OpenFreeMap — Open-Source Map Hosting. It was shared on Show HN in 2024 and received 848 upvotes on Hacker News. OpenFreeMap – Open-Source Map Hosting lets you display custom maps on your website and apps for free. You can either self-host or use our public instance. Everything is open-source , including the full production setup — there’s no ‘open-core’ model here. Using our public instance is completely free: there are no limits on the number of map views or requests. After 9 years of running my own map tile infrastructure for MapHub , I’ve open-sourced it and launched OpenFreeMap. OpenStreetMap is one of the most important collective projects in history. It began 20 years ago, and today, 3 million edits are made each day! For a long time, when you wanted to use the map on your website or app, you had to look for a commercial map tile provider and hope your site didn’t become too popular. Self-hosting was an option, but it required a big server and a lot of time to get it right. Since I’ve spent many years developing the map tile infrastructure for MapHub , I decided to open-source it so anyone can use it. How can you offer a free public instance? There is no technical reason why map hosting costs as much as it does today. It’s true that serving hundreds of millions of files is not easy, but at the end of the day, they are just files. Financially, the plan is to keep renting servers until they cover the bandwidth. If this project helps you save on your map hosting costs, please consider subscribing to a support plan. Can my app download areas for offline use?