README.md
Organic Maps is a privacy-first offline maps & GPS app for hiking, cycling, biking, and driving. Absolutely free. No ads. No tracking. Created and maintained by MapsWithMe (MAPS.ME) founders, developed with love by the open-source community. Powered by OpenStreetMap data. Installed by over 6 million users worldwide.
<p float="left"> </p>Organic Maps is the ultimate companion app for travellers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists:
Organic Maps is pure and organic, made with love:
Organic Maps is free from trackers and other bad stuff:
The Android application is verified by the <a href="https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/app.organicmaps/latest/">Exodus Privacy Project: </a>
The iOS application is verified by <a href="https://ios.trackercontrol.org/analysis/app.organicmaps">TrackerControl for iOS: </a>
Organic Maps doesn't request excessive permissions to spy on you:
<p float="left"> </p>At Organic Maps, we believe that privacy is a fundamental human right:
Reject surveillance - embrace your freedom.
The app is free for everyone, so we rely on your donations. Please donate at organicmaps.app/donate to support the project!
Beloved institutional sponsors below have provided targeted grants to cover some infrastructure costs and fund development of new selected features:
<table> <tr> <td> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/"></a> </td> <td> <a href="https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/milestone/7">The Search & Fonts improvement project</a> has been <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/OrganicMaps/">funded</a> through NGI0 Entrust Fund. <a href="https://nlnet.nl/entrust/">NGI0 Entrust Fund</a> is established by the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet Foundation</a> with financial support from the European Commission's <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet programme</a>, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101069594. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/"></a> </td> <td> <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google</a> backed 5 student's projects in the Google Summer of Code program during <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2022/organizations/organic-maps">2022</a> and <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023/organizations/organic-maps">2023</a> programs. Noteworthy projects included Android Auto and Wikipedia Dump Extractor. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="https://www.mythic-beasts.com/"></a> </td> <td> <a href="https://www.mythic-beasts.com/">Mythic Beasts</a> ISP <a href="https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2021/10/06/improving-the-world-bit-by-expensive-bit/">provides us</a> two virtual servers with 400 TB/month of free bandwidth to host and serve maps downloads and updates. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="https://44plus.vn"></a> </td> <td> <a href="https://44plus.vn">44+ Technologies</a> is <a href="https://44plus.vn/organicmaps">providing us </a>with a free dedicated server worth around $12,000/year to serve maps across Vietnam & Southeast Asia. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="https://futo.org"></a> </td> <td> <a href="https://futo.org">FUTO</a> has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJJclgBHrEw">awarded $1000 micro-grant</a> to Organic Maps in February 2023. </td> </tr> </table>The majority of all expenses have been funded by founders of the project since its inception. The project is far from achieving any sort of financial sustainability. The current level of voluntary donations falls significantly short of covering efforts needed to sustain the app. Any new developments of features are beyond the scope of possibility due to the absence of the necessary financial resources.
Please consider donating if you want to see this open-source project thriving, not dying. There are other ways how to support the project. No coding skills required.
See docs/GOVERNANCE.md.
<a name="contributing">If you want to build the project, check docs/INSTALL.md. If you want to help the project, see docs/CONTRIBUTING.md. You can help in many ways, the ability to code is not necessary.
Please join our beta program, suggest your features, and report bugs:
The Organic Maps community abides by the CNCF code of conduct.
The code is Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE, NOTICE, data/copyright.html and .reuse/dep5 for more information.
Binary data files (including, but not limited to .mwm map files) are provided under a separate license.
See DATA_LICENSE.txt for details.
If you use Organic Maps binary data (e.g. maps), source code, or its user interface in your project, include a visible, human-readable mention of the “Organic Maps Project” and a clickable link to https://organicmaps.app. To respect the work of all project contributors and to comply with license attribution terms, this notice should appear in user-visible locations, such as the product’s “About” and “Main Menu” screens.
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Thank you!