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A lightweight program that stores and serves location data published by OwnTracks apps via MQTT or HTTP.

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C Latest 1.0.1 · 11mo ago Security brief →

Features

  • Subscribes to MQTT topics or accepts HTTP POSTs from OwnTracks mobile apps
  • Stores location data in plain files on disk (no external database required)
  • Provides a built‑in REST API and WebSocket server for querying stored locations
  • Includes `ocat` CLI utility for reading stored data in various formats
  • Supports systemd service, Docker container, and source builds

Recent releases

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1.0.1 Breaking risk
⚠ Upgrade required
  • Reinstall the signing key before updating packages. On Debian: curl --no-progress-meter https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owntracks/recorder/master/etc/repo-v2.owntracks.org.gpg.key | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/owntracks.asc
Breaking changes
  • Package signing key has been replaced and must be manually reinstalled by all users before package updates will work
Notable features
  • ocat JSON output now supports emitting array/list fields (#542)
  • OpenBSD platform support added (#523)
  • Storage dir now resolved from environment even when defaults file is missing (#528)
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Platforms
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