🏃‍♂️ Building #OpenPace - federated activity tracking for the Fediverse

Markus Eisele

Think Strava, but:
✅ Federates with Mastodon
✅ Self-hosted
✅ Your data, your rules
✅ Apache licensed

Thanks @javahippie for the inspiration!

🛠️ Java + Quarkus + Vert.x + ActivityPub
🌐 https://open-pace.com
💻 https://github.com/myfear/open-pace

Post a run → friends on Mastodon see it
Own your miles, share your journey

Contributions welcome. Let's build in the open!

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #OpenSource #Running

Markus Eisele

To be clear. There’s no code so far. Just the raw groundwork and architecture.

Ben

@myfear @javahippie lovely idea!

Markus Eisele

@ben all creds go to @javahippie
He started his own here https://github.com/javahippie/fitpub and I thought it’s a great example to use some tokens for the greater good. It’s just way more than a tutorial and deserves some more thinking. So I thought I rally the community.

vikkelä

@myfear @javahippie

You could also contribute to https://wanderer.to

Markus Eisele

@qwc @javahippie added to the backlog!

naturzukunft

@myfear @javahippie

Great! Let's keep in touch.

naturzukunft

@myfear haha, we are almost neighbors, so we can also go for a coffee.

munkisquisher

@myfear @javahippie I use OSMand for tracking hiking paths with open source software. Could this be a plug in for that existing project?

Thibaut

@myfear Hi Markus, nice project!
Will it be focusing only on running, or any types of activities will be possible?
If you need any input from a non-tech, sport enthousiast, I'll be glad to help.

Markus Eisele

@Thibaut open to suggestions. I’ve started sketching the bare minimum of activities. But it’s not limited. I’ll keep you posted. Feel free to sneak through the docs.

Thibaut

@myfear Great, I'll read it and will let you know if I can think of anything relevant.

Juhani Lehtimäki

@myfear Hey Markus,
I've been pitching a similar idea in my circles. Very much in the line of what you are suggesting. When you see someone with a similar idea, it gives you a nice validation.

I'd love to help you and bepart of making open-pace reality!

I think you're based in Munich, me too (well almost, Weilheim). I'd love to have a chat.

Tom Casavant

@myfear Nice! Would love to see some federation cooperation between this and https://github.com/SamR1/FitTrackee as well

@javahippie

Benjamin Han

@myfear @javahippie Python?

Markus Eisele

@lehtimaeki anytime! Email and we get it going!

Markus Eisele

@naturzukunft2026 ha 🥳☕️

Markus Eisele

@BenjaminHan @javahippie muss net sein. Also ehrlicher geantwortet: Nein!

Carlos Solís

This needs integration with #GadgetBridge, of course

Simon Tenbeitel

@myfear @javahippie looks like what I've been wanting to build for a long time. Even similar tech stack (Java + Postgres). Guess it'll be hard to contribute as long as there's no existing code, right? But I'll keep an eye out for my chance to join #OpenPace :)

You guys don't happen to be at #FOSDEM to discuss about this project? Note: I'm not sure yet, if I can make it to FOSDEM this year.