{"id":819,"date":"2025-07-24T11:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/?p=819"},"modified":"2026-03-24T07:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:39:47","slug":"list-of-gps-tracking-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"List of GPS tracking platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>There are several mature, 100% open-source, free, and stable GPS tracking platforms<\/strong> you can use to offload most of the heavy lifting for your Motoshare GPS feature. The top recommendation worldwide is <strong>Traccar<\/strong>, but there are a few other notable options as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#1_Traccar_Highly_Recommended\" >1. Traccar (Highly Recommended)<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#How_Traccar_fits_your_use-case\" >How Traccar fits your use-case:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#2_OpenGTS_Open_GPS_Tracking_System\" >2. OpenGTS (Open GPS Tracking System)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#3_GPSWOX_Community_Edition\" >3. GPSWOX (Community Edition)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#4_Other_Projects\" >4. Other Projects<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#5_Why_Traccar_is_usually_the_1_choice\" >5. Why Traccar is usually the #1 choice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#6_How_to_Use_Traccar_for_Motoshare\" >6. How to Use Traccar for Motoshare<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#Sample_Workflow_Diagram\" >Sample Workflow Diagram<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#7_Links_and_Resources\" >7. Links and Resources<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#8_Summary_Table\" >8. Summary Table<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#9_Real-World_Example\" >9. Real-World Example<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/list-of-gps-tracking-platform\/#If_you_want\" >If you want:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Traccar_Highly_Recommended\"><\/span>1. <strong>Traccar (Highly Recommended)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traccar.org\/\">https:\/\/www.traccar.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>License:<\/strong> Apache 2.0 (fully open source)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> Java (runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, supports Docker)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Real-time GPS tracking for vehicles\/assets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports 2000+ GPS tracker device models (Concox, Teltonika, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobile app (for Android\/iOS) can also act as a tracker!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modern web UI for admin\/partners (see all vehicles, history, geofencing, alerts, reports)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>REST API and WebSocket API for easy integration into your website\/app<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multi-user (partner, admin, driver), role-based access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can be self-hosted on your VPS\/cloud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Community:<\/strong> Large, active, with regular updates (10+ years mature)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Traccar_fits_your_use-case\"><\/span><strong>How Traccar fits your use-case:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You self-host Traccar<\/strong> on your server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Partners can add their vehicles and link GPS devices via Traccar UI or your integration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traccar collects and stores all location data, provides dashboards, and exposes APIs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can <strong>embed the Traccar web UI<\/strong> for partners or build a custom dashboard using Traccar\u2019s API.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You focus on branding, user management, and value-added features, not low-level GPS plumbing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_OpenGTS_Open_GPS_Tracking_System\"><\/span>2. <strong>OpenGTS (Open GPS Tracking System)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opengts.org\/\">http:\/\/www.opengts.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>License:<\/strong> Apache 2.0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> Java<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> One of the oldest, but less modern than Traccar. Still stable and widely used for fleet tracking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_GPSWOX_Community_Edition\"><\/span>3. <strong>GPSWOX (Community Edition)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/gpswox\/gpswox-open-source-tracking-platform\">https:\/\/github.com\/gpswox\/gpswox-open-source-tracking-platform<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>License:<\/strong> GPL v3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> Free and open source, but less popular\/community support than Traccar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Other_Projects\"><\/span>4. <strong>Other Projects<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>OwnTracks<\/strong> \u2013 Great for personal\/mobile tracking, not as full-featured as Traccar for fleet\/multi-partner use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OpenTrack<\/strong> \u2013 More for railway and public transport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Why_Traccar_is_usually_the_1_choice\"><\/span>5. <strong>Why Traccar is usually the #1 choice<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rock-solid stability:<\/strong> Used by big fleets and businesses globally<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wide hardware support:<\/strong> Almost all commercial GPS trackers can talk to Traccar out of the box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Extensible:<\/strong> Easy to integrate with your existing Laravel\/PHP\/NodeJS\/etc. site via API<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open development:<\/strong> Frequent releases, good docs, large community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_How_to_Use_Traccar_for_Motoshare\"><\/span>6. <strong>How to Use Traccar for Motoshare<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deploy Traccar on your cloud (e.g., AWS EC2, DigitalOcean, or even on-premise)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Register GPS trackers\/devices to Traccar (your partners just configure their device to send data to your server)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manage vehicles and users\/partners from Traccar UI or via API<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Integrate Traccar\u2019s API<\/strong> into your Motoshare website\/dashboard to display real-time location, history, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optionally, embed the Traccar web dashboard for advanced users<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sample_Workflow_Diagram\"><\/span><strong>Sample Workflow Diagram<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;Partner Vehicle GPS Device] \u2500\u2500\u25ba &#91;Your Traccar Server] \u2500\u2500\u25ba &#91;Traccar DB]\n                                               \u2502\n                           &#91;Traccar REST\/WebSocket API]\n                                               \u2502\n        &#91;Your Website\/Partner Dashboard: Fetch &amp; Display Locations]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Links_and_Resources\"><\/span>7. <strong>Links and Resources<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traccar.org\/documentation\/\">Traccar Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traccar.org\/api-reference\/\">Traccar API Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traccar.org\/docker\/\">Traccar Docker Install Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Summary_Table\"><\/span>8. <strong>Summary Table<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Platform<\/th><th>License<\/th><th>Devices Supported<\/th><th>Web UI<\/th><th>API<\/th><th>Multi-user<\/th><th>Stable<\/th><th>Community<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Traccar<\/strong><\/td><td>Apache 2.0<\/td><td>2000+<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Huge<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>OpenGTS<\/td><td>Apache 2.0<\/td><td>100+<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Partial<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Good<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GPSWOX<\/td><td>GPL v3<\/td><td>300+<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Small<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Real-World_Example\"><\/span>9. <strong>Real-World Example<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many ride-sharing, fleet management, and rental companies (including startups) <strong>run Traccar in the backend<\/strong> for GPS data, while building their own branded website and customer portal over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_you_want\"><\/span><strong>If you want:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A guide to integrate Traccar with your Laravel or NodeJS backend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>API examples for pulling live location and showing on your site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help setting up or customizing Traccar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integration strategy with your partner dashboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several mature, 100% open-source, free, and stable GPS tracking platforms you can use to offload most of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820,"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motoshare.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}