Parks departments and recreation authorities have requirements typical trail-management SaaS ignores: data sovereignty, accessibility compliance, integration with the GIS your engineers already maintain, and procurement-friendly licensing. Existing options either lock you into a six-figure GIS contract or hand you a hosted-only product that puts public data on someone else’s servers.
TrailsIQ is open-source software you can self-host on municipal infrastructure, with a managed cloud option if you’d rather not. Same code either way — no feature gates between the open-source and managed versions.
Self-host or stay on cloud
The choice between cloud and self-hosted usually comes down to IT policy, not operational need. TrailsIQ ships both paths from day one, and you can move between them — start on cloud while you pilot, migrate to self-hosted once your IT team has reviewed it.
- Self-host on your own servers. Deploy the Laravel core to municipal infrastructure — data stays on your network, integrates with your identity provider, audited like any other in-house system.
- Open source, no vendor lock-in. Source code available; your IT team can review every line, every commit, every dependency.
- Same features either way. The hosted and self-hosted versions run identical code — no “enterprise edition” upsell.
Built around how municipal teams already work
Your existing GIS, work-order platform, and permits system all expect to be the source of truth for some piece of your trail data. TrailsIQ doesn’t try to replace them — it integrates through a documented REST API, so existing systems keep their canonical roles.
- REST API for ArcGIS, QGIS, work-order, and permits-system integration. We’ve integrated before — we’ll help.
- Resident-submitted reports. Public report app lets residents flag downed trees, drainage issues, and signage problems with photos and GPS, straight into the same queue as internal work.
- Accessibility compliant. WCAG 2.1 AA-compliant by default — keyboard-navigable, screen-reader-friendly, audited against contemporary standards.
Public lands deserve a public platform.
Open source. Self-hostable. Accessible. No vendor lock-in.