Dawarich vs OpenRouteService

Both are self-hosted maps and global positioning system (gps) projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Dawarich scores 93 against OpenRouteService's 75, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a larger community. That measures project health, not feature fit — OpenRouteService may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
DawarichOpenRouteService
Health score 93/100 75/100
Commits (11 mo) 2477 508
Commits (last 3 mo) 1143 163
Stars 11k 2k
Latest release 22 Sept 2026 24 Sept 2026
Licence AGPL-3.0 GPL-3.0
Built with Docker Docker, Java
Typical RAM 1 GB 2 GB

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).

93/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 37/40
Releases 25/25
Community 16/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 92% of tracked projects; popularity more than 80%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 123 commits 2025-11: 116 commits 2025-12: 73 commits 2026-01: 73 commits 2026-02: 136 commits 2026-03: 170 commits 2026-04: 127 commits 2026-05: 516 commits 2026-06: 178 commits 2026-07: 437 commits 2026-08: 528 commits

OpenRouteService

Route service with directions, isochrones, time-distance matrix, route optimization, etc.

75/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 26/40
Releases 25/25
Community 10/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 64% of tracked projects; popularity more than 49%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 38 commits 2025-11: 96 commits 2025-12: 79 commits 2026-01: 17 commits 2026-02: 14 commits 2026-03: 31 commits 2026-04: 38 commits 2026-05: 32 commits 2026-06: 24 commits 2026-07: 22 commits 2026-08: 117 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted maps and global positioning system (gps).