Openrouteservice by GIScience

The open source route planner api with plenty of features.

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Verdict 67/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 1/5 setup difficulty 26k docker pulls Last release 2 months ago

Self-host Openrouteservice on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
67 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
1 /5
One-click deploy
GitHub stars
1.9k
475 forks

About Openrouteservice

From the project's README at github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
60
maturity
100
community
90
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
31

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 1.9k github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice
GitHub forks 475 github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice
Docker Hub pulls 26k hub.docker.com / giscience

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age8.8 yearssince Sep 2017
Last commit2 months agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped73last: 2 months ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Ready to self-host Openrouteservice?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

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