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New app: VeloPopuli

VeloPopuli launched on 18 Oct 2026: Open-source app to ride any GPX route in 3D built from OSM and elevation data.

Innovation: rough-surface feel on MTB trails built from OpenStreetMap and elevation data

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About VeloPopuli

Free, GPL-licensed Rust app: import or plan a GPX route and ride it in 3D generated from OpenStreetMap and real elevation data, including MTB trails and rough-surface feel; multiplayer via a self-hostable relay. No account or subscription.

Features

  • Routes
  • Multiplayer
  • Own routes

Sends rides to

  • Strava
  • Any tracker, by file (FIT, TCX…)

More from VeloPopuli

  • VeloPopuli 0.3.10Laps: loop routes counted lap by lap, with every climb timed on each lap
  • VeloPopuli added OpenBikeControl supportVeloPopuli added OpenBikeControl support and compatibility with BikeControl
  • VeloPopuli 0.3.8Orange netting fence on posts now runs round the outside of tight hairpins
  • VeloPopuli 0.3.9Handlebar controllers using the OpenBikeControl protocol now work over Bluetooth
  • VeloPopuli 0.3.7Roads cut into hillsides, sitting on a level shelf with a rocky cutting
  • VeloPopuli 0.3.6Barriers tilt with the slope on hills instead of floating or sinking

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