Editors

Several editors can be used to edit features in the OpenStreetMap database. Before you can edit any data you will need to create an OSM account.

Beginners Guide

The Beginners' guide will show you how to add data to OpenStreetMap. Tutorials are available in many languages and can be select from the table at the top of the page. You may also wish to see Mapping projects for inspiration about what to map.

Top editors

iD is the easy to use editor found per default on the "Edit" button of the OpenStreetMap homepage, and is ideal for quick editing contributions. It runs in your browser and downloads data automatically as you look around.

JOSM is a highly expandable standalone Java desktop application which allows editing more data at once, using more advanced tools and direct access to data at cost of increased complexity.

Potlatch 2 is the precursor to iD, still used by quite a few people, and still available under the 'edit' button drop-down ("▼"). Requires Flash.

Vespucci is the Android application with the most significant use.

Go Map!! is the most popular iOS editor.

For a more detailed comparison of the major editors see the page Comparison of editors.

Choice of editors

Because OpenStreetMap is an open platform with an editing API, there are many other editors to choose from, some with a simplified sub-set of functionality, some operating on specific platforms such as mobile devices. The following table lists some of the options. As with all such lists on this wiki presence on the list should not be considered a recommendation, have a look at the editor usage stats to see what is currently actually in use, typically only those with a larger current user base are consistently maintained and support current good mapping practices.

Name	Platform	Add POIs	Edit / Delete POIs	Edit arbitrary tags of existing OSM objects	Edit geometries	Support imagery offset DB	Upload to OSM	Version
ArcGIS Editor for OSM [1]	Windows	yes	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	2019-06-11 10.7
Deriviste [2]	Web-based (JavaScript)	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	2020-05-09
Fireyak [3]	Android	yes	?	?	?	no	yes	2019-03-28 1.3.9
GNOME Maps [4]	Linux	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	2019-06-17 3.33.3
Go Map!! [5]	iOS 7+	yes	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	2020-09-23 1.8.42
GPSMapEdit [6]	Windows	yes	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	2019-06-01 2.1 (78.10 FIX1)
iD [7]	Web-based (JavaScript)	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	2020-09-08 2.18.5
iD-strava [8]	Web-based (JavaScript)	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	2017-11-07 1.8.5
JOSM [9]	Windows, Linux, macOS	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	2020-09-07 17013
Level0 [10]	Web	yes	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	2016-02-09 1.2
MAPS.ME [11]]	Android, iOS	yes	yes	yes	no	?	yes	2019-07-04 9.1.8
Merkaartor [12]	Windows, Linux, macOS	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	2019-11-14 0.18.3 0.18.4
OSM ↔ Wikidata [13]	Web-based (JavaScript)	no	yes	no	no	no	yes	2020-10-04
Osm Go! [14]	Android	yes	yes	?	?	?	yes	2020-10-03 1.4.1
OSM2Go [15]	Linux; Maemo (N800, N900)	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	2018-12-24 0.9.15
OsmAnd [16]	Android, iOS	yes	yes	Yes, for nodes and closed ways with common tag combinations.	no	no	yes	2020-09-23 3.8.0
Osmapy [17]	Windows, Linux, macOS	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	2020-06-21 0.0.18
OsmInEdit [18]	Web-based (JavaScript)	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	2019-11-12 1.0.6
OSMyBiz [19]	Web-based (JavaScript)	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	2018-11-14 0.1
Pic4Review [20]	Web-based (JavaScript)	no	yes	yes	no	no	yes	2020-09-14 0.5.24
Potlatch 2 [21]	Web-based (Flash)	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	2011-09-30 2.3
QGIS [22]	Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD	yes	yes	yes	yes	?	no	2019-11-02 3.10.0
StreetComplete [23]	Android	no	no	no	no	no	yes	2020-09-21 23.0
Vespucci [24]	Android	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	2020-09-15 15.0.4.0