Komoot alternative: free planning, open, road-accurate
Velosummit is an independent cycling route planner for everyone who wants to plan, navigate and share tours. Planning and exporting routes is free.
What Velosummit does differently
- Free planning & export: planning routes, elevation profile & GPX export work without an account – and without region packs, the kind you know from map apps.
- Built on open source: road-accurate routing with the open-source router BRouter on OpenStreetMap data – for touring, road, gravel, MTB, hiking and canoeing. Open data, open standards, no lock-in.
- Resupply along the route: supermarkets, cafés, pharmacies, hotels & mountain huts with opening hours, plus bike repair stations – ideal for self-supported trips.
- Your data is yours: GPX export anytime; share trips & tours by link with family, friends and fans (read-only).
- No ad tracking: only technically necessary cookies, no third-party trackers – which is why a one-time notice is enough instead of a consent dialog.
Honestly: what we're still working on
Velosummit is independently developed and a work in progress. A large discover/community feature doesn't exist (yet) – a first building block is the public routes gallery. A full mobile app isn't currently planned; the focus is on the web: a lean, fast tool for planning.
Who is it for?
- Self-supported riders & bikepackers who want resupply along the route
- Gravel, MTB and road cyclists who need road-accurate GPX
- Canoeists & kayakers who want to plan their route along waterways
- Anyone who wants to export GPX without a subscription and share tours
- Privacy-conscious people who don't want tracking
Frequently asked
Is Velosummit really free?
Yes. Planning routes, the elevation/surface analysis and GPX export are free and need no account. A free account is only required to save, edit and share tours.
Is Velosummit an open-source alternative to Komoot?
Velosummit is built entirely on open technology: road-accurate routing with the open-source router BRouter, maps from OpenStreetMap and export in the open GPX standard. The app's own source code isn't public – but there's no proprietary lock-in and no region packs: your routes and data stay in open formats.
Can I import my Komoot tours?
GPX import is in progress. For now, export your tour from Komoot as GPX and use it on your device; re-planning it in Velosummit takes a few clicks.
Is it a full Komoot replacement?
Honestly: not for everything. A large tour community/discover feature is missing, and a native mobile app most likely won't happen. But for self-directed planning, GPX and self-supported tours it's already strong.