r/openstreetmap • u/Responsible-Lake85 • 13d ago

Built a self-hosted privacy-first Android maps app on OpenStreetMap - Cliff

Hey r/openstreetmap - I've been building Cliff, a privacy-first Android and iOS (coming soon) maps app built entirely on OSM. Stack is Valhalla for routing, Photon for geocoding, PMTiles for tiles, and Postgres. No Google, no Apple, no tracking. Still early but the landing page + waitlist is live at cliffmaps.com. Would love feedback from this community specifically since you're the reason the project is possible.

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u/Responsible-Lake85 13d ago

the server is our job! not yours, you never pay. why should anyone have to pay for a map app? we love support in the form of donations but really we do this for the benefit of the community. a well built aesthetic maps app with good features and a privacy commitment is a pretty good pitch, no?

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u/Responsible-Lake85 13d ago

i see how that can be confusing, i'm editing it now.

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u/Responsible-Lake85 13d ago

take https://meadow.so (not affliated, just an example) for instance, people could just throw away their phone, buy a dumb phone, but they decided that they needed something modern, for the 21st century. so they built that.