Cross-posted from “Release 2026.01.24 is out” by @[email protected] in [email protected]
Release 2026.01.24 is now out on all distribution channels! Beyond fresh OpenStreetMap data, it includes adding road outlines for better readability, renaming of the “Bookmarks & Tracks” to the clearer “Favorites” and many more updates: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/releases/tag/v2026.01.24-5
As a contributor to OSM, I didn’t know about what was going on with Organic Maps. I might check out CoMaps on F-Droid to see how it compares with OsmAnd~. Thanks, OP!
Out of the loop here but what’s going on with Organic Maps?
Admittedly I only read this open letter and so am still too out-of-the-loop to say if Organic Maps is in the wrong here. Still, it seems like a sizable and competent enough fork that my initial bias is against Organic Maps.
“Profit off the free contributions to inflate shareholder value” is about the gist of it from what was summarized. Might hold off checking this out if that’s the case.
For clarification, Organic Maps was the project that has been accused of mismanagement. A significant portion of that community departed to create this app, CoMaps. The goal from the outset was to create a more transparent and open community, hence the name, community maps or CoMaps.
CoMaps is a fairly recent fork of what was already an excellent app, but likely with poor management ethics behind it. I’ve been extremely impressed by the rapid pace of development on a pretty sizable project. There are already hundreds of small (and a few not so small) improvements over the project it was forked from.
sigh
Sake. Can every bloody FOSS project stop falling out with itself and fighting with each other?
This was the second time, so it wasn’t really unexpected. Maps.me was foss, then they sold it, and the original devs forked it after the sale, that’s how Organic Maps came to life. They started to sell out AGAIN, but now different devs forked it before it could have been sold. Current version of Organic Maps already contains some ads.
The current version of organic maps has ads?! Can you corroborate this with evidence?
Also how the hell was maps.me captures, then organic maps also?! Who are the VC leeches sucking our community dry. They need to be called out.
https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/pull/6523
They are called out in the open letter: https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c
This is no longer in the app, to be clear. It was removed in may 2025.
Oh then we can see if they sell out the third time? I’m so excited!
For every one that fails there are 15 that keep steady