AdventureLog---Backend

AdventureLog---Backend

Docker app from grtgbln's Repository

Overview

Discover new places, track your adventures, and share your experiences with friends and family.
AdventureLog logo

AdventureLog

The ultimate travel companion — log where you've been, plan what's next, and see your whole world on one map.

License: GPL v3 Docker Self-Hosted Discord GitHub stars

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📍 Log travel experiences
Locations, visits, photos, trails & activities
✈️ Plan trips
Itineraries, checklists, calendar & shared planning
🌍 Track the world
Countries, regions, cities & travel stats
🔒 Own your data
Open source, self-hosted, GPL-3.0

What is AdventureLog?

AdventureLog is a modern open-source travel companion. Pin every place you've visited, build multi-day trip itineraries, mark countries and regions on an interactive world map, and collaborate with the people you travel with. It integrates with your existing tools and services to help you plan your next unforgettable adventure.

Built for travelers who want to track, plan, and remember their travel experiences.

See it in action

Interactive world map with location pins and visit filters
Interactive world map — every location, visit status, and filter at a glance

Location list with filters and categories
Locations — browse, filter, categorize & organize
Travel statistics dashboard
Dashboard — travel stats, progress & milestones

Trip itinerary planner with daily activities and lodging
Trip planning — itineraries, notes & daily activities

World travel book with countries visited
World travel — countries, regions & cities
Trip statistics with geographic breakdown and timeline
Trip stats — costs, geography & per-trip milestones
More screenshots

Location detail view with notes and rating
Rich location details — dates, notes, ratings & visit history

3D satellite map view of travel locations
3D satellite view — explore your travel history immersively

Regional map for tracking sub-country travel
Regions — drill into states, provinces & territories

Features

Feature What you get
📍 Locations & visits Pin places on the map with dates, notes, photos, categories, tags, and multi-visit history
🗺️ Interactive map Filter by visited / planned, add locations by click, 2D & 3D views
✈️ Trip itineraries Multi-day collections with flights, lodging, checklists, links & calendar views
🤝 Collaboration Share locations and itineraries via public links or invite other users to edit together
🌍 World travel book Track countries, regions, and cities — with stats and progress milestones
🥾 Trails & activities Attach hiking routes, GPX tracks, distance, elevation & outdoor activity logs
🔍 Search & organize Full-text search, custom categories, public/private visibility
🔐 Security MFA, API keys, social auth (Google, GitHub, Authelia & more)

Integrations

Connect the tools you already use:

Integration Purpose
Immich Link photos from your self-hosted media library
Strava Import activities with GPX tracks & stats
Endurain Import activities with GPX tracks & stats
Wanderer Attach trails with distance & elevation data
Google Maps Geocoding & location search

Why AdventureLog?

AdventureLog Typical closed travel apps
Ownership Your data on your server Locked in a vendor cloud
Cost Free to self-host (GPL-3.0) Subscriptions & upsells
Privacy You control access & sharing Opaque data policies
Customization Open source — extend & integrate Fixed feature set
Scope Locations, itineraries & world travel in one app Split across multiple tools

Quick start

Not sure which setup fits you? The Getting Started guide covers every install path — Docker, homelab NAS, Kubernetes, reverse proxies, and more.

The fastest way to get running — one container, one port:

curl -sSL https://get.adventurelog.app | bash

Or follow the Standard Deployment guide for Docker Compose.

Requirements: Docker Engine + Compose v2 · 2 GB RAM on first boot · Linux, VPS, homelab, or macOS

I want to… Guide
See all install options Getting Started
Try before installing Live demo
One-command install Quick Start Installer
Deploy on Proxmox / Synology / Unraid Platform guides
Run on Kubernetes Kustomize guide
Learn the app Usage guide

Default login is admin / admin — it's recommended to change it immediately after first sign-in.

Tech stack

Frontend
Backend
Deployment
  • Docker & Docker Compose (recommended)
  • Kubernetes (Kustomize)
  • Reverse proxy guides for Nginx, Traefik & Caddy

Roadmap

Track what's coming next on the public roadmap →

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md to get started.

Contributors

Translation

Help translate AdventureLog on Weblate:

Translation status

License

Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

About the creator

Sean Morley — I'm an Electrical Engineering student at UConn, an open-source developer, and an avid traveler. AdventureLog started as my simple idea to track where I've been and grew into a full travel companion built for people who love exploring the world. I'm passionate about open-source software and building tools that solve real problems for real people. Feel free to reach out to me directly via the info on my website if you have any questions or feedback! :)

Want the full origin story? Read the Development Timeline.

Acknowledgements

Supporters

AdventureLog is built and maintained as an open-source project. These supporters help make continued development possible.

Individual supporters

Huge thanks to Veymax, Mathias Ponnwitz, nebriv, Miguel Cruz, and Victor Butler.

Become a supporter

Your support funds new features, infrastructure, and continued open-source development.

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Install AdventureLog---Backend on Unraid in a few clicks.

Find AdventureLog---Backend in Community Apps on your Unraid server, review the template, and click Install. Unraid handles the Docker app or plugin setup from the published template.

Open the Apps tab on your Unraid server Search Community Apps for AdventureLog---Backend Review the template variables and paths Click Install

Requirements


        Requires a separate PostGIS database container.
    

Details

Repository
ghcr.io/seanmorley15/adventurelog-backend:latest
Last Updated2026-08-31
First Seen2025-01-10

Runtime arguments

Network
bridge
Privileged
false

Template configuration

API PortPorttcp

Container Port: 80

Target
80
Default
8016
Value
8016
Database - HostVariable

PostGIS Host

Target
PGHOST
Database - NameVariable

PostGIS Database Name

Target
PGDATABASE
Database - UserVariable

PostGIS User

Target
PGUSER
Database - PasswordVariable

PostGIS Password

Target
PGPASSWORD
Secret KeyVariable
Target
SECRET_KEY
Admin UsernameVariable

Admin Username

Target
DJANGO_ADMIN_USERNAME
Default
admin
Admin EmailVariable

Admin Email

Target
DJANGO_ADMIN_EMAIL
Admin PasswordVariable

Admin Password

Target
DJANGO_ADMIN_PASSWORD
Public URLVariable

Used for the creation of image URLs. Must match API Port.

Target
PUBLIC_URL
Default
http://IP_ADDRESS:8016
Value
http://IP_ADDRESS:8016
Frontend URLVariable

Used for email generation. Must match the frontend URL.

Target
FRONTEND_URL
Default
http://IP_ADDRESS:8015
Value
http://IP_ADDRESS:8015
CSRF Trusted OriginsVariable

Comma separated list of backend and frontend URLs

Target
CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS
Default
http://localhost:8016,http://localhost:8015
Value
http://IP_ADDRESS:8016,http://IP_ADDRESS:8015
Media PathPath

Path to the media folder

Target
/code/media
Default
/mnt/user/appdata/adventurelog/media
Value
/mnt/user/appdata/adventurelog/media
DebugVariable

Enable Debug Mode

Target
DEBUG
Default
False|True