Headway
Self-hostable maps stack you can run yourself
Headway is a complete, self-hostable maps stack that combines tiles, geocoding, and routing into one deployment. It aims to let anyone run their own Google Maps replacement for a city or region.
Key features
- Complete maps stack
- Search and routing built in
- Per-region deployment
- Privacy focused
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (3k GitHub stars)
- Written in Rust
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