Tile38

API

Geospatial database with real-time geofencing webhooks

Price: Free, open source
Access: None by default, optional password

About

Tile38 is an open-source, in-memory geolocation data store, spatial index and real-time geofencing server. It stores points and GeoJSON, answers nearby, within and intersects queries, and sends enter, exit and cross events to webhooks and message systems.

What you can do with it

Fire a webhook when a tracked object enters or exits an area
Query which stored objects are nearby or within a region
Store live device locations in a spatial index you host

Get started

Run the Tile38 server with Docker or a binary
Store objects in a collection
Create a geofence hook with SETHOOK

Example

docker run -p 9851:9851 tile38/tile38

# in tile38-cli: webhook for objects near a point in the "fleet" collection
SETHOOK warehouse http://10.0.20.78/endpoint NEARBY fleet FENCE POINT 33.5123 -112.2693 500

Details

Hosting: Self-hosted, Runs locally
Available in: Worldwide
MCP server: None