Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) 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.
| Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) | OpenRouteService | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 69/100 | 75/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 309 | 508 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 99 | 163 |
| Stars | 8.1k | 2k |
| Latest release | 1 Sept 2026 | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | C++ | Docker, Java |
| Typical RAM | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM)
High performance routing engine designed to run on OpenStreetMap data and offering an HTTP API, C++ library interface, and Nodejs wrapper.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 54% of tracked projects; popularity more than 75%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
OpenRouteService
Route service with directions, isochrones, time-distance matrix, route optimization, etc.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 64% of tracked projects; popularity more than 49%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
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.
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