I haven't followed the OM project closely, but thanks to the accidental discovery of the unofficial account I found out that the project is not adhering to the core principles of (mastodon.social)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by wellspring@mastodon.social to c/organicmaps@sopuli.xyz

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I haven't followed the OM project closely, but thanks to the accidental discovery of the unofficial @organicmaps account I found out that the project is not adhering to the core principles of open-source software. All the relevant links and a description of the situation: https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You are a bit late to the party, but good reminder in case people missed it. Because of this a fork was created a few months back that is now the new cool kid on the block. There is even a well maintained community on here for it. The new fork is called CoMaps:

this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026

14 points (100.0% liked)

Organic Maps (Unofficial)

986 readers

1 users here now

Overview:

Organic Maps is a free open-source Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists based on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and curated with love by MapsWithMe (Maps.Me) founders back from 2021.

Download Organic Maps from:

Related Community:

Related Links:

founded 4 years ago