Traccar

API

Open-source GPS tracking server with geofences and a REST API

Price: Free, open source; hosted plans paid
Access: Login or access token

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About

Traccar is a free, open-source GPS tracking platform with a Java backend that supports more than 200 GPS protocols and 2000 device models. It offers real-time tracking, geofences, alarms and notifications, and a REST API. Run it yourself or use paid hosting.

What you can do with it

Track vehicles and GPS devices on a server you run yourself
Raise alerts when a device enters or leaves a geofence
Read device positions and events through a REST API

Get started

Install Traccar with Docker or a package
Add devices and geofences
Call the REST API with a token

Example

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRACCAR_TOKEN" \
  https://traccar.example.com/api/devices

Details

Hosting: Hosted service, Self-hosted
Available in: Worldwide
MCP server: None