# CoMaps (FOSS Navigation, Organic Maps fork)

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/comaps-foss-navigation-organic-maps-fork/29557
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Created:** 2025-07-29T13:11:56Z
**Posts:** 196
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## Post 30 by @IXVG47QZ — 2025-08-07T06:24:25Z

Joined just to comment here! I do not speak for CoMaps, but I’m a CoMaps user and occasional volunteer. I used Organic Maps for about two years before I heard about the trust issues surrounding Organic maps and switched.

_Long post warning._ TLDR: The CoMaps community is really pulling together, and really giving Organic Maps a run for it’s money!

Some of you have questioned how many volunteers have really switched projects. I think it’s helpful to compare the repository activity.

Comparing [CoMaps] ( [Contributors - comaps/comaps - Codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/activity/contributors) ) with Organic Maps ( [Contributors to organicmaps/organicmaps · GitHub](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/graphs/contributors?from=1%2F26%2F2025&to=8%2F2%2F2025) ) I see:

- there were 53 contributors to CoMaps between Apr 25 2025 17:04:24 GMT-0500 and Aug 10 2025 00:35:06 GMT-0500
- there were 29 contributors to Organic Maps “Weekly from Jan 26, 2025 to Aug 2, 2025”

Also compare the number of commits since late April. The results are staggeringly in CoMaps favor. Please compare the open data yourself.

It’s important to note that some of the commits to Organic Maps since the fork have been by the same people who are leading the CoMaps project. This is because when a pull request is already being worked on in Organic Maps, the CoMaps leadership has encouraged the rest of us not to duplicate work, and to finish the work in the Organic Maps repository so they can pull the finished work into CoMaps later. (Both projects are licensed under the same Apache licence.)

Another thing to note is how many people there are who are now contributing to CoMaps who never contributed to Organic Maps, despite using it. The atmosphere is totally different between these two projects, and CoMaps is very inviting and open to new people just jumping in. I’m one of those people.

Regarding finances, you can see that in their profile on Open Collective. The CoMaps team has hardly even used any of the money raised yet. I personally think leadership is paying for things out of pocket and many people are donating resources like servers already being used by members of the community. Plus I’m sure freemium services are used wherever possible anyway.

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