The open-source trail catalogue: organize, plan, and share GPS tracks without any paywall or subscription.
Your data, your rules, your server. Download the compose file and start it. Wanderer is up in under 90 seconds.
# Download the compose file
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-wanderer/wanderer/main/docker-compose.yml
# Start wanderer
docker compose up -dDon't want to manage infrastructure? Join an existing wanderer instance run by someone you trust.
Your GPS tracks live on your server, in your database, under your control. No vendor lock-in, no terms-of-service changes, no sudden sunset. Export any time in open formats.
Search, plan, share, map layers, summit logs, statistics, lists: no tier, no paywall, no annual plan required. Install it and use everything.
ActivityPub federation means your wanderer instance can share trails with other instances. Follow explorers across servers — no account needed on theirs.
From a post-hike GPX upload to a multi-week expedition plan, wanderer gives you the full toolkit — without the commercial baggage.
wanderer is built on ActivityPub — the same open standard that powers Mastodon and Pixelfed. Follow explorers on other instances and their public trails, comments, and summit logs appear in your feed — no account on their server required.
No walled gardens. No platform permission. Your data stays on your server; the social layer spans all of them.
wanderer is free and open-source, maintained by a small team of people who spend their weekends building this instead of hiking it. If it's useful to you, consider supporting the project.
wanderer is developed entirely in public. Report bugs, request features, submit code, or just hang out with other trail enthusiasts.