AirTrail
Personal flight tracking system.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 50% of tracked projects; popularity more than 43%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.6k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.13.0 · 26 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 26 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker, Nodejs |
Is AirTrail actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 266 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 69 of them.
The most recent tagged release, v3.13.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
AirTrail ranks #10 of 20 in Maps and Global Positioning System (GPS), placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What AirTrail actually does
AirTrail is a personal flight tracking system designed for logging and managing aviation journeys. Built using Node.js and distributed as a Docker container under the GPL-3.0 licence, it provides a self-hosted platform to record your travel history.
Best fit: Aviation enthusiasts and frequent flyers who want to maintain a private, self-hosted archive of their flight logs without relying on proprietary third-party services.
Worth knowing: The codebase has a moderate maintenance profile and you may find that it lacks the extensive ecosystem integrations of larger, commercial flight tracking platforms.
Deployment notes
Since it runs via Docker and Node.js, you will typically need to map persistent volumes for your log data and configure a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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