Become a sponsor to Flomp

Hi, I'm Chris (aka Flomp)

I'm the creator and maintainer of wanderer, a self-hosted, open-source trail database for people who'd rather keep their adventures than hand them to a platform.

I started wanderer in early 2024 because I wanted one place for my hikes and rides that I actually owned. Most outdoor apps lock your tracks behind subscriptions and closed ecosystems. wanderer goes the other way: your data lives on your server, under your control.

Where wanderer is today

• Around 4,000 stars on GitHub and more than 600,000 Docker pulls
• Upload, plan and organize trails, log summits, build lists and share them
• ActivityPub federation: instances talk to each other and to the wider Fediverse
• A mobile app for recording and offline navigation, currently in beta
• Translated by a community of volunteers
• Licensed under AGPL-3.0, now and always

Why I'm asking

wanderer currently runs on a handful of donations and a lot of evenings. I want to dedicate more of my time to wanderer without changing what it is:

• no paywalled features
• no ads, no tracking, no data harvesting
• everything stays open source

Sponsorship is how that becomes possible.

What your sponsorship funds

• Federation: connecting wanderer instances so public trails flow between communities
• The mobile app: recording, offline maps and navigation
• Performance: keeping wanderer fast on small hardware like a Raspberry Pi
• Maintenance: security fixes, dependency updates, bug triage and community support

For organizations

If your hiking club, tourism region or outdoor company runs or depends on wanderer, consider a higher tier. You'll keep the project healthy and get your logo in the README and docs. If you need custom features or help with a setup, get in touch.

Every contribution counts, whether €1 or €100 a month. Thank you for helping keep the trails open.

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