Alternatives to XCSoar
An open-source tactical glide computer with a moving map and flight navigation for glider and paraglider pilots. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
XCSoar
An open-source tactical glide computer with a moving map and flight navigation for glider and paraglider pilots.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as XCSoar.
LK8000
Open-source flight navigation software for glider pilots and paraglider pilots, developed in the open on GitHub.
LK8000 is also open-source soaring and paragliding navigation software, running on Windows, Linux and Android, while its website is temporarily offline during a migration.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Stratux
Free software that turns a Raspberry Pi with USB radios into a low-cost ADS-B receiver for pilots.
SkyDemon
VFR flight planning and GPS moving-map navigation software built around its own vector charts.
EasyVFR 4
A VFR flight planning and navigation app with a dynamic vector map, traffic and weather.
AvareX
An open-source aviation charts and navigation app, a Flutter rewrite of Avare.
Windy
An interactive animated weather map with wind, waves and radar forecasts from several forecast models.
Little Navmap
A free open-source flight planner, moving map and airport information tool for desktop flight simulators.
