Bot

A bot (derived from the word "robot") is a tool that carries out repetitive and mundane automated edits on a regular basis to help maintain OpenStreetMap.

Bots are able to make edits very rapidly and can disrupt OpenStreetMap if they are incorrectly designed or operated.

The automated edits code of conduct should always be followed when creating, operating or modifying a bot.

List of mapping bots

Note that this list is far from complete. Please create an entry in the list if you operate a bot or come across one not documented here.

Bot name	Description	Active / Last used	OSM data submitting account	Owner / operator contact	Language(s)
kmpoppe (@ Mapillary Update)	Updating Mapillary image IDs	2022 Aug	kmpoppe (@ Mapillary Update) (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Kmpoppe (kmpoppe on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
merylstreet_semibot	Adding recycling points from Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Open Data API	2022 Aug	merylstreet_semibot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	merylstreet	French, English
TTmechanicalupdates	Bot run by the TomTom team to perform various automated edits	2022 May	TTmechanicalupdates (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	TTmechanicalupdates@groups.tomtom.com	English
cquest_bot	Update opendata sources like INSEE population on France admin relations	2022 Jan	cquest_bot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	cquest (on osm)	French, English
b-jazz-bot	Converts http website values to https, where appropriate (worldwide activity).	2022 Jan	b-jazz-bot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	b-jazz (on osm)	English
Mateusz Konieczny - bot account	numerous worldwide changes, see documentation	2022 Jan	Mateusz Konieczny - bot account (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Mateusz Konieczny (on osm)	English, Polish
autoAWS	Updates address nodes in Denmark from official government source	every minute Fr-Mo	autoAWS (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	mikini (on osm), atcomapper (on osm)	English, Danish
czechreg	Makes automatic corrections (and updates) of Czech administrative boundaries and places.	2018 Apr	czechreg (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	xificurk (on osm)	English
SearchAroundBot	Lets Telegram users insert new nodes in OSM via the Telegram bot @SearchAroundBot. Currently limited to drinking_water and toilets amenities.	2021 Oct	SearchAroundBot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	@Kercos	English
M!dgardAutomated	Automated changes mostly in Belgium, automatic reverting of changesets by vandals	2018 March	M!dgardAutomated (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Midgard Wiki: User:M!dgard	English, Dutch, French
SafwatHalaby_bot	Performs various tasks related to name tags, bus stops, and brands/chain stores (for now in Israel).	2018 January	SafwatHalaby_bot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	SafwatHalaby (on osm)	English, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian
AWSBot	Updated address nodes in Denmark from official government source	2017 July	AWSbot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)
mechanischer Basstoelpel	Search and replace operations in Germany.	2016 October	mechanischer_Basstoelpel (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Basstoelpel (on osm)	English, German
xybot	Cleanup of tags, removing null tags, trimming leading and trailing spaces, correcting common typos.	2016 March	xybot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	xylome (on osm)	English, German
Streetkeysmv	Adds official German street keys to ways in province Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.	2016 February	streetkeysmv (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	KVLA-HRO (on osm)	English, German
Wall-E	Carries out automatic corrections of specific errors in Germany and Austria.	2015 August	Wall·E (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Oli-Wan (on osm)	English
botika	Used to repair street names in Colombia.	2013 May	botika (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	ikks (on osm)	English, Spanish
General Dreedle	Automatically reverts edits by blacklisted contributors.	2013 January	General Dreedle (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Richard (on osm)	English
MS BOT	Makes adjustments to tags within French speaking community.	2012 November	MS BOT (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Marcussacapuces91 (on osm)	French
BugBuster	Splits long ways, removes duplicate nodes (worldwide activity).	2012 October	BugBuster (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Bürste (on osm)	English
Fixbot	Algorithmic changes can be made within a defined geographical areas (mostly in the United States).	2012 March	woodpeck_fixbot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Frederik Ramm (on osm)	English, German
PierenBot	Automated edits in France	2011 September	PierenBot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Pieren (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English, French
Hotbot	Expands abbreviations in tags in Dominican Republic and Haiti.	2011 May	hotbot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Humanitarian OSM Team	English
Import_US_OK_Murray	Murray import in Murray Country, US	2011 January	Import_US_OK_Murray (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)		English
MikeNBulk	NHD import in US	2010 February	MikeNBulk (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)		English
DaveHansenTiger	TIGER import in US	2009 Ocbober	DaveHansenTiger (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	DaveHansen (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)?	English
Corine Land Cover	Import WikiProject Corine Land Cover in France	2009 October	CLCF06 (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Pieren (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	French, English
Australian Bureau for Statistics	Import	2009 March	ABS2006 (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)		English
is_in-bot	Adds is_in=* tags to places in Germany.	2008 November	is_in-bot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	flohoff (on osm)	English, German
Coastline Southern Africa	Importing coastlines	2007 November	Coastline Southern Africa (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Firefishy (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
Coastlines-RJB	Import in Africa and Galapagos	2007 August	Coastlines-RJB (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Firefishy (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
Adam Geitgey	SanGIS import around San Diego, California, user account also used for bot editing	?	Adam Geitgey (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	Adam Geitgey (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
jumbanho	Import NHD in US, also used as regular user account	?	jumbanho (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	jumbanho (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English

Some bots are documented in the wiki following either the schema Automated edits/<Username> or Mechanical Edits/<Username> [<Description>]. Category:Automated edits log might be helpful as well.

List of wiki bots

There are also bots operating in this wiki. Some of them are in the user group "bot" (Special:ListUsers) meaning that the user accounts have special user rights. Apart from that, ordinary user accounts used by bots exist, notably ToniE osm wiki bot. Some bot accounts are listed in Category:Bots.

Wiki bureaucrats can grant the bot's user rights to user accounts upon request. This enables higher query limits and disables CAPTCHA for them.

The use of bots has been discussed on the talk mailing list in February 2019.

If you have a task for a bot or want to create one, you can add a subject in this page: Talk:Wiki

Bot name	Description	Active / Last used	Owner / operator contact	Language(s)
Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account	Remove dead wikidata parameters	Sept 2022	Mateusz Konieczny (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
MissingImageInfoBot	Add Template:Used outside the Wiki to files referenced by wiki:symbol=* - example edit code add uploader user names on -self suffixed templates - example edit code notify uploaders of CC file without attribution data code prepares files qualified for notification about missing license - example edit code	Sept 2022	Mateusz Konieczny (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
OsmLogBot	IRC/wiki bot, was used for logging stuff to Servers/admin_log	2012	Firefishy (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
Osmonitor	A piece of software that analyzes OSM data and produces reports based on that data	2013	Ppawel (ppawel on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
PolyBOT	Only the WikiProject Netherlands/Cycle Routes/Node Network page, the BOT account was mainly be used to semi-automatically upload progress reports about the state of the cycle node networks	2011	Polyglot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
TTTBot	Creating and updating tables with information about software products in the OpenStreetMap wiki using data from Software2 templates	Oct 2014	Tordanik (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
TigerfellBot	It is used for the execution of scripts and other semi-automatic or automatic changes within the wiki.	2018-2022	Tigerfell (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
Usage Bot	The bot maintains galleries under Wiki:Files used by data items listing files used by the image (P28) and OSM Carto image (P39) properties.	2022	Ben Harris (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
UserGroupsBot	This is a bot written in Python, collecting all Template:User_group together (every 6 hours) and generating a KML file to show them on a map: http://usergroups.openstreetmap.de	2011	!i! (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.) Haribo (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English
Yurikbot	Mostly I update data items using metabot	Jun 2020	Yurik (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	English

See also

Organised editing

Read more about teams editing OSM

Automated edits

referring to the broader concept of changing data without reviewing every change individually