Organic Maps

Organic Maps
Author:	contributors list
License:	Apache-2.0 License (for app) and custom non-free/open license for map data (free of charge)
Platforms:	Android 5.0+, iOS 12.0+, iPadOS 12.0+, macOS 11.0+, visionOS 1.0+, and Linux
Status:	Active
Version:	2025.05.20 releases (2025-05-20)
Languages:	English, Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese
Website:	organicmaps.app
Install:	F-Droid Huawei AppGallery Google Play App Store Obtainium Updater
Source code:	organicmaps/organicmaps
Programming languages:	C++, Java, Objective-C, and Swift
Privacy-focused, open-source, free and fast offline maps without ads.
Features Feature Value Map Display Display map yes Map data vector Source offline Rotate map yes 3D view yes Shows website ? Shows phone number ? Shows operation hours yes Routing Routing yes Create route manually ? Calculate route ? Create route via Waypoints yes Routing profiles car;foot;bike Turn restrictions yes Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) yes Routing providers ? Avoid traffic ? Traffic Provider ? Navigating Navigate no Find location yes Find nearby POIs yes Navigate to point yes Navigation with voice / Voice guidance yes Keep on road no Lane guidance ? Works without GPS yes Navigate along predefined route ? Tracking Make track no Customizable log interval no Track formats ? Geotagging note Fast POI buttons ? Upload GPX to OSM no Monitoring Monitoring no Show current track yes Open existing track yes Altitude diagram ? Show POD value ? Satellite view ? Show live NMEA data ? Show speed ? Send current position yes Editing Add POIs yes Edit / Delete POIs yes Add way ? Edit geometries ? Edit arbitrary tags of existing OSM objects yes Edit relations ? View notes ? Create notes yes Edit notes ? Work offline offline Support imagery offset DB ? Upload to OSM yes Rendering ? Accessibility ?

Organic Maps is an satnav-style navigation app for walkers, drivers, and cyclists. The app offers worldwide offline maps based on OpenStreetMap data, and navigation with privacy - no location tracking, no data collection, and no ads. Most features operate without a data connection, ideal for travel on distant hiking trails or locations with poor connections. While the app itself is free and open-source software, the maps that Organic Map uses are only released under a custom license. Similarly, the software to generate those maps is not made public any longer.

In 2025, Organic Maps was forked by the community due to concerns about the project's governance, transparency, and the potential for shareholder profit at the expense of the community. An alternative app and project CoMaps was formed.

Features

• Offline maps based on OpenStreetMap data
• Cycling routes, subway routes, hiking trails, and walking paths
• Contour lines, elevation profiles, peaks, and slopes
• Turn-by-turn walking, cycling, and car navigation with voice guidance
• Fast offline search on the map
• 3D buildings
• Opening hours
• Bookmarks
• Dark mode
• Editing points of interest in OpenStreetMap
• Layers for hiking/cycling as of August 2025

Privacy policy

The app developers pledge to only request the bare minimum of permissions necessary to deliver the offline maps, and to ensure:

• No ads
• No tracking
• No data collection
• No registration
• No spam emails
• No bloatware

Developer

Organic Maps was founded by Viktor Govako, Alexander Borsuk and Roman Tsisyk in early 2021 as a fork of MAPS.ME. Back then the new Maps.Me owner continued development as a closed source, so the codebase was forked to create Organic Maps, focusing on privacy, performance, and community.

Development support

• Since beginning by donations
• By several institutional sponsors
• Since Nov. 2023 by affiliate program ("KAYAK" button to hotels for meta search and room booking)

Community

• GitHub issue tracker
• Zulip
•  @organicmaps@fosstodon.org
•  @organicmaps@mastodon.social
• #organicmaps:matrix.org
• Telegram Group
• Telegram Group (French)
• Telegram Group (Russian)

External links

• Official Website
• GitHub
• Organic Maps on FDroid
• Organic Maps on Google Play
• Organic Maps on Apple App Store
• BBBike.org extract service offers Organic Maps maps for an area of your choosing, weekly updates