Alternatives to BRouter
An offline OpenStreetMap routing engine with configurable profiles, aimed mainly at bike routing. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
BRouter
An offline OpenStreetMap routing engine with configurable profiles, aimed mainly at bike routing.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as BRouter.
GraphHopper
An OpenStreetMap routing engine and hosted Directions API with route optimization for many vehicle types.
GraphHopper is an open-source OpenStreetMap engine with custom profiles and a hosted Directions API, aimed at developers and logistics, with route optimization in the paid service.
openrouteservice
An open-source routing, isochrone and geocoding service built on OpenStreetMap data, usable online or self-hosted.
openrouteservice adds isochrones, matrices and geocoding to OpenStreetMap routing, runs as a free public API or self-hosted with Docker, but has daily request limits.
Valhalla
An open-source routing engine for OpenStreetMap data that you run on your own server.
Valhalla is an open-source multi-modal routing engine with per-request dynamic costing and isochrones, but it runs on your own Linux server rather than offline on Android.
OSRM
A C++ routing engine that computes shortest paths on OpenStreetMap road networks on your own server.
OSRM is an open-source C++ engine with very fast queries and customisable car, bike and walking profiles, but it needs a server and has no end-user interface.
Also worth comparing
These listings name BRouter as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Bikerouter
A browser-based bicycle route planner built on BRouter with many routing profiles and GPX export.
BRouter is the open-source engine Bikerouter is built on, running offline on Android with configurable profiles that can plug into other map apps.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OsmAnd
An open-source offline map and navigation app based on OpenStreetMap, for driving, cycling and hiking.
Locus Map
An outdoor navigation app for hiking, cycling and geocaching with offline maps and route planning.
RouteConverter
An open-source Java desktop tool for converting and editing GPS routes, tracks and waypoints.
gpx.studio
A free online editor for viewing, creating and editing GPX files with route planning tools.
OpenStreetMap
A collaboratively edited world map you can browse, search, route on and edit in a browser.
cycle.travel
A cycle route planner that favours quiet lanes, cycleways and traffic-free paths.
