep 8, 2026. It had 12 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.