Frequently Asked Questions

Ever heard of CityStrides or Squadrats? They're both awesome at turning your runs into exploration games. LibreStride combines the best of both worlds - track your street completion AND collect grid squares, all in one place. Plus, being open-source means you can verify exactly how everything works and even host your own instance if you want.

Think of it like a real-life Pac-Man game, but with streets! When you upload an activity, we take your GPS breadcrumbs and match them against OpenStreetMap data. Get within 25 meters of a street node and boom - it's yours. Hit 90% of a street's nodes and it counts as "done" (because GPS can be wonky near tall buildings). But we're perfectionists at heart, so we also track when you nail that glorious 100%.

If it's got GPS coordinates, it counts! Running, walking, cycling, skateboarding, unicycling (we don't judge) - whatever gets you moving. The only requirement is GPS trackpoints showing where you've been.

Here's the cool part: you can filter your stats by sport type. Completed a street while cycling? Go back and do it on foot for a whole new challenge. Same goes for grid tiles - you might nail a mountain tile on two wheels, but hiking it is a completely different adventure. It's like getting multiple achievements for the same location.

Two ways to get your activities in:

• The manual route: upload GPX or TCX files directly
• The lazy (smart) route: connect your Strava, Polar, or other tracking service and let them sync automatically

Yep! 100% free, no credit card required, no "premium features" locked behind a paywall. It's also open source, so if you're the self-hosting type, you can run your own instance. The code is right there on GitHub for anyone to inspect, modify, or improve.

We don't sell your data to advertisers (seriously, who does that?). We don't use it for AI training. We don't share it with third parties. You can export everything whenever you want, and if you decide to leave, you can delete your account completely - no "cooling off period" nonsense.

One important thing: your activities are visible to other logged-in users, kind of like Strava or any social fitness platform. It's how the community works - people can see your runs, give kudos, and cheer you on. Want total privacy? Self-host your own instance!

We use OpenStreetMap data, so if your city exists on OSM (which it probably does), we can track it. Not seeing your city in the list? Drop us a message and we'll get it added. We're always expanding coverage - one city at a time!

Here's the deal: it needs to be a named street that you can legally access on foot. We pull from OpenStreetMap and include residential streets, service roads, and most public roads - but exclude motorways, footpaths, cycleways, driveways, and private roads. Why no footpaths? Because you'd end up with thousands of unnamed park trails and it'd be chaos. Named streets only keeps the challenge fun and actually completable!