Dhu Bhutani / Android Authority
Travel has always been a huge part of my life. Whether I am planning to go for a weekend or for a long multi -country back packing trip, I have relied on travel apps to help keep things organized. But after years, some of the best travel apps such as Wanderglag, Trap, Google Cap or Concept, or even after maintaining a pen and paper journal, I realized that they had come up with disappointing trade. Many advertisements, backup upgrade indicators, ambiguous subscription models, lack of features, and most worryingly, always a series of data collecting and tracking. Like a journey, it is something I don’t really want.
So earlier this year, I started looking for alternatives. I wanted some lightweight, customized and private. If it was a host and open source, even better. It turns out, really is an open source project for every need. Due to this search Adventure peopleA self -hosting, open source travel tracker and a travelogue manager who is just as active as it is respected. I installed it on my Synology NAS with the Doker, and it has completely changed how I travel and plan for trips. How is it here
Planning without noise
Dhu Bhutani / Android Authority
The first time I really had an adventure at its speed, it was on a week -long journey to Prague. It is a city that I always wanted to look back, not just passing. So, with one of my favorite bands performing in the city, it was understood to be planned for a holiday around it. I was not interested in a better way to join a pre -planned tour or “Top 10 Things to Watch”. I wanted to keep some sites with some sites, tracing small discoveries for the future, with some sites I wanted to see.
Before leaving, I created a new journey in the adventure people. I included a weekly sketch, which includes the basics of arrival times, my air bank location, and some of the scattered Book Marks in those places about which I read. A collision café near Latina Park, a record store in Vanohadi, and a speaking bar in the old town that only locals appear to be talking about online. What was different this time was not how I planned to travel, but the device I was using actually turned out of the way. There were no clutter, no offerings, no popups, no advertising tips for other things I want to do. Just a timeline and a clean map interface.
The adventure people behave like a super -charged travel journal than another travel app.
All this may look like a standard travel planning app, but the adventure becomes a bit more interesting. It also works as a travel diary. Every day, I logged in with entries. For breakfast, a random, unplanned tour of the Clemenian Benz, the Clemenmine Library, which felt that a movie set was stepped into the set. Or a long walk along the river. At that moment the process of logging in things felt like to capture the taste of the day, the type of thing that usually goes into my diary and that I would never be safe in the idea or basic checklist. By turning the travel app into a travel journal, adventure has become a tool. I use it twice a week, compared to when I plan to travel.
When its full potential is used, the adventure people can create a personal archive of your journey, which is complete with notes, locations and impressions. Some other travel apps can be obtained.
Organized, reflect, see again – all in one place
Dhu Bhutani / Android Authority
Adventure is easier than fraud, but as much as I used it, I appreciated the depth of it, which makes it offered. Made with modern tools, it operates at least on hardware even fast and reliable. The interface is so responsible that it feels like a local app, whether I’m on a laptop or checking with my phone during a baby.
Dhu Bhutani / Android Authority
Every trip becomes its timeline. You can add a name and cover image, then start making daily logs. The text field supports the Mark Down, which I found is amazingly useful to create my notes. I used to mark my notice apps, so it just accelerated the text formatting. I use it for everything from quick restaurant to more reflective journal style writing. Tags allow you to make entries across the trips, and the Integrated Open Street Map View connects everything together. The good thing about all this is that this is all optional. You can classify as much as you want or as much as you want. You don’t need to know how to use a complex database or formatting – it just works.
For the first time, I was not switching to several apps to pass the day.
One of the things I love is how easy it is to look back on your travel history. Along with other apps, things are combined with a trip according to a doctor, or with half written entries scattered in different platforms. With adventure people, everything is in one place. I can scroll in months, click on the trip, and immediately go back to this headspace. It feels like a more living orchy than a planner, especially when combined with the built -in calendar that gives me the eye of the bird’s eye about the visits to the coming.
And since it completely goes on my own server, it doesn’t leave anything unless I export it myself. You have no data collection, no cloud sync to opt out, and there is no analysis in the background. If you are interested in hosting yourself, you probably appreciate it as much as me. By default, I can only access it on my home network. However, I have created a remote proxy as well as access to Go Go Go.
If the idea of hosting yourself seems scary, it is not. I have faced the fastest installation process for adventure people. I used a dock on my Synology NAS, but it runs along with raspberry pie, home server, or cloud example. The documents are detailed and clear, effectively with a Dokar command that draws the icon, sets your data and media folders, and runs the app on your local network.
On my setup, I put everything on the volume 2, where my Dokar lives, and exposes the right ports for the container. Once I opened it in my browser, the adventure people walked me by creating their account and setting the first journey. No need to detect any dependence, and to enroll for a third party APIS. The app contains fully itself.
There is no official mobile app here, but the accountable design feels at home at the size of any screen. If you prefer, you can add it to your home screen as a shortcut. That’s what I did. I use a tail scale to access my NAS while traveling, but you can easily expose it through reverse proxy, such as synology made in NAS drives.
Re -claiming the happiness of the travel plan
Most travel apps are made around the business model, not your travel requirements. Even the most polished is eventually there to sell you something. These flights, hotels, local tours, a premium level, or many cases, may have your own data. If you just want a tool to plan and do your tours, these apps can often feel the clutter and more designs. These are the last things you are on the road. The adventure is the opposite. It doesn’t try to sell anything. There is no advertisement, there are no features, nor does any popup ask you to upgrade. It provides you with a clean, active space to plan, take notes, and revise past trips. This simplicity is the one that makes me more useful than most commercial alternatives.
