Maps & Travel · Open source

Hauk

Marius Lindvall

Self-hosted real-time location sharing

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About Hauk

Hauk lets you share your location in real-time with friends and family for a specified period of time. Meeting up with someone? Send them a Hauk link, and they can follow your location live on a map until you arrive to meet them.

This app requires that you have installed the Hauk backend on a server. Please see https://github.com/bilde2910/Hauk for backend installation instructions.

Required permissions:

* ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION - for getting your location, so that it can be shared

* FOREGROUND_SERVICE - for keeping the share running when the app is minimized

* INTERNET - for communicating with your Hauk backend server

Hauk does not share your location data to anywhere except the Hauk backend server you specify within the app. A unique link will be generated for your location share when you start sharing; anyone with this link will be able to see your location in real-time for as long as you are sharing.

What's new in 1.6.3

This update adds support for Android versions up to Android 16, along with a handful of bugfixes. For the full changelog, please see https://github.com/bilde2910/Hauk/releases.

How to install Hauk

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open Hauk from your app drawer.

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