Best Self Hosted Alternatives to Gaia GPS

Dawarich is a self-hosted location history application for collecting, importing, and visualizing where you have been over time. It focuses on turning raw GPS data into a searchable timeline and map views so you can explore trips, places, and daily movement patterns.

Key Features

• Import location history from common formats (e.g., GPX) to build a personal movement timeline
• Interactive map visualization of tracks and recorded points
• Timeline-style browsing of location history by date/time
• Multi-user support for separate accounts and datasets
• Designed for privacy-focused, self-managed personal analytics of mobility data

Use Cases

• Maintain a private “location history” similar to Google Location History
• Import GPS tracks from phones/watches and review hikes, rides, and trips
• Personal travel journaling and recalling visited places over time

Dawarich is a practical choice if you want an owned, self-managed record of your movements with map and timeline exploration. It is especially useful for users already exporting GPX tracks and wanting a unified, private archive.

AdventureLog is a self-hosted web app for logging and organizing outdoor adventures (hikes, backpacking trips, bike rides, climbs, and general travel). It focuses on keeping a personal logbook of trips and routes, attaching photos/notes, and viewing your activity geographically.

Key Features

• Create and manage trips/adventures with dates, descriptions, and personal notes
• Route/track support (GPX-style workflows) for mapping adventures and reviewing where you went
• Location-based browsing with map views to visualize adventures geographically
• Attach media and details (e.g., photos, notes, and metadata) to trips
• Multi-user support for households/teams to keep separate or shared logs
• Docker-based deployment for straightforward self-hosting and updates

Use Cases

• Maintain a personal outdoor journal of hikes/backpacking trips with routes and photos
• Plan and review recurring routes (training loops, favorite trails) using stored tracks
• Keep a shared family/group log of trips and memories with a map-centric view

Limitations and Considerations

• Feature set is focused on personal logging; it is not a full “social network” or community discovery platform
• Mapping/track features depend on importing/maintaining route data; quality varies with the track sources you provide

AdventureLog works well for people who want ownership of their adventure history and a map-first way to browse it. It’s best suited to individuals or small groups who want an organized, searchable record of trips, routes, and media over time.