Charon
Maps & Navigation
Description
Charon is a mobile-optimized Wayland maps and navigation application.
The following noteworthy features are implemented, including offline support:
- Raster tile maps
- POI / Address search
- List POIs/Addresses at location
- Routing
- ModemManager GPS integration
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- Voice prompts (using external commands)
Rating
Mobile Fit: 5Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!
Project status: released
This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.
The project repository was created on 2025-11-24.
The last known commit happened on 2026-09-19.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2026-09-19
Features
✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.
Packaging
If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:
Install* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.
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Licensing and technical details
License: GPL-3.0-only Metadata: CC0-1.0
Frameworks: custom
Programming languages: Rust
Build system: cargo
AppStream Metadata URL: https://git.sr.ht/~undeadleech/charon/blob/master/org.catacombing.charon.metainfo.xml