4 jobs · 10 apps
Best open source apps for travel
For travellers, a self-hosted stack starts with AdventureLog for trip planning, Dawarich for location history and wanderer for maps and trails.
Self-hosted travel apps keep your trips, location history and photos private: trip planners, flight and location trackers, trail maps and a photo library.
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Top picks
- Rank 1:
AdventureLog
seanmorley15/AdventureLog
Travel tracker and trip planner.
Active · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Maps & GPSSvelteDockerStands out for its Svelte codebase. AdventureLog has 3,839 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 204 commits in the last year.
- Rank 2:
TRIP
itskovacs/trip
Minimalist POI Map tracker and Trip planner.
Active · last commit Oct 2, 2026
Maps & GPSTypeScriptDockerStands out for a permissive MIT license. TRIP has 1,955 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 445 commits in the last year.
- Rank 3:
Surmai
rohitkumbhar/surmai
Collaborative personal and family travel organizer.
Active · last commit Oct 24, 2026
Travel OrganizationTypeScriptDockerSurmai has 287 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 103 commits in the last year.
At a glance
Open source apps for travel compared
Picked by hand for each job from apps whose own description or topics match it, in curated order inside each section, with GitHub data from October 2026; an app appears only once.
| App | Stands out for | License | GitHub stars | Commits (12 mo) | Last commit | Docker image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdventureLog | its Svelte codebase | GPL-3.0 | 3,839 | 204 | Oct 27, 2026 | Yes |
| TRIP | a permissive MIT license | MIT | 1,955 | 445 | Oct 2, 2026 | Yes |
| Surmai | – | MIT | 287 | 103 | Oct 24, 2026 | Yes |
| Dawarich | the most GitHub stars | AGPL-3.0 | 10,768 | 3,683 | Oct 27, 2026 | Yes |
| AirTrail | – | GPL-3.0 | 1,676 | 270 | Oct 24, 2026 | Yes |
| OwnTracks Recorder | – | GPL-2.0 | 1,220 | 43 | Oct 27, 2026 | Yes |
| wanderer | – | AGPL-3.0 | 4,030 | 415 | Oct 27, 2026 | Yes |
| OpenTripPlanner | – | LGPL-3.0 | 2,766 | 4,605 | Oct 28, 2026 | No |
| Immich | – | AGPL-3.0 | 117,454 | 2,902 | Oct 28, 2026 | Yes |
| PhotoPrism | – | AGPL-3.0 | 40,372 | 3,596 | Oct 27, 2026 | Yes |
1 of 4 · 3 picks
Trip planning
- 1
AdventureLog
Travel tracker and trip planner.
Maps & GPSDockerStands out for its Svelte codebase. AdventureLog has 3,839 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 204 commits in the last year.
- 2
TRIP
Minimalist POI Map tracker and Trip planner.
Maps & GPSDockerStands out for a permissive MIT license. TRIP has 1,955 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 445 commits in the last year.
- 3
Surmai
Collaborative personal and family travel organizer.
Travel OrganizationDockerSurmai has 287 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 103 commits in the last year.
2 of 4 · 3 picks
Location and flight history
- 1
Dawarich
Visualize your location history, track your movements, and analyze your travel patterns with complete privacy and control (alternative to Google Timeline a.k.a. Google Location History).
Maps & GPSDockerStands out for the most GitHub stars. Dawarich has 10,768 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 3,683 commits in the last year.
- 2
AirTrail
Personal flight tracking system.
Maps & GPSDockerAirTrail has 1,676 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 270 commits in the last year.
- 3
OwnTracks Recorder
Store and access data published by OwnTracks location tracking apps.
Maps & GPSDockerOwnTracks Recorder has 1,220 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-2.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 43 commits in the last year.
3 of 4 · 2 picks
Maps and trails
- 1
wanderer
Trail database where you can upload your recorded tracks or create new ones and add various metadata to build an easily searchable catalogue.
Maps & GPSDockerwanderer has 4,030 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 415 commits in the last year.
- 2
OpenTripPlanner
Multimodal trip planning software based on OpenStreetMap data and consuming published GTFS-formatted data to suggest routes using local public transit systems.
Maps & GPSOpenTripPlanner has 2,766 GitHub stars, uses the LGPL-3.0 license and had 4,605 commits in the last year.
4 of 4 · 2 picks
Photos
- 1
ImmichFeatured
Photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone (alternative to Google Photos).
Photo GalleriesDockerImmich has 117,454 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 2,902 commits in the last year; it replaces Google Photos and Adobe Photoshop.
- 2
PhotoPrism
Personal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow. Browse, organize, and share your personal photo collection, using the latest technologies to automatically tag and find pictures.
Photo GalleriesDockerAI-nativePhotoPrism has 40,372 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 3,596 commits in the last year; it replaces Google Photos and Adobe Photoshop.
Is there a self-hosted Google Timeline alternative?
Dawarich visualises your location history and travel patterns on your own server, and OwnTracks Recorder stores data from the OwnTracks location apps.
Is AdventureLog free?
Yes. AdventureLog 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 this stack with Docker?
9 of the 10 apps here publish Docker images, including AdventureLog, TRIP and Surmai, so most of the stack can run side by side with Docker Compose on one server. Size the server for the heaviest app and add off-site backups.
How is this list ranked?
Picked by hand for each job from apps whose own description or topics match it, in curated order inside each section, with GitHub data from October 2026; an app appears only once.
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