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This page lists all software used by OSM or using maps/data from OSM on desktop devices (PCs, Macs and laptops).

General information

Name Genre Screenshot Windows Versions Mac Versions Linux Versions Frameworkgp Display map Navigatge Make track Monitor License Price Languages Version Description
ArcGIS Editor for OSM [1] display; editor; analyse win; win2k; winxp no no ? yes no no no Apache License 2.0 free En 2018-01-27
10.6 		Allows users to download, edit, and upload OSM data in ArcMap, and/or create feature services based on OSM data in ArcGIS Server
CartoType Maps App [2] display; navi; router; renderer win macos linux CartoType yes yes yes yes commercial free EN 2021-10-18
7.6 		a multi-platform desktop application for viewing maps, calculating routes, finding places, creating map images, and adding your own map data
Cruiser [3] display; navi; router; renderer win macos linux Java yes yes no no proprietary free EN 2021-12-25
2.1.2 		Cruiser is a map and navigation platform for Android and Desktop.
GpsMaster [4] display; editor; converter; analyser win macos linux ? yes no no no GPL free EN 2021-06-04
0.64.01rc1 		Map Viewer, GPX Viewer, Tour Analyser, Track Editor, Trip Planner, File Format Converter
GpsPrune [5] display; analysis win macos linux J2SE yes no no yes GPL free CZ; DE; EN; ES; FR; HU; IT; JA; KO; NL; PL; PT; RU; ZH November 2021
21 		Track editor, analyser, creator and converter
GPXSee [6] display; analyse win macos linux Qt yes no no yes GPL free CA; CS; DA; DE; EN; EO; ES; FI; FR; HU; IT; KO; NO; PL; PT-BR; RU; SV; TR; UK; ZH 2026-08-19
16.13 		GPX, TCX, KML, FIT, IGC, LOC, SLF, CUP, GPI, OziExplorer (PLT, RTE, WPT) and NMEA viewer and analyzer
GPXViewer [7] display; analyse no no linux GTK+ yes no no yes GPL free CS; DE; EL; EN; ES; FR; HR; IT; JA; NL; PL; PT; RU; SL; SV; TH; UK; ZH 2020-04-25
1.1.0 		Allow users to easily view GPS traces they have created in the GPX file format
JGPSTrackEdit [8] editor win macos linux ? yes yes ? yes GPLv3 free EN; DE 2021-04-24
1.7.2-RC1 		Tool for editing gps tracks and planning (multiple days) tours.
JOSM [9] editor win macosx linux Java SE yes ? ? ? GPL free BG; CS; DA; DE; EN; EN-CA; EN-AU; EN-GB; EL; ES; ET; EU; FI; FR; GL; HU; ID; IT; JA; NB; NL; PL; PT; PT-BR; RU; SK; SV; TR; UK; ZH-CN; ZH-TW; 2025-09-01
19439 		Offline highly expandable map editor
mapFactor Navigator free [10] navi win no no ? yes yes yes yes proprietary free CZ; DE; EN; RU; ... 2013-05-20
12.1.10 		professional framework for OSM-based car navigation
Maptitude Mapping Software [11] display; editor; renderer; converter; analyser; gis win no no .NET yes yes no no proprietary $395,00 - $695,00 EN 2021-04-28
2021 		a proprietary, Windows Desktop Geographical Information System, GIS Software
Marble [12] display win macos linux QT; yes yes yes yes LGPL free DE; EN; ... ?
2.2.0 		Virtual globe with multiple projections, tiles and vector data, routing and POI search
MB-Ruler [13] analyse win no no GTK+; mono; JME; OpenGL; ? ? ? ? proprietary free DE; EN; ... ?
5.4 		Onscreen triangular ruler and protractor
Merkaartor [14] editor win macos linux Qt4 ? ? ? ? GPL free EN 2021-08-27
0.19.0 		Good editor with styling
mkgmap [15] win macos linux Java SE ? ? ? ? GPL free ? 2021-12-30
4839 		Make OSM maps for your Garmin device
Navit [16] navi; logger; router win no linux GTK+; SDL; OpenGL; yes yes yes yes GPLv2 free 43 2021-03-06
0.5.6 		Most popular OpenSource Car navigation tool; maps (offline-"custom"), vector-rendered
OpenJUMP [17] gis; viewer; analyse yes yes yes Java SE yes no no no GPL free EN 2021-01-03
1.16 		OpenJUMP is an open source GIS written in the Java programming language, its particular strength is the editing of geometry and attribute data
OSM2Go [18] logger; editor no no linux GTK yes no yes no GPL free EN 2020-12-06
0.9.17 		Mobile, touchscreen based editor
OSM2World [19] converter win yes linux ? ? ? ? ? LGPL free EN 2019-06-23
0.2.0 		Creates a 3D model of the world from OSM data.
OziExplorer [20] win no no ? yes yes yes yes proprietary 30€ EN 2016-02
3.95.6f 		Feature-rich
QGIS [21] display; editor; renderer; converter; analyser; gis win macos linux Qt ? ? ? ? GPL free EN, ? 2021-12-17
3.22.2 		a free, multiplatform GIS application
RTKLIB [22] positioning win no linux Embarcadero / Borland VCL ? ? ? ? BSD 2, GPL ≥ v3 for versions before and including 2.4.2b11 free EN 2018-01-29
2.4.2 p13 		Open source program package for GNSS positioning
Running Reality [23] world history; editor; data transformer win macos linux Java yes no yes ? Free Free EN continuous releases Explore the history of human civilization from 3000BC to today. Running Reality is a world history model with free web and app versions.
Spatial Manager Desktop™ [24] display; converter winxp; win7; win8; win8.1 no no .NET yes no no no proprietary $149,00 - $499,00 EN; ES 7.0.3.11198 Manage spatial data in a simple, fast and inexpensive way. Includes its own OSM data provider
Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD [25] display; converter win7; win8; win8.1 no no .NET; AutoCAD API 2008-2015 yes no no no proprietary $99,00 - $179,00 EN; ES 7.0.3.11198 Powerful AutoCAD plug-in. Imports spatial data in a simple, fast and inexpensive way. Includes its own OSM data provider
TransCAD Transportation GIS Software [26] display; editor; renderer; converter; analyser; gis win no no .NET yes yes no no proprietary $6000 - $12000 EN 2018-03-08
8.0 		a proprietary, Windows Desktop Transportation Geographical Information System, GIS Software
Viking [27] display; navi; logger win no linux GTK+ yes yes yes yes GPL free CS; DA; DE; EL; EN; ES; FI; FR; HR; ID; IT; JA; LT; LV; NB; NL; PL; PT; RU; SL; SV; UK; ZH 2021-11-27
1.10 		GTK+2 application to manage GPS data
YAAC [28] display; logger; tracker win; win2k; winxp macos linux JavaSE yes no yes yes GPL free EN; ... 2026-04-23
1.0-beta227 		Amateur Radio Automatic Packet Reporting System client written in Java that uses OSM data to render maps on the fly. Under active development with rapid development release cycle.
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Map display features

Name Shows map as vector Shows map as bitmap Stores map-data on-board Stores map-data off-board (downloads from internet) Rotate map 3D view
ArcGIS Editor for OSM yes no yes yes no no
CartoType yes yes yes yes yes yes
Cruiser yes yes yes yes no ?
florb no yes yes yes no no
Gnome Map Application yes yes yes no ? ?
Gosmore yes no yes no yes yes
gps3D no yes no yes no yes
GpsDrive no yes yes yes no no
GpsMaster no yes no yes no no
GpsPrune no yes no yes no yes
gpsVP yes yes yes no yes yes
GPX Viewer no yes no yes no no
GPXSee yes yes yes yes no no
GPXViewer no yes no yes no no
GraphHopper ? ? yes no ? ?
Jagme no yes no yes no no
JGPSTrackEdit no yes yes (cache) no ? ?
JOSM yes yes yes no ? ?
LiveMapViewer ? ? ? ? ? ?
LocationWizard no yes no yes no no
luckyGPS yes yes yes yes yes no
mapFactor Navigator free yes no yes no yes yes
Maps4Mac yes no yes no no no
Marble yes yes yes yes yes yes
MoNav no yes yes yes yes no
Mumpot yes yes yes yes ? no
NASA World Wind ? ? no yes ? yes
NAVeGIS yes no yes no yes no
NaviPOWM yes no yes no yes no
Navit yes no yes no yes yes
Navitel yes no yes no yes yes
Nomino yes no no yes no no
OpenJUMP yes no yes yes ? no
OpenStreetMap-in-a-Box (osminabox) yes yes yes yes ? ?
OSM2Go yes no yes no yes no
OSM2Palm no yes yes no ? no
OziExplorer yes yes yes yes yes yes
PocketGIS yes no yes no yes no
Pyroute yes no yes no no no
QuoVadis yes yes yes yes yes yes
Rana yes no yes no ? no
RiscOSM yes no no yes yes no
RoadMap yes no yes no yes yes
RoadNav yes no yes no ? yes
RouteConverter no yes no yes no no
ShareNav yes yes yes yes yes yes
Spatial Manager Desktop™ yes no yes no no no
Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD yes no yes no no no
TangoGPS no yes yes (cache) yes ? no
TEAM - Tutor for editable audio maps yes no yes yes no no
Track2Karte no yes no yes no no
Traveling Salesman yes no yes no yes no
Trip4YouMaps no yes no yes yes no
Viking no yes yes (cache) yes no no
YAAC yes no yes no no no
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Name Windows Versions Mac Versions Linux Versions Navigate to point Find location Find nearby POIs Navigate along predefined route Create route manually Calculate route Calculate route without internet Car routing Bike routing Foot routing Turn restrictions Navigation with voice Keep on road Works without GPS
CartoType win macos linux yes yes yes yes ? yes yes yes yes yes yes ? yes yes
Cruiser win macos linux yes no no no ? yes yes yes yes yes yes no no yes
Gosmore win; wince no linux yes yes yes no ? yes ? yes yes yes yes yes ? ?
GpsDrive no macos linux ? ? ? ? ? ? ? yes yes yes ? ? ? yes
gpsVP win no no yes yes yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? no no yes
JGPSTrackEdit win macos linux ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
LiveMapViewer win no linux ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
mapFactor Navigator free win no no yes yes yes no ? yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes;no yes
Maps4Mac no macos no ? no yes ? ? ? ? no no no no ? ? yes
Marble win macos linux no yes no ? ? ? ? yes yes yes no yes no yes
MoNav win no linux yes yes no ? ? ? ? yes yes yes no no ? ?
NAVeGIS wince no no yes yes yes no ? yes ? yes no no yes yes yes yes
NaviPOWM win no no ? ? ? ? ? ? ? yes yes yes ? no ? ?
Navit win no linux yes yes yes no ? yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes no
Navitel wince no no yes yes yes no ? yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Open Source Routing Machine no macos linux ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? yes ? ? ?
OziExplorer win no no ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? no ? yes
PocketGIS win; win2k; winxp no no yes yes yes ? ? ? ? yes no no no yes no yes
QuoVadis win; winxp; win7; win8 no no yes yes yes yes ? yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes;no
Rana no no ? ? yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? no ? ?
RiscOSM no no no ? yes yes ? yes yes yes yes yes yes no no ? ?
RoadMap win no linux yes yes no ? ? ? ? ? ? ? no no ? yes
RoadNav win macos linux ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? yes ? yes
ShareNav win; win2k; winxp macos linux yes yes yes no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Traveling Salesman win; win2k; winxp no linux ? yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? no yes
Trip4YouMaps win no no yes yes yes ? no yes no yes yes yes no no yes yes
Viking win no linux no yes no ? ? ? ? yes no no yes no no yes
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Track making features

Name Customizable log interval GPX format KML format NMEA format All formats Geo-tagged notes Geo-tagged photos Geo-tagged audio Fast POI buttons
florb no yes no no gpx no no no yes
Gosmore ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GpsDrive ? yes no no gpx ? ? ? ?
gpsVP yes yes no no gpx;ozi;plt yes no no ?
luckyGPS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
mapFactor Navigator free ? no no yes nmea ? ? ? ?
Maps4Mac no yes no no gpx yes no no yes
Marble no no yes no kml ? ? ? yes
MoNav ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mumpot ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? yes
NAVeGIS ? no no no img no no no ?
NaviPOWM yes no no yes nmea no no no no
Navit ? yes no yes bin, garmin, gpx, nmea ? ? ? ?
Navitel yes yes no no gpx ? ? ? ?
OSM2Go ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OziExplorer yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
PocketGIS no no no yes nmea, lmt no yes no yes
QuoVadis yes no no no ewc;img;tdb;tiff;png;bmp;shp;dxf;online-maps yes yes yes yes
Rana yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RiscOSM no yes yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
RoadMap ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RoadNav ? ? ? ? ? no no no ?
ShareNav yes yes no yes gpx;nmea yes yes yes yes
TangoGPS ? yes no no gpx no yes no ?
Trip4YouMaps yes yes no no gpx no no no yes Viking no yes yes no gpx;kml no yes no no
YAAC no no no no none no no no yes
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Monitoring features

Name Show current track Open existing track Altitude diagram Show DOP value Satellite view Show live NMEA data Send current position via SMS Upload current position
florb yes yes no yes no no no no
Gosmore ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
gpsd no no no no yes no ? ?
GpsDrive yes yes yes yes yes yes no no
GpsPrune no yes yes no no no ? ?
gpsVP yes yes no yes no no no no
GPX Viewer no yes yes no no no ? ?
GPXSee no yes yes no no yes no no
GPXViewer no yes no no no no ? ?
Jagme no yes no no no no ? ?
JGPSTrackEdit ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
mapFactor Navigator free yes yes ? ? yes ? no no
Maps4Mac yes yes no no no no no no
Marble yes yes yes no no no no no
NAVeGIS no no no no yes ? ? ?
NaviPOWM no no no yes yes no no no
Navit yes ? no yes no no no no
OziExplorer yes yes yes yes yes ? no no
PocketGIS yes yes no no yes yes no no
QuoVadis yes yes yes yes ? yes;no yes yes
Rana yes no no yes no no no no
RiscOSM yes no yes ? no no no no
RouteConverter no yes yes ? ? no ? ?
ShareNav yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no
TangoGPS yes ? ? ? ? ? no yes
Trip4YouMaps yes style="background:var(--background-color-success-subtle,light-dark(#bfb,#132821)); color:var(--color-base,light-dark(#202122,#eaecf0)); vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|yes yes no no no no no
Viking yes yes yes yes yes no no no
YAAC yes yes no yes yes yes no no
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OpenStreetMap editing features

Name Add POIs Edit / Delete POIs Edit arbitrary tags of existing OSM objects Edit geometries Support imagery offset DB Upload to OSM
ArcGIS Editor for OSM yes yes yes yes ? yes
GpsMaster no yes;no yes;no yes;no yes;no yes;no
JGPSTrackEdit no no no no ? no
JOSM yes yes yes yes yes yes
Merkaartor yes yes yes yes no yes
OSM2Go yes yes yes yes ? yes
QGIS ? ? ? ? ? ?
ShareNav yes yes yes not directly, will open web browser editor for area ? yes
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Browser Extensions

OSM Smart Menu helps OpenStreetMap contributors to easily switch between different maps and analysis tools from the community.

Making an OpenStreetMap handler for Operator documents the process of creating a new handler for the geo microformat for the Operator extension for Firefox.


Discontinued Software

see Category:Discontinued_software

See also

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