Dawarich vs OpenTripPlanner

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 OpenTripPlanner's 83, putting it ahead on the strength of a stronger recent trend and a larger community. That measures project health, not feature fit — OpenTripPlanner may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
DawarichOpenTripPlanner
Health score 93/100 83/100
Commits (11 mo) 2477 4540
Commits (last 3 mo) 1143 1168
Stars 11k 2.7k
Latest release 22 Sept 2026 9 Sept 2026
Licence AGPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0
Built with Docker Java, Javascript
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

OpenTripPlanner

Multimodal trip planning software based on OpenStreetMap data and consuming published GTFS-formatted data to suggest routes using local public transit systems.

83/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 38/40
Releases 25/25
Community 11/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 96% of tracked projects; popularity more than 56%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 581 commits 2025-11: 395 commits 2025-12: 270 commits 2026-01: 378 commits 2026-02: 353 commits 2026-03: 529 commits 2026-04: 438 commits 2026-05: 428 commits 2026-06: 409 commits 2026-07: 293 commits 2026-08: 466 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).