Dawarich

Dawarich is a self-hostable web application for collecting and exploring your personal location history, built as an alternative to Google Timeline (Google Location History). It ingests location points from supported tracker apps and imported files, then turns them into an interactive, private timeline.

Key Features

• Live location tracking via supported mobile and GPS apps (including OwnTracks, Overland, GPSLogger, Home Assistant, and others)
• Interactive map visualization with multiple layers (heatmap, points, lines, and “fog of war”)
• Trips creation with routes, distance, duration, and optional notes
• Statistics and insights (countries/cities visited, distance traveled, time spent; monthly/yearly breakdowns)
• Areas and visit suggestions to help identify places you frequent (visits feature marked as beta)
• Family location sharing with per-user consent and controls
• Imports from Google Maps Timeline/Takeout and common formats (GPX, GeoJSON) plus integrations for photo geodata
• Export of your location history to GPX or GeoJSON

Use Cases

• Replacing Google Timeline with a private, self-controlled location history
• Building a personal travel journal with trips, stats, and map playback
• Combining location points with geotagged photos to revisit memories on a map

Limitations and Considerations

• The project is under active development and may introduce breaking changes between releases
• Some features (such as visit detection) are explicitly beta and may be inaccurate

Dawarich is well suited for individuals and families who want long-term location history without handing data to third parties. With flexible import/export and rich map views, it provides a practical foundation for personal memory and travel analysis.