Onloc
Track and share your location in real time. Control and lock stolen or lost phones.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 17 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v.1.3.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Life360.
At a glance
Onloc quick facts
- Health score
- 69/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 11
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v.1.3.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Onloc
Full rankings: Life360 alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "If you find this project useful, please consider starring the main repository. It helps increase visibility and supports continued development."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Onloc scores 69/100, #14 of 20 in Internet of Things (IoT): 17 commits in the last 90 days earn 19.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v.1.3.0, 18 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 11 stars add 4.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 15.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 19.8 / 35
17 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v.1.3.0 released 18 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 4.3 / 20
11 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 17
- Last 90 days
- 75
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 20 tools in Internet of Things (IoT) by health , between OpenRemote (#13) and polluSensWeb (#15) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v.1.3.0 · 18 days ago |
| Stars | 11 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | onloc-app/onloc-api ↗ |
Onloc vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Onloc (Internet of Things (IoT)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pangolin | 97 | 23k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Dawarich | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| FMD Server | 89 | 223 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Tasmota | 88 | 25k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Traccar | 86 | 8k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Onloc (this tool) | 69 | 11 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
Onloc: common questions
What does Onloc replace?
Repoly lists Onloc as an open-source alternative to Life360. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Onloc stands against the others.
Is Onloc still maintained?
Onloc had 17 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v.1.3.0, is from 18 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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