Awesome OpenStreetMap

A curated list of awesome OpenStreetMap-projects.

OpenStreetMap is an open map being used by millions of devices and users every day. It can both be edited and used by anyone free of charge.

This list contains projects using OpenStreetMap data for creative purposes, as well as projects dedicated to improving OpenStreetMap.

We also have a list of unmaintained projects. If you are a developer, consider adopting one!

Contents

• Editors
  • Web Editors
  • Mobile Editors
  • Native Editors
• Tools
  • Web Tools
  • Mobile Tools
  • Native Tools
  • Browser Extensions
• Changeset Tools
  • Web Services
• Tasking Managers
• Maps
  • Web Maps
  • Mobile Maps
  • Generators
  • Map Styles
  • Map Games
  • Goal Tracking
• Libraries
  • C/C++
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Java
• Public APIs
• Miscellaneous
• Video
  • Global
  • Regional
• Additional Resources
  • Websites
  • Wiki-Pages
• Articles
• Communities
  • Global Communities
• Related lists

Editors

Web Editors

• iD - JavaScript based editor for the web browser with a wide array of presets. (Source Code / Wiki)
• Level0 - Text based editor that's useful in specific corner cases. (Source Code / Wiki)
• Rapid - AI assisted versions of iD. (Meta-Repo / Editor Source Code / Wiki)
• OSMyBiz - Website for managing informations about your business. (Source Code / Wiki)
• OnOSM - Allows anyone to submit business information as a note for inclusion into OSM. (Source Code / Wiki)
• Healthsites.io - An online editor focused on adding and improving data on global health facilities. (Source Code / Wiki)

Mobile Editors

• StreetComplete - App for improving OSM by answering simple questions. (Android / Wiki)
• Vespucci - Advanced full-data-model editor for Android. (Android / Source Code / Wiki)
• GoMap!! - Feature-rich mobile editor for iOS. (iOS / Source Code / Wiki)
• Every Door - Android and iOS app that lets you create and edit objects in OpenStreetMap. It supports editing node and polygon features, and creating point features like shops, benches, and building entrances. (Android / iOS / Source Code / Wiki)
• OSM Go! - Android application and a Progressive Web Applications (PWA) for contributing to OpenStreetMap. (Android / Source Code / Wiki)
• SCEE - StreetComplete Expert Edition: A modified version of StreetComplete that allows advanced editing capabilities. (Android / )

Native Editors

• JOSM - Advanced extensible desktop editor. (Source Code / Wiki)
• Potlatch 3 - Native intermediate-level editor built in Adobe AIR. (Source Code / Wiki)
• Merkaartor - An opensource OSM editor, written in C++ and Qt.

Tools

Web Tools

• OpenMapTiles - Set of tools for self-hosted vector maps and map services with labels in more than 50 languages. (Source Code / Wiki)
• OSMNames - Geocoding tool ranking places according to the corresponding Wikipedia page popularity. (Source Code / Wiki)
• overpass-turbo - Web based data mining tool for OpenStreetMap using Overpass API. (Source Code / Wiki)
• hdyc - Statistics viewer for contributions of any OSM user. (Wiki)
• Osmose - QA-tool for fixing problems detected in OpenStreetMap data. (Source Code / Wiki)
• opening_hours evaluation tool - Tool for evaluating opening_hours tags. (Source Code)
• taginfo - Website displaying information on tags and their usage. (Source Code / Wiki)
• Turn Restrictions - Viewer for turn-restrictions and linked errors.
• NLMaps - Website allowing to query OSM data using plain English.
• - Search for finding your old unresolved notes.

Mobile Tools

• OSMTracker - Offline GPS tracking tool for recording GPX tracks. (Android / Wiki)

Native Tools

• Baremaps - Open source pipeline for producing Mapbox vector tiles from OpenStreetMap with Postgis and Java. (Source Code)

Browser Extensions

• better-osm-org - Userscript that adds visualization of changesets and many other useful features to OSM website.
• OpenStreetMap Tags Editor - Adds the ability to edit OSM object tags.
• OpenStreetMap Human-readable Wikidata - Shows descriptions and illustrations for wiki tags (Source Code).
• OpenSwitchMaps - Map service switcher for Firefox and fork with Manifest v3 support.
• JumpToOSMChangesetAnalyzer - Jump from OpenStreetMap changeset to changeset analyzer services.

Changeset Tools

Web Services

• osmcha - Detector for suspicious changesets. (Source Code / Wiki)
• achavi - Augmented change viewer. (Source Code / Wiki)
• Osm Change Viz - Changeset visualizer displaying information about added/modified/deleted elements in different panels.
• changeset-map - Map visualizing changes in selected changesets. Used in OsmCha. (Source Code)
• OSM History Viewer - Changeset visualization. (Source Code)
• Who did it? - Map highlighting recent edits per tile. Provides RSS feeds for watching changes in custom bounding boxes. (Source Code / Wiki)

• Osm Change Tiles - Map highlighting recent edits per tile. Provides RSS feeds for watching changes in custom bounding boxes.
• Analytic OSM Tracker[^selfhosted-only] - Tracker for changesets in yo