OpenRouteService
Route service with directions, isochrones, time-distance matrix, route optimization, etc.
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Still maintained? Yes: 392 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v10.1.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Google Maps.
At a glance
OpenRouteService quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,988
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v10.1.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to OpenRouteService
Full rankings: Google Maps alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "¹) Health and Status Endpoint are not available in our public openrouteservice API aka "live API"! You can use them by running your own instance of openrouteservice."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OpenRouteService scores 93/100, #6 of 20 in Maps and Global Positioning System (GPS): 392 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v10.1.0, 16 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,988 stars add 13.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
392 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v10.1.0 released 16 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.2 / 20
2k 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
- 392
- Last 90 days
- 755
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 20 tools in Maps and Global Positioning System (GPS) by health , between AirTrail (#5) and TRIP (#7) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Java |
| Latest release | v10.1.0 · 16 days ago |
| Stars | 1,988 |
| Open issues | 159 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | GIScience/openrouteservice ↗ |
OpenRouteService vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with OpenRouteService (Maps and Global Positioning System (GPS)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawarich | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| TileServer GL | 94 | 2.9k | BSD-2-Clause | 7 days ago |
| OpenRouteService (this tool) | 93 | 2k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) | 86 | 8.2k | BSD-2-Clause | 3 days ago |
| GraphHopper | 85 | 6.7k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Nominatim | 85 | 4.5k | GPL-2.0 | 2 days ago |
OpenRouteService: common questions
What does OpenRouteService replace?
Repoly lists OpenRouteService as an open-source alternative to Google Maps. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where OpenRouteService stands against the others.
Is OpenRouteService still maintained?
OpenRouteService had 392 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v10.1.0, is from 16 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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