Nominatim
Server application for geocoding (address -> coordinates) and reverse geocoding (coordinates -> address) on OpenStreetMap data.
Active Last commit · 4 releases in the past year · 551 commits in the past 12 months
At a glance
- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Last commit
- 2026-11-03
- Latest release
- v5.3.3
2026-10-14 - Commits (12 mo)
- 551
- Releases (12 mo)
- 4
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Language / platform
- C
Maintenance health: Active
Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 4 releases in the past year · 551 commits in the past 12 months.
How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).
Run Nominatim yourself
- RAM: ~512 MB server (1 vCPU)
- Docker: not detected — install from source or packages
Estimated monthly server cost
| Provider | Plan size | ~ USD / month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | 512 MB | $3.5 | Deploy → |
| DigitalOcean | 512 MB | $4 | Deploy → |
| Akamai (Linode) | 1 GB | $5 | Deploy → |
Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.
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