Map editors Hacker News commenters recommend
7 map editors were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and October 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 2 earn the Hacker Approved badge.
On Hacker News, the most recommended map editor that earns the badge is Every Door: 19 people recommended it, 2 had mixed feelings and 4 criticized it between November 2025 and October 2026. Next is MapComplete (16 recommend, 2 criticize), most often for “Thematic maps for specific tasks”.
Top picks
The two most recommended map editors with the badge. Each figure is 2 people. RecommendsMixed feelingsCriticizes One comment
Fast, convenient place editing on the go
“my favorite for light-weight POI editing. You can blast through an entire shopping mall very quickly”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “OpenStreetMap: Admin_level for All Countries” A free mobile app for quickly adding and editing OpenStreetMap places, especially opening hours and shop details, while on the go. Critics find its interface confusing and say it has fewer features than some rival editors.
Thematic maps for specific tasks
“Beginner-friendly editors are https://MapComplete.org (which has thematic maps; disclaimer: I'm the main dev”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “CoMaps: The Offline App That Guided Rescuers Without a Signal in Venezuela” Free web editor letting anyone add and update OpenStreetMap data through thematic maps, without other tools' complexity. Common caveat: cluttered, hard-to-navigate UI.
All 7 map editors, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Mixed counts the people with mixed feelings, who count toward neither side. Approval share is recommenders out of recommenders and critics; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 12, in which someone recommended it. Had for is the median time people say they have had or used it, shown when 10 or more said.
| Rank | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every Door | 19 | 2 | 4 | 83% | 8 | — | Approved |
| 2 | MapComplete | 16 | 0 | 2 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| 3 | iD editor | 11 | 0 | 3 | 79% | 6 | — | — |
| 4 | JOSM | 9 | 2 | 11 | 45% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 5 | OpenStreetMap web editor | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
| Tied 5 | Vespucci | 5 | 3 | 2 | 71% | 2 | — | — |
| Tied 5 | SCEE | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment between November 2025 and October 2026. Someone who praises the same map editor in five threads counts once, in the column of their latest opinion.
A map editor earns the badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it.
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Counts come from Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How it works