OwnTracks Recorder

Store and access data published by OwnTracks location tracking apps.

Active Last commit on 2026-10-27 · 3 releases in the past year · 43 commits in the past 12 months

Needs 3rd-party service

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At a glance

GitHub stars: 1.2k
Last commit: 2026-10-27
Latest release: 1.0.4
2026-09-08
Commits (12 mo): 43
Releases (12 mo): 3
License: GPL-2.0
Language / platform: C, Lua, deb, Docker

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit on 2026-10-27 · 3 releases in the past year · 43 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 OwnTracks Recorder yourself

RAM: ~512 MB server (1 vCPU)
Docker: yes

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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