Is gods-eye-view free?

Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Does gods-eye-view use paid AI services?

Can use OpenAI or Google Gemini. Its settings have keys for these paid APIs. Its README says whether one is required.

Is gods-eye-view still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v0.3.0, 10 days ago.

Can I trust gods-eye-view?

Some track record. 63k stars, 5 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

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How to set up gods-eye-view (bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view) · gitmanual

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bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view

A spy satellite simulator in your browser, except the data is real. Live open source spatial intelligence on a photorealistic 3D globe.

Node.jsVite#3d-globe#cesium#flight-tracking#geospatial

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 63,319
Activity: Updated this month
License: Not detected
Open issues: 425
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Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Paid AI services?: Can use OpenAI or Google GeminiIts settings have keys for these paid APIs. Its README says whether one is required.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v0.3.0, 10 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Some track record63k stars, 5 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Start here

Website ↗godseyeview.aiThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, with Docker on macOS

It's a self-hosted app: the README runs it with Docker, and you open it in your browser.
On macOS that means installing Docker Desktop first.

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Run it with Docker

A self-hosted app: Docker runs it on your computer and you open it in the browser. Needs Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine on Linux). Run docker compose commands inside the cloned repo folder.

Docker

docker compose up

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

Did you get it running?

No reports for macOS yet.

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Parts list

1×Node.js >=24.14.0 <25 || >=26 <27runtime
1×Docker tool
1×npm package manager

28× settings in .env

GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEYsecretoptional
GOOGLE_MAPS_SERVER_API_KEYsecretoptional
CESIUM_ION_TOKENsecretoptional
OPENAI_API_KEYsecretoptional
OPENAI_CHAT_MODELoptional
OPENAI_REALTIME_MODELoptional
OPENAI_REALTIME_MODEL_MINIoptional
OPENAI_REALTIME_VOICEoptional
OPENAI_REALTIME_REASONING_EFFORToptional
OPENAI_REALTIME_CONTEXT_TOKENSsecretoptional
OPENAI_REALTIME_CONTEXT_RETENTIONoptional
OPENAI_REALTIME_TRANSCRIBE_MODELoptional
GEV_VOICE_LOG_CONTENToptional
OPENAI_HUD_SUMMARY_MODELoptional
GEMINI_API_KEYsecretoptional
GEMINI_LIVE_MODELoptional
MAPILLARY_CLIENT_TOKENsecretoptional
OPENSKY_AUTH_MODEoptional
OPENSKY_CLIENT_IDoptional
OPENSKY_CLIENT_SECRETsecretoptional
LL2_API_TOKENsecretoptional
PORToptional
VITE_AIS_LIVE_API_URLoptional
VITE_AIS_LIVE_MAX_ROWSoptional
VITE_AIS_LIVE_LABEL_MAX_ROWSoptional
AISSTREAM_API_KEYsecretoptional
OVERPASS_UPSTREAMSoptional
GEMINI_CHAT_MODEL

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Good to know

Dockerfile available (base image: node:24.22.2-slim@sha256:c86ecead9e55a5210ac1727de38a4ca840bf03dcaf34dc9749addbf383b1920c).
Nested projects: pinokio/package.json

package.json scripts (23)

doctornode scripts/setup-doctor.mjs
formatnode scripts/format.mjs --write
format:checknode scripts/format.mjs --check
i18nnode scripts/i18n.mjs
layer-token:nextnode scripts/next-layer-state-token.mjs
layer-token:checknode scripts/check-layer-state-tokens.mjs
changelognode scripts/assemble-changelog.mjs --write
changelog:checknode scripts/assemble-changelog.mjs --check
devvite
dev:secure./scripts/dev-secure.sh
opensky:import./scripts/opensky-import-client.sh
buildvite build
build:panelnode scripts/build-panel.mjs
previewvite preview
testnode scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
test:perfnode scripts/run-perf-tests.mjs
test:tracknode scripts/track-regression.mjs
qa:map-source-traynode scripts/qa-map-source-tray.mjs
qa:street-levelnode scripts/qa-street-level.mjs
qa:street-level:fixturesnode scripts/qa-street-level.mjs --fixtures
check:boundariesnode scripts/check-import-directions.mjs && node scripts/check-package-boundaries.mjs
qa:transitnode scripts/qa-transit.mjs
mcpnode server/mcp/stdio.js

Files we read (7)

.env.example

.github/workflows/ci.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Dockerfile

README.md

compose.yaml

package.json

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