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Show HN: Routing24 – Free route optimization in the browser

by dennis16384 on 10/30/24, 2:36 PM with 24 comments

Hi HN!

I built Routing24 to make route optimization easier and accessible for small businesses and solo drivers.

With Google Maps, you can plan routes between a few locations for free, but it doesn’t support efficient multi-stop planning, handling multiple vehicles, or adding specific business rules like delivery time windows.

Many tools offer route optimization for around $30 per vehicle per month, but Routing24 provides it completely free. Optimization happens fully on the client-side, using your device’s resources instead of cloud servers.

The interface is simple for now: you can import/export using Excel, and there’s a web UI to edit and view imported data and optimized routes. Data is saved or uploaded anywhere, and one browser tab runs one optimization. Map data comes from OpenStreetMap, and the solver is built in C++/WASM, using public domain algorithms.

I’d love to hear any feedback as I keep developing it. Thanks, and I hope it’s useful!

  • by Reubend on 10/30/24, 9:46 PM

    Very cool! It's a bit off topic, but I used to enjoy Google's travel app, which had a feature that found the shortest path between many popular tourism destinations in a city. That way as close as I'll personally come to route optimization ;)

  • by thrw42A8N on 10/30/24, 8:57 PM

    Really cool, what about allowing people to code their own rules in JS? So I could code the performance and consumption profile of a truck, for example.

  • by bulubulu on 10/31/24, 10:09 PM

    Nice work! Maybe add one pre-computed route for demo version would be better.

    BTW, I was thinking "it must be a German project" when I saw the name xxxx24 and it turns out to be true :)

  • by MrLeap on 10/30/24, 9:03 PM

    This is very cool. What optimization algos are being used?

  • by whereistejas on 10/31/24, 2:05 PM

    This is so well-designed! Love it!

  • by utf_8x on 10/31/24, 8:57 AM

    This is awesome! Any plans to open-source it? I would love to get involved.

  • by theyknowitsxmas on 10/30/24, 9:13 PM

    I still use Basecamp for this kind of stuff.